Beat Saber is an arcade developed by Beat Games, released 1 May 2018 on Meta Quest 3, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation VR and Meta Quest 2. The main story takes about 11.5 hrs to finish.
What Beat Saber is
Beat Saber is an arcade game developed by Beat Games and released in 2018. It is available on Meta Quest 3, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
History The development started in 2016 when we found out there is no great rhythm based game on VR. The game was showcased on many places and almost 700 people tried it so far. The response is overwhelming positive. Features Unique gameplay with a great feel - Beat Saber combines the satisfying feeling of cutting with emergent perception of rhythm. Handcrafted levels & music - All the basic levels and music in the game will be handcrafted to emphasise the music rhythm. The results are incomparable to similar games with generated content. Game longevity - The game can be played in short (few minutes) sessions in quick play mode or for many hours in career mode. Game accessibility - Anyone…
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are action, kids, party and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 5 players online. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 26 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Beat Saber holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 195 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 960 or equivalent. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Beat Saber launched on 1 May 2018, within three weeks of God of War, God of War (2018), Frostpunk and The Forest. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War, God of War (2018), Frostpunk, The Forest.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Beat Saber yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Beat Saber
Beat Saber: Kayzo - "This Time"
Beat Saber: Aero Chord - "Boundless"
Beat Saber: Pegboard Nerds - "Emoji VIP"
Beat Saber: Tristam - "Till It's Over"
Beat Saber: RIOT - "Overkill"
Beat Saber: Rogue - "Rattlesnake"
Beat Saber: Stonebank - "Stronger (feat. Emel)"
Beat Saber: Muzzy - "Feeling Stronger (feat. Charlotte Colley)"
Beat Saber: Feint - "We Won't Be Alone (feat. Laura Brehm)"
Beat Saber: Tokyo Machine - "Epic"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Machine"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Natural"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Thunder"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Believer"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Whatever It Takes"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Warriors"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Bad Liar"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Digital"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "It's Time"
Beat Saber: Panic! at the Disco - "The Greatest Show"
Beat Saber: Panic! at the Disco - "High Hopes"
Beat Saber: Panic! at the Disco - "Emperor's New Clothes"
Beat Saber: Panic! at the Disco - "Victorious"
Beat Saber: Tokyo Machine - "Play"
Beat Saber: Stephen Walking - "Glide"
Beat Saber: Tokyo Machine - "Rock It"
Beat Saber: Slushii - "Luv U Need U"
Beat Saber: Dion Timmer - "Shiawase"
Beat Saber: Slushii & Dion Timmer - "Test Me"
Beat Saber: Rocket League x Monstercat Music Pack
Beat Saber: Green Day - "Holiday"
Beat Saber: Green Day - "Father of All..."
Beat Saber: Green Day - "Minority"
Beat Saber: Green Day - "American Idiot"
Beat Saber: Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Beat Saber: Green Day - "Fire, Ready, Aim"
Beat Saber: Bruno Martini & Timbaland - "Famous ft. Jake Davis"
Beat Saber: Wavezswavesz - "While We’re Young"
Beat Saber: Nash Overstreet, Karra & Common Strangers - "What I Like"
Beat Saber: Kaydence & Timbaland - "Dumb Thingz"
Beat Saber: Sid Tipton & Timbaland - "Has a Meaning"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Faint"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "In the End"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Papercut"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "One Step Closer"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Numb"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "What I've Done"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Bleed It Out"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Given Up"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "New Divide"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Breaking the Habit"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Somewhere I Belong"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Dynamite"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Burning Up (Fire)"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)"
Beat Saber: BTS - "DNA"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Blood Sweat & Tears"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Dionysus"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Dope"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Idol"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Fake Love"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Not Today"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Ugh!"
Beat Saber: BTS - "Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)"
Beat Saber: LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock - "Party Rock Anthem"
Beat Saber: The Pussycat Dolls - "Don't Cha"
Beat Saber: Kendrick Lamar - "DNA."
