Games Like Muse Dash
Quick Answer
The closest games to Muse Dash are Rhythm Doctor, Thumper, Spin Rhythm XD, Hi-Fi Rush and Crypt of the NecroDancer. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Muse Dash, and what does not.
What Made Muse Dash Work
Muse Dash is a rhythm game disguised as a side-scroller: two buttons, enemies arriving on the beat, and a soundtrack of doujin and electronic tracks that is genuinely the reason people buy it. It is cheap, it is enormous, and it plays perfectly on a phone or a handheld.
9 Games Like Muse Dash
1.Rhythm Doctor
One button, on the seventh beat, and far deeper than that sounds.
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The best-feeling rhythm game on a controller, and a superb soundtrack.
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Drumming, enormous track list, and works for anybody.
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The Dreamcast rhythm game everything stylish here is downstream of.
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How These Picks Match Muse Dash
Muse Dash is catalogued here as a rhythm game and art-led game on the Nintendo Switch. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — nine arcade games among them.
Two of the picks have their own list on this site, catalogued under the PC & Modern Multi-Platform and the Nintendo Switch. Rhythm Doctor, Thumper, Spin Rhythm XD, Crypt of the NecroDancer and A Dance of Fire and Ice are from small or self-published studios. Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival is the one a child and an adult can play together.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Muse Dash |
|---|---|---|
| Rhythm Doctor | Arcade, Casual, Indie | Arcade |
| Thumper | Arcade, Casual, Indie | Arcade |
| Spin Rhythm XD | Arcade, Casual, Indie | Arcade |
| Hi-Fi Rush | Action, Fighting, Arcade | Arcade |
| Crypt of the NecroDancer | RPG, Puzzle, Indie, Arcade | Arcade |
| Rez Infinite | Shooter, Arcade, Puzzle | Arcade |
| A Dance of Fire and Ice | Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Casual | Arcade |
| Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival | Arcade, Family, Casual | Arcade |
| Space Channel 5 | Arcade, Adventure, Casual | Arcade |
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