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Beat Ninja

Beat Ninja is a rhythm based VR game that has you cutting up music like never before. Slice through the music notes as the fly at you from all angles while a tower defense mini-game plays out to your actions. Works with your own music library and supports user and auto-generated beat maps.

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Developer
Xelphyre Games
Publisher
Xelphyre Games
Release
July 12, 2016
10 years and 22 days ago
Steam Reviews
Mixed10 reviews40.0%

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About the Game

Slice and dice! Beat Ninja is a rhythm based VR game that has you cutting up music like never before. Slice through the music notes as the fly at you from all angles while a tower defense mini-game plays out to your actions. Works with any .wav, .mp3, .flac, .aif, or .ogg file and supports user made beat maps in addition to auto-generated ones.

Features
-Use your own music or stream right from YouTube
-Auto-generated and custom beat map support
-Dual wield giant swords!
-Hot, music slicing action!
-2 games in 1 with a unique TD health bar
-Customize how you slice with 9 different swords to choose from!
-Beat map creator so you can slice up your music how YOU like!
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