Beat Saber
Developers | |
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Beat Games s.r.o. | |
Engines | |
Former | Unity 2018[Note 1] |
Unity 2019[Note 2] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 21, 2019 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 93 |
OpenCritic | 88 |
IGDB | 85 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Gestures |
Genres | Action, Music/rhythm |
Art styles | Abstract |
Warnings
- This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
Beat Saber is a action rhythm game for VR made by Beat Games. It continues to be one of the most popular VR only titles, still garnering thousands of players on daily basis.
Game first released for early access in May 1st, 2018[3] with full release following year later in May 21st, 2019 on Steam, Oculus and PSVR. Games developer was bought by Facebook and continue to work on the game under Oculus studios brand, but has promised that all the currently supported platforms will get updates simultaneously and that the developer remains independent.[4]
Even after release game has been updated consistantly with new free and paid content and new features. This is on top of game having large modding community as well as dedicated websites for downloading custom beatmaps.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Humble Store | ||||
Oculus Store | ||||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Aero Chord - "Boundless" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Pegboard Nerds - "Emoji VIP" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Tokyo Machine - "EPIC" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Muzzy - "Feeling Stronger (feat. Charlotte Colley)" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
RIOT - "Overkill" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Rogue - "Rattlesnake" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Stonebank - "Stronger (feat. Emel)" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Kayzo - "This Time" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Tristam - "Till It's Over" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Feint - "We Won't Be Alone (feat. Laura Brehm)" | Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Bad Liar" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Believer" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Digital" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "It's Time" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Machine" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Natural" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Thunder" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Warriors" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Imagine Dragons - "Whatever It Takes" | Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle | |
Panic! at the Disco - "The Greatest Show" | Part of Panic! at the Disco Music Pack bundle | |
Panic! at the Disco - "Victorious" | Part of Panic! at the Disco Music Pack bundle | |
Panic! at the Disco - "Emperor's New Clothes" | Part of Panic! at the Disco Music Pack bundle | |
Panic! at the Disco - "High Hopes" | Part of Panic! at the Disco Music Pack bundle | |
Tokyo Machine – "PLAY" | Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle | |
Stephen Walking – "Glide" | Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle | |
Slushii – "LUV U NEED U" | Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle | |
Tokyo Machine – "ROCK IT" | Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle | |
Dion Timmer – "Shiawase" | Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle | |
Slushii & Dion Timmer – "Test Me" | Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle | |
Green Day - American Idiot | Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle | |
Father of All... | Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle | |
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams | Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle | |
Holiday | Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle | |
Fire, Ready, Aim | Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle | |
Minority | Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle | |
Sid Tipton & Timbaland - Has A Meaning | Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle | |
Kaydence & Timbaland - Dumb Thingz | Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle | |
Wavezswavesz - While We’re Young | Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle | |
Nash Overstreet, Karra & Common Strangers - What I Like | Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle | |
Bruno Martini & Timbaland - Famous ft. Jake Davis | Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - Bleed It Out | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - Faint | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - Given Up | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - In the End | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - New Divide | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - Numb | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - One Step Closer | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - Papercut | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
Linkin Park - What I've Done | Part of Linkin Park Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - Blood Sweat & Tears | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey) | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - Burning Up (Fire) | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - Dionysus | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - DNA | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - Dope | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - Dynamite | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - FAKE LOVE | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - IDOL | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix) | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - Not Today | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
BTS - UGH! | Part of BTS Music Pack bundle | |
OneRepublic - Counting Stars | Part of Interscope Mixtape bundle | |
Kendrick Lamar - DNA. | Part of Interscope Mixtape bundle | |
The Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha | Part of Interscope Mixtape bundle | |
LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem | Part of Interscope Mixtape bundle | |
Limp Bizkit - Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle) | Part of Interscope Mixtape bundle | |
Maroon 5 - Sugar | Part of Interscope Mixtape bundle | |
Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape ft. Akon | Part of Interscope Mixtape bundle |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Hyperbolic Magnetism\Beat Saber\settings.cfg |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/620980/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Hyperbolic Magnetism\Beat Saber\*.dat |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/620980/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
- This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Up to 180° per eye. Adjustable from 70-170° for mirrored view. |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Fullscreen is always borderless windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA and Rendering Scale up to 1.8. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Launching the executable with the command-line argument "fpfc" enables mouselook and WASD-controlled camera for navigating menus. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Tracked motion controllers | ||
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Button/gesture prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Haptic feedback |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, menu and effects. Effects volume under player settings. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 5 | No cross platform. |
VR support
- This game requires a virtual reality headset.
Headsets | State | Notes | |
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SteamVR | Includes full support for Valve Index. | ||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | With Steam version, use -vrmode oculus launch parameter to play with native Oculus SDK support.[5][6] |
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Windows Mixed Reality | |||
OSVR |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | See Input for details. | ||
Traditional controller | |||
Keyboard/Mouse |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge | Intel Core i7 Skylake |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 200 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX 12 compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 2018.4.4f1[1]
- ↑ Unity engine build: 2019.4.18f1[2]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (620980) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2019-11-09
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-03-21
- ↑ Steam news: Beat Saber - Beat Saber released! - last accessed on 2021-03-27
- ↑ Welcoming Beat Games to Facebook - last accessed on 2021-03-27
- "Are you going to be slowing down updates for non-Oculus platforms and prioritizing development for Oculus?
No, Beat Games will continue to ship content and updates for Beat Saber at the same time across all currently supported platforms."
- "Are you going to be slowing down updates for non-Oculus platforms and prioritizing development for Oculus?
- ↑ Frequently asked questions (FAQ) :: Beat Saber Important - last accessed on 2020-01-28
- "I have a Oculus Rift. Is it possible to run the game without SteamVR wrapper?
Yes! Use -vrmode oculus as a launch option. For going back to SteamVR use -vrmode openvr"
- "I have a Oculus Rift. Is it possible to run the game without SteamVR wrapper?
- ↑ steamgameswithnativesupport - /r/oculus - last accessed on 2020-01-28