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Revision as of 23:06, 13 October 2020

Beat Saber
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Developers
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
Beat Saber on HowLongToBeat
Beat Saber on IGDB
Beat Saber guide on StrategyWiki
Beat Saber on MobyGames
Beat Saber on Wikipedia

Warnings

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
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Windows
Oculus Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Aero Chord - "Boundless" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Pegboard Nerds - "Emoji VIP" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Tokyo Machine - "EPIC" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Muzzy - "Feeling Stronger (feat. Charlotte Colley)" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
RIOT - "Overkill" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Rogue - "Rattlesnake" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Stonebank - "Stronger (feat. Emel)" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Kayzo - "This Time" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Tristam - "Till It's Over" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Feint - "We Won't Be Alone (feat. Laura Brehm)" Part of Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1 bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Bad Liar" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Believer" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Digital" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "It's Time" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Machine" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Natural" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Thunder" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Warriors" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Imagine Dragons - "Whatever It Takes" Part of Imagine Dragons Music Pack bundle
Windows
Panic! at the Disco - "The Greatest Show" Part of Panic! at the Disco Music Pack bundle
Windows
Panic! at the Disco - "Victorious" Part of Panic! at the Disco Music Pack bundle
Windows
Panic! at the Disco - "Emperor's New Clothes" Part of Panic! at the Disco Music Pack bundle
Windows
Panic! at the Disco - "High Hopes" Part of Panic! at the Disco Music Pack bundle
Windows
Tokyo Machine – "PLAY" Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle
Windows
Stephen Walking – "Glide" Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle
Windows
Slushii – "LUV U NEED U" Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle
Windows
Tokyo Machine – "ROCK IT" Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle
Windows
Dion Timmer – "Shiawase" Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle
Windows
Slushii & Dion Timmer – "Test Me" Part of Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack bundle
Windows
Green Day - American Idiot Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle
Windows
Father of All... Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle
Windows
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle
Windows
Holiday Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle
Windows
Fire, Ready, Aim Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle
Windows
Minority Part of Green Day Music Pack bundle
Windows
Sid Tipton & Timbaland - Has A Meaning Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle
Windows
Kaydence & Timbaland - Dumb Thingz Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle
Windows
Wavezswavesz - While We’re Young Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle
Windows
Nash Overstreet, Karra & Common Strangers - What I Like Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle
Windows
Bruno Martini & Timbaland - Famous ft. Jake Davis Part of Timbaland Music Pack bundle
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Hyperbolic Magnetism\Beat Saber\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/620980/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Hyperbolic Magnetism\Beat Saber\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/620980/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

300px
In-game video settings.
300px
In-game advanced video settings.
300px
In-game room adjustment settings.
300px
In-game smooth camera settings.

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Up to 180° per eye. For mirrored view, use CameraPlus for more options.
Windowed
For mirrored view.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
For mirrored view. No option, always on in fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
MSAA up to 8x 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
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
Tracked motion controllers
Button/gesture prompts
Additional information
Haptic feedback

Audio

300px
In-game audio latency settings.
300px
In-game other settings.
300px
In-game player settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

VR support

This game requires a virtual reality headset.
Headsets State Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
With Steam version, use -vrmode oculus launch parameter to play with native Oculus SDK support.[3][4]
Windows Mixed Reality
OSVR
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
See Input for details.
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse
Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2018.4.4f1[1]
  2. Unity engine build: 2019.3.2f1[2]
  3. 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/620980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (620980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Mastan on 2019-11-09
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-04-09
  3. 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
    "
  4. steamgameswithnativesupport - /r/oculus - last accessed on 2020-01-28