Beat Souls
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the Game
Let’s break it down with Beat Souls! A high-speed rhythm game where you have to avoid obstacles and collect the titular Beat Souls to wrack up a stylish combo and go for the high-score!
Lay the Rhythm Yokai to rest with awesome dance moves as you put on a killer performance!
Features
Cyberpop visuals!
Colorful and cute anime aesthetic meets neon cyberpunk vibe to create Cyberpop!
Action and Rhythm collide!
Master the elegant dance of dodging and jumping out of the way of oncoming obstacles while simultaneously moving your Otomo companion to collect Beat Souls to really get that combo soaring!
Colliding with Noise will throw off your groove, resetting your combo, and draining your stamina. When that stamina hits 0, its game over…
Keep dancing until the end to pacify the Rhythm Yokai and clear the stage!
Variety of stages await you!
There are more than 30 stages available in the game!
In addition, you can select the difficulty level for each stage, so you can enjoy the gameplay that suits your skill level.
Gameplay
Dancing
Dodge left or right, or Jump and avoid the noise (obstacles) that fly in rhythm with the music.
To really master the game, you have to learn to move your character, Mikoto, while moving your Otomo companion to collect the Beat Souls. Dodge side to side and jump to avoid incoming danger while moving your Otomo across the screen to collect the incoming Beat Souls.
Noisy Rhythm Yokai
The obstacles the Rhythm Yokai send at you are called “Noise”. You’ll have to jump over and dodge them as they come in all shapes and sizes.
Colliding with Noise will throw off your groove, resetting your combo, and draining your stamina. When that stamina hits 0, its game over…
Keep dancing until the end to pacify the Rhythm Yokai and clear the stage!
The Otomo Companion
Your 2 floating Otomo companions are the key to collecting Beat Souls! They’re the key to boosting your score.
Move them to either side of the screen or keep them in the centre as you try to maintain the ideal formation to catch all the incoming Beat Souls.
Just between you and me, the real secret is you have to change your Otomo’s color to match the Beat Soul while you’re trying to collect, otherwise *poof* they’ll pass right through you!
About the game world
Mikoto is the star of this show. She is a legendary Shrine Maiden with impeccable dance moves that she uses to commune with the mysterious Rhythm Yokai.
The constant hustle and bustle of the big cities has driven the Rhythm Yokai from all over into a frenzy. It is up to Mikoto to dance through their noise and soothe their restless spirits!
“This is where I come in! My splendid dance will blow away all the Yokai’s stress!”
Introducing the “Beat Souls” and “Noise”!
Beat Souls
“Beat Souls” are yellow and blue, and are shaped like human souls.
Players control their Otomo characters to catch the oncoming Beat Souls.
The Otomo character can be moved left and right, and its color can be switched Yellow or Blue.
If you catch a Beat Soul of the same color, you’ll get points to add to your score!
Be careful, though, because if a beat soul touches the player, you’ll take damage and your combo will be broken!
Noise
Loud sounds stress youkai and form “Noise”.
Like the Beat Soul, if you touch it, it will damage and break combos when it comes into contact with the player.
The shorter and taller noises will come at you, so avoid them by jumping or moving side to side!
Introducing three important elements in Score Attack!
Fever Time
When you catch a Beat Soul, your “Fever Gauge” will increase.
If you enter a fever time section while maintaining a certain amount of the gauge, it becomes fever time and the score you can earn will increase.
When aiming for a high score, try to be aware of fever time!
Character Customization
As you progress through the game, you’ll be able to unlock and select other characters to challenge the stages.
Each character has a special “skill” assigned to them, so use them well and aim for a high score!
Infinite Hell Mode (HELL MODE)
In this mode, there are three stages, one for each of the three Yokai characters.
In this mode, the music continues endlessly, and you can test your skills to see how long you can last to achieve the high score.
If you fail to catch the Beat Soul or hit a Noise, your “Excite Gauge” will decrease. When it reaches zero, the game is over.
This mode supports rankings, so compete with players from around the world for the high score!