Beat Saber: Maroon 5 - "Sugar"
Beat Saber: OneRepublic - "Counting Stars"
Beat Saber: Gwen Stefani - "The Sweet Escape ft. Akon"
Beat Saber: Limp Bizkit - "Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)"
Beat Saber: Skrillex & Wolfgang Gartner – "The Devil’s Den"
Beat Saber: Skrillex – "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"
Beat Saber: Skrillex – "Bangarang (feat. Sirah)"
Beat Saber: Skrillex - "First of the Year (Equinox)"
Beat Saber: Skrillex - "Ragga Bomb (feat. Ragga Twins)"
Beat Saber: Skrillex, Justin Bieber & Don Toliver - "Don’t Go"
Beat Saber: Skrillex, Starrah & Four Tet - "Butterflies"
Beat Saber: Skrillex - "Rock ‘n’ Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain)"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "NDA"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "Therefore I Am"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "Bellyache"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "Oxytocin"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "I Didn't Change My Number"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "Bad Guy"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "Bury a Friend"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "You Should See Me in a Crown"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "All the Good Girls Go to Hell"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "Happier Than Ever"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga - "Alejandro"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande - "Rain on Me (with Ariana Grande)"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga - "Paparazzi"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga, Beyoncé - "Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga - "Born This Way"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga - "The Edge Of Glory"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga, Colby O’Donis - "Just Dance (feat. Colby O’Donis)"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga - "Stupid Love"
Beat Saber: Fall Out Boy - "Centuries"
Beat Saber: Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance"
Beat Saber: Fall Out Boy - "I Don’t Care"
Beat Saber: Fall Out Boy - "Irresistible"
Beat Saber: Fall Out Boy - "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
Beat Saber: Fall Out Boy - "This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race"
Beat Saber: Fall Out Boy - "Thnks fr th Mmrs"
Beat Saber: Fall Out Boy - "Immortals"
Beat Saber: Darude - "Sandstorm"
Beat Saber: Fatboy Slim - "The Rockafeller Skank"
Beat Saber: Zedd - "Stay the Night (feat. Hayley Williams)"
Beat Saber: Pendulum - "Witchcraft"
Beat Saber: Martin Garrix - "Animals"
Beat Saber: Bomfunk MC's - "Freestyler"
Beat Saber: Madeon - "Icarus"
Beat Saber: Rudimental - "Waiting All Night (feat. Ella Eyre)"
Beat Saber: Marshmello - "Alone"
Beat Saber: deadmau5 - "Ghosts 'n' Stuff (feat. Rob Swire)"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "Everybody's Gay"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "Truth Hurts"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "Tempo (feat. Missy Elliot)"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "About Damn Time"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "Worship"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "Good As Hell"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "Juice"
Beat Saber: Lizzo - "Cuz I Love You"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "Take My Breath"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar - "Pray For Me"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "How Do I Make You Love Me?"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "Save Your Tears"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "I Feel It Coming (Feat. Daft Punk)"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "Sacrifice"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "The Hills"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "Can't Feel My Face"
Beat Saber: Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Beat Saber: Guns N' Roses - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
Beat Saber: The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
Beat Saber: Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
Beat Saber: KISS - "I Was Made For Lovin' You"
Beat Saber: Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
Beat Saber: Steppenwolf - "Born To Be Wild"
Beat Saber: Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons - "Bones"
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons x J.I.D - "Enemy (from the series Arcane League of Legends)"
Beat Saber: Panic! At The Disco - "Viva Las Vengeance"
Beat Saber: Panic! At The Disco - "Sugar Soaker"
Beat Saber: Panic! At The Disco - "Say Amen (Saturday Night)"
Beat Saber: Panic! At The Disco - "Hey Look Ma, I Made It"
Beat Saber: Panic! At The Disco - "Dancing's Not A Crime"
Beat Saber: Panic! At The Disco - "Crazy = Genius"
Beat Saber: Queen - "We Are the Champions"
Beat Saber: Queen - "Stone Cold Crazy"
Beat Saber: Queen - "One Vision"
Beat Saber: Queen - "Don't Stop Me Now"
Beat Saber: Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Beat Saber: Queen - "Somebody to Love"
Beat Saber: Queen - "I Want It All"
Beat Saber: Queen - "Killer Queen"
Beat Saber: Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust"
Beat Saber: Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Beat Saber: Monstercat Music Pack Vol. 1
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "Less Than Zero"
