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2001 PC

An open rhythm game engine that recreates Dance Dance Revolution on PC, playable with dance pads or a keyboard. Custom songs and stepcharts make the content practically endless.

What defines StepMania:

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Challenging difficulty
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The closest matches for StepMania are Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Clone Hero. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes StepMania special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Dance Dance Revolution

98 %

1998 PlayStation

  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Gameplay comes before story
  • Bright, upbeat tone

The pioneering dance game: you step on the arrow panels of a dance pad in time with the music, chasing combos and high scores. Catchy songs and rising difficulty make it a physical rhythm workout, also fun with two players.

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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

Bright, upbeat tone

A rhythm game played with a guitar controller, built around a setlist of 80s-style rock songs. You hit scrolling notes in time and work your way from small clubs to big stages, solo or in head-to-head play with friends.

Clone Hero

Challenging difficulty

A free PC rhythm game in the vein of Guitar Hero: play along with guitar controllers, drums or a keyboard, and add community-made charts for a practically unlimited song library.

Piano Tiles 2

Bright, upbeat tone

A simple rhythm tapper where you hit only the black tiles in time with well-known piano tunes and avoid the white ones. The speed ramps up quickly and tests your reflexes.

Osu!

Challenging difficulty

A free rhythm classic where you click circles, trace sliders and spin spinners to the beat, backed by a massive community, endless user-made beatmaps and global leaderboards. It's all about precision and reflexes, with a skill ceiling that goes from casual to brutally demanding.

Sega Rally Championship

Bright, upbeat tone

A classic arcade rally racer that was the first to make different surfaces like tarmac, gravel and mud change how the car handles. Fast, drift-heavy rally races against the clock and rivals.

Guitar Hero

Bright, upbeat tone

The rhythm game classic where you play along to rock songs on a guitar-shaped controller. Precise timing, rock-star fantasy and a strong soundtrack drive the fun, especially with friends.

Guitar Hero II

Linear, curated structure

A rhythm game where you play famous rock songs in time using a guitar-shaped controller. Career, quickplay and multiplayer modes deliver party fun and a steadily climbing challenge.

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

Linear, curated structure

A greatest-hits collection of tracks from the early Guitar Hero games, rebuilt for the full band with guitar, drums and vocals. It is all about rhythm timing and classic rock and metal songs from Nirvana to Slayer.

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