Entwined is a rhythm-action game where you play a bird and a fish dancing to the music on a quest to unite their souls.

Entwined is a rhythm-action game where you play a bird and a fish dancing to the music on a quest to unite their souls. Unusually, you control each character with a different joystick on the gamepad and must move them around the screen simultaneously to collect energy and avoid hazards.

Robobeat is a shooting game where you maximise your damage by shooting on the beat.

Robobeat is a shooting game where you maximise your damage by shooting on the beat. More surreal than other rhythm shooter games, the focus here is on musical flow as you wall run, grapple hook, slide, and bunny hop your way through the crazy world.

Aaero is a rhythm game where you control a spacecraft with one stick and target with the other.

Aaero is a rhythm game where you control a spacecraft with one stick and target with the other. At times it's like flying an X-Wing on a trench run while at others it's like soaring high and free targeting enemies in a Starfox game.

Child of Eden is a dance and motion game that uses the Xbox Kinect camera.

Child of Eden is a dance and motion game that uses the Xbox Kinect camera. You use your body to shoot and move.

Devil Daggers is an intense and fast shooting game where you try and survive an abyssal arena with waves of demons.

Devil Daggers is an intense and fast shooting game where you try and survive an abyssal arena with waves of demons. You survive by moving around and using your versatile magic daggers to deal with the latest monstrous creature.

Hyper Demon is a fast, frantic and psychedelic shooting game set in a dream-like disembodied future.

Hyper Demon is a fast, frantic and psychedelic shooting game set in a dream-like disembodied future. You play by moving and shooting to survive the many incoming threats.

Osu! is a rhythm action game where you tap the screen in time to the music similar to the Elite Beat Agents games.

Osu! is a rhythm action game where you tap the screen in time to the music similar to the Elite Beat Agents games. This starts as a simple challenge but develops in speed and complexity.

Flower is a traversal collecting game where you control the breeze across fields of grass and blow petals into other flowers to make them bloom.

Flower is a traversal collecting game where you control the breeze across fields of grass and blow petals into other flowers to make them bloom. Flower is simple and single-purpose in evoking the feeling of the wind.

OCO is a sliding and jumping game set with simple colourful levels each set in a rotating planetoid.

OCO is a sliding and jumping game set with simple colourful levels each set in a rotating planetoid. Unlike other platform games, you control everything with a single button.

Humanity is a puzzle-action game where you are a lone Shiba Inu dog shepherding a huge marching crowd of people to safety.

Humanity is a puzzle-action game where you are a lone Shiba Inu dog shepherding a huge marching crowd of people to safety. You place commands to get your flock of humans to jump, turn, push, float, shoot, and climb their way to deal with the "others" and claim their salvation.

Just Shapes & Beats is a two player rhythm game where you dodge bullets in time with the music.

Just Shapes & Beats is a two player rhythm game where you dodge bullets in time with the music. As well as this unusual premise, play extends the novelty as you have to both avoid the various shapes and move to the Beats.

Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game about shocking patients' hearts back in sync with their heartbeats to save their lives.

Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game about shocking patients' hearts back in sync with their heartbeats to save their lives. You press a single button on the 7^th beat to defibrillate each patient.

Ridiculous Fishing is a fishing and shooting game.

Ridiculous Fishing is a fishing and shooting game. Unlike any other fishing game, this isn't a sedate wait for the fish to bite.

Exo One is a surreal exploration game where you guide a small transforming object to drift, flow and soar across enigmatic landscapes with a gravity-based movement system.

Exo One is a surreal exploration game where you guide a small transforming object to drift, flow and soar across enigmatic landscapes with a gravity-based movement system. The game aims to create an out-of-body other-worldly experience with atmospheric, diffused visuals merged with ethereal sound effects and a hypnotic electric guitar soundtrack.

Dance Central is a dancing rhythm game you play by moving your body in front of the Xbox Kinect camera.

Dance Central is a dancing rhythm game you play by moving your body in front of the Xbox Kinect camera. The focus on full body movement celebrates accurate, well-timed and energetic moves.

DropMix is a fast-paced music-mixing game.

DropMix is a fast-paced music-mixing game. You combine loops of well known music from a wide range of genres by placing physical cards on the DropMix peripheral.