Beat Saber: The Weeknd - "Die For You (Feat. Arianda Grande)"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Fighting Myself"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Crawling"
Beat Saber: Mike Shinoda - "Already Over"
Beat Saber: Fort Minor - "Remember the Name (feat. Styles of Beyond)"
Beat Saber: JAY-Z, Linkin Park - "Numb/Encore"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "More The Victim"
Beat Saber: Linkin Park - "Lost"
Beat Saber: Mike Shinoda & Kaliee Morgue - "In My Head"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Angry"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Bite My Head Off"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Sympathy For The Devil"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Live by the Sword"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Mess it Up"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Paint It Black"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Start Me Up"
Beat Saber: The Rolling Stones - "Whole Wide World"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "Around The World"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - “Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger”
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "The Prime Time of Your Life/The Brainwasher/Rollin'/Alive (Live 2007)"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "Veridis Quo"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "Lose Yourself to Dance (feat. Pharrell Williams)"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "One More Time"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "Technologic"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "Da Funk / Daftendirekt"
Beat Saber: Daft Punk - "Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers)"
Beat Saber: Pop Smoke - "The Woo (feat. 50 Cent, Roddy Ricch)"
Beat Saber: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Message"
Beat Saber: Dr Dre - "Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang"
Beat Saber: The Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize"
Beat Saber: Outkast - "Hey Ya!"
Beat Saber: Eminem - "Godzilla (feat. Juice WRLD)"
Beat Saber: Snoop Dogg - "Gin and Juice"
Beat Saber: Nicki Minaj - "Anaconda"
Beat Saber: 2Pac - "All Eyez On Me (feat. Big Syke)"
Beat Saber: Eminem - "Houdini"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears x Will.I.AM - "Scream and Shout (Will.I.AM)"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "Till the World Ends"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "Overprotected"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "Womanizer"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "I'm A Slave 4 U"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "Me Against the Music (feat. Madonna)"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "Gimme More"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "Circus"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "Toxic"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "…Baby One More Time"
Beat Saber: Britney Spears - "Oops!...I Did It Again"
Beat Saber: Grant & Ellis - "Dead Man Walking"
Beat Saber: Tokyo Machine - "Rad"
Beat Saber: Teminite & Skybreak - "Accelerate"
Beat Saber: Teddy Killerz & Pegboard Nerds - "Pump"
Beat Saber: Sullivan King - "Thrones of Blood"
Beat Saber: Öwnboss & Selva - "Riot"
Beat Saber: F.O.O.L & Power Glove - "Mercenary"
Beat Saber: Excision & Dion Timmer - "Dabadabadabadaba"
Beat Saber: Nitro Fun - "Final Boss"
Beat Saber: Bossfight - "Endgame"
Beat Saber: Alan Walker - "Wake Up"
Beat Saber: Dyro x Conro - "Memory Bank"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Fade to Black"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Battery"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Hit the Lights"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Creeping Death"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Blackened"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "One"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Seek & Destroy"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Sad but True"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Enter Sandman"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Lux Æterna"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "King Nothing"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Atlas, Rise!"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "Fuel"
Beat Saber: Metallica - "The Unforgiven"
Beat Saber: Kendrick Lamar - "Not Like Us"
Beat Saber: Lady Gaga - "Abracadabra"
Beat Saber: Billie Eilish - "Birds of a Feather"
Beat Saber: Sabrina Carpenter - "Espresso"
Beat Saber: Katseye - "Gabriela"
Quick answers
Beat Saber — frequently asked questions
When did Beat Saber come out?
Beat Saber was released on 1 May 2018 for Meta Quest 3, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation VR, Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Beat Saber?
At minimum, Beat Saber needs Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 960 or equivalent graphics, 200 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Beat Saber?
The main story of Beat Saber takes around 11.5 hrs, or 1 hrs for 100% completion.
Does Beat Saber have multiplayer?
Yes. Beat Saber supports multiplayer for up to 5 players online.
How many GB is Beat Saber?
The PC version needs about 0.2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("200 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.
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