Character profiles
MIKOTO(ミコト)
She was born and raised in a family of Miko, legendary female priests who have been around since ancient times. The Miko play the role of relieving the stress of the Yokai.
With a cheerful and positive personality she is always active and has a particular love of dance.
It is up to Mikoto to dance through the noise of the Yokai and soothe their restless spirits!
MEI(メイ)
She is a Yokai of the Gashadokuro skeleton type.
Although she has a calm and gentle personality she sometimes speaks abruptly which can having a freezing effect.
However, when conversation turns to things that she likes she becomes excited and energetic.
Her hobby is collecting bones and she is always looking for a suitable place to store them. Gashadokuro doesn’t like dogs because they chew on her bones.
NeNe(ネネ)
A Nekomata Youkai.
She has a cheerful and good-natured personality, is a hedonist, and practices what she thinks is fun while involving the people around her.
She is often a nuisance to those around her, but is somehow hard to hate.
She loves martial arts and trains her own body as part of her own training.
She is strong enough to lift a car by herself.
According to Nene, she is aiming to become the muscle queen of the youkai world.
Rinko(リンコ)
A Demon Youkai.
She is a sisterly and loyal person who is relied upon by those around her.
She doesn’t care about the details, and can forgive most things with a laugh and a smile.
Despite her appearance, she is a good cook and enjoys making cute character bento box lunches.
She wishes should could dress in cute clothes, but feels that cute clothes don’t suit her well, this is her secret complex.
Game Discussion
Steam User 7
Beat Souls surprised me, it's a good and intense rhythm action game that took inspiration from different installments of the same genre and mixed them together giving life to a nice and fun experience.
You can play as 4 different characters, each with different bonuses. Both "Arcade mode" and "Infinite mode" are fun and challenging, with "infinite mode" being probably the hardcore part of the game.
Songs are fairly short, which to me is a plus and makes the game easy to pick up, even just for a few songs in the spare time.
The only thing that I didn't enjoy too much is the fact that each time you beat a "block" of songs, the next one starts again on a low difficulty, breaking the pacing of the game a bit.
Steam User 7
Beat Souls is a solid game with some Beat Saber vibes (without the VR), but nothing like Guitar Hero. It has a good mix or difficulty levels and the music is good. It essentially is a rhythm game that requires some intense mental multi-tasking and definitely feels satisfying when you 100% that stage that you just kept missing. There isn't any type of real story or additional modes. It also has some intense visuals and would not be appropriate if you are photosensitive whatsoever. If you're undecided, at least check out the demo! I have enjoyed my time quite a bit.
Steam User 1
Not a rhythm game! Music based parkour game, yes. Kind of like a runner game with obstacles. You know, if you have played Everhood, this is like that. It's fun! Especially worth it if you grab it while it is on sale.
Steam User 3
Well, I can't say the game is bad, is cute and funny but is a little confusing... Too much buttons to care about, after you through that, it start to be fun... Its depends of your patience to learn and get used it. I don't know if casual people will like this game, I like rhythm games so I had fun. But until I get used I was a little frustrated to miss so much things.
Steam User 3
A pretty fun musical game in general, but with some weak points that you need to know before making a decision on buying it or not:
-The visuals are great but the resolution could be higher/changeable.
-Sometimes the amount of visual elements on screen can be distracting, but that's actually more a design choice I think.
-The learning curve it's great, but I've felt that it's actually slow when it comes to unlocking new and harder songs.
Here you have some footage of the game:
Steam User 0
This is a great game - it's fun to play and has a unique art style that stands out from many other games. Try the demo and decide for yourself though, as the full game is more of what the demo gives you. (Be warned that the full game's later stages on NORMAL difficulty are more hectic than any of the demo's stages on HARD difficulty though.)
Additionally, both the demo and the full game run flawlessly on the Steam Deck (LCD).
Steam User 0
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Dodge & dance & collect the souls to earn the points! Very cute anime characters, many musics, 2-way controls, fun to play. Both for action and rhythm gamer.