Patapon and its sequels take rhythmic button-pressing in a real-time battle direction.

Patapon and its sequels take rhythmic button-pressing in a real-time battle direction. You assemble a stylised army and then take your troops to battle by tapping buttons in time with the rhythm.

Spin Rhythm XD is a music-timing game where you match button presses and stick movement with music indicators on the screen.

Spin Rhythm XD is a music-timing game where you match button presses and stick movement with music indicators on the screen. It's intuitive and fun.

Thumper is a rhythm game where you guide a beetle-like creature through music track by pressing buttons in time.

Thumper is a rhythm game where you guide a beetle-like creature through music track by pressing buttons in time. Unlike other music games, the focus is on impact and combat rather than soaring tunes.

140 is a sliding, rolling and jumping game where you control a changing geometric shape to traverse a minimalist world.

140 is a sliding, rolling and jumping game where you control a changing geometric shape to traverse a minimalist world. It's challenging for the timed jumps and reactions but keeps distractions to a minimum with its abstract colorful graphics.

Evergreen Blues is a rhythm narrative game where you and a friend build lyrics to a song in real time.

Evergreen Blues is a rhythm narrative game where you and a friend build lyrics to a song in real time. You select the words and timing and the game puts them together into lines of a song.

Rhythm Thief and The Emperor's Treasure is a narrative rhythm game told with cartoons interwoven with rhythm-action challenges.

Rhythm Thief and The Emperor's Treasure is a narrative rhythm game told with cartoons interwoven with rhythm-action challenges. You play an 18-year-old boy with a secret identity as an art thief.

Ynglet is an exploration game where you jump between bubbles that float in the sky making sounds as you interact with the doodled environment.

Ynglet is an exploration game where you jump between bubbles that float in the sky making sounds as you interact with the doodled environment. Part platform game, part dynamic soundtrack, it's a game designed to let you flow through the world to discover intriguing new spaces and interactions.

A Musical Story is a rhythm game where you are a young man in the 70s coming to terms with ending up critically ill in hospital.

A Musical Story is a rhythm game where you are a young man in the 70s coming to terms with ending up critically ill in hospital. Through flashbacks and playing along in time with the music, you discover how he got there.

Hexagroove: Tactical DJ is a rhythm game where you mix music using an intuitive and tactical control system.

Hexagroove: Tactical DJ is a rhythm game where you mix music using an intuitive and tactical control system. Each level sets goals for you to combine musical loops in real-time.

Lumines is a music puzzle game where you rotate and align small blocks to form squares of a single colour.

Lumines is a music puzzle game where you rotate and align small blocks to form squares of a single colour. As you do this, in time with the music, they are erased as the beat line passes over them.

The House of the Dead is a horror-themed shooting game where you control the targeting but not the movement.

The House of the Dead is a horror-themed shooting game where you control the targeting but not the movement. Unlike general on-rails shooting games, this was controlled using a light-gun pointing at the screen (or similar controller).

Trombone Champ is a rhythm-action game where you play a trombone in time to on-screen directions.

Trombone Champ is a rhythm-action game where you play a trombone in time to on-screen directions. Play is unlike other music games, because you can play a trombone note at any time and the focus is on fun musicality rather than accuracy.

Chime is a block-dropping music puzzle game where you control a single shape to move, rotate, and then place it onto a grid.

Chime is a block-dropping music puzzle game where you control a single shape to move, rotate, and then place it onto a grid. A beat line moves across the grid in time with the music, setting off events when it hits placed shapes.

Elite Beat Agents is a simple rhythm game that requires you to tap the screen in time with the music to advance a story.

Elite Beat Agents is a simple rhythm game that requires you to tap the screen in time with the music to advance a story. Each song matches the pictorial narrative that intersperses each verse: getting a pregnant woman to the hospital; materialising a Christmas gift to a daughter whose father has died; helping working mothers who want more quality time with their children.

Eloh is a puzzle game with an unusual dual focus.

Eloh is a puzzle game with an unusual dual focus. You may start playing to solve the puzzles, but it soon draws you in to appreciate and take time over the rhythms you create in doing so.

Klang 2 is a psychedelic rhythm-action game.

Klang 2 is a psychedelic rhythm-action game. You take on enemies in this symbolic universe of three attacks: stikes, dashes and holds.

Nour: Play With Your Food is an experimental music game where you create different dishes and plates of food.

Nour: Play With Your Food is an experimental music game where you create different dishes and plates of food. Unusually, the focus is on sound rather than just visuals.

Thoth is a shooting game with a twist: you shoot the colour out of objects as they move in ways that make it hard to avoid them.

Thoth is a shooting game with a twist: you shoot the colour out of objects as they move in ways that make it hard to avoid them. It's quite challenging as the levels are fast-paced and often introduce new mechanics that you need to learn to cope with, all while getting used to the bare-bones control scheme.

Aerial Knight's Never Yield is a running and jumping game where movement is timed not to beat enemies but to the rhythm of the music.

Aerial Knight's Never Yield is a running and jumping game where movement is timed not to beat enemies but to the rhythm of the music. Like other Endless Runner games, your motion is predetermined so you can focus on pressing the buttons at the right time.

Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved is an Xbox Kinect camera dancing game using your whole body.

Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved is an Xbox Kinect camera dancing game using your whole body. Its narrative follows Disney’s Fantasia film as you take a musical journey to earn your sorcerer’s hat.

Enter the Gungeon is a shooting game where you use one stick for running around and the other to aim.

Enter the Gungeon is a shooting game where you use one stick for running around and the other to aim. These twin-stick controls combine with loads of enemy bullets to dodge to create a tough challenge.

Lifelike: Chapter One is a light-touch simulation game where you interact with flocking particles to create a soothing and meditative experience.

Lifelike: Chapter One is a light-touch simulation game where you interact with flocking particles to create a soothing and meditative experience. It's an exercise in attending to something playful and the pleasure and escape that comes from this.

Space Marauder is a shooting game where you play a spaceship on the frontier of the galaxy, mining precious resources from asteroids and defeating enemies.

Space Marauder is a shooting game where you play a spaceship on the frontier of the galaxy, mining precious resources from asteroids and defeating enemies. While its unique controls are extremely simple and paired-back, they take time to master.

Tetris Beat is a classic block-stacking puzzle game that adds exclusive music and innovative rhythm tactics.

Tetris Beat is a classic block-stacking puzzle game that adds exclusive music and innovative rhythm tactics. You play as you listen to a diverse range of musicians including Alison Wonderland, GARZA, Hannah Diamond, Octo Octa, Dauwd and CINTHIE.

Ape Out is a stylised fighting game where you control an ape trying to escape a facility.

Ape Out is a stylised fighting game where you control an ape trying to escape a facility. Although it's violent, the gameplay focuses on rhythm and style rather than just gore.

Everyday Shooter is a collection of shooting games presented as a music album.

Everyday Shooter is a collection of shooting games presented as a music album. The shooting action is familiar but here the dissolute sounds of destruction are replaced with guitar riffs harmonizing over the soundtrack.

Fuser is a rhythm game where you are a DJ at a large concert.

Fuser is a rhythm game where you are a DJ at a large concert. You can combine four songs from a list of records.

Sol Cresta is a classic-style arcade shooting game.

Sol Cresta is a classic-style arcade shooting game. It follows previous Cresta games (Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta) focus on bullet dodging, ship augmenting action.

Dead Containment is a shooting game where you only control the aiming.

Dead Containment is a shooting game where you only control the aiming. It's inspired by on-rails shooting games found in 90's arcades, played with light guns.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a shooting game where you play a dwarf who must survive waves of aliens.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a shooting game where you play a dwarf who must survive waves of aliens. Like other auto-shooters, you focus on movement and weapon selection while the game shoots for you.

Ecstatic is a fast and hard retro shooting game where you control a mechanical Spider that freezes time and shoots rockets.

Ecstatic is a fast and hard retro shooting game where you control a mechanical Spider that freezes time and shoots rockets. You need to both keep moving and keep shooting to stay alive.

Meteos is a tile-matching game inspired by Missile Command and Tetris.

Meteos is a tile-matching game inspired by Missile Command and Tetris. You stack coloured blocks which fall from the top of the screen.