AUDICA: Rhythm Shooter

AUDICA™ is a VR “rhythm shooter” that combines Harmonix’s award-winning music gameplay with precision shooting mechanics and a 33-song soundtrack, all set in a mesmerizing cosmic arena.

AUDICA: Rhythm Shooter is a rhythm, music and action game developed and published by Harmonix Music Systems and Inc.
Released on November 05th 2019 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 582 reviews of which 495 were positive and 87 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 27.43€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified AUDICA: Rhythm Shooter into these genres:

Rhythm Music Action Indie VR Early Access Shooter Great Soundtrack

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Requirements

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Windows

OS: Windows 10 or newer
Processor: Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 4GB / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater
VR Support: SteamVR

Reviews

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July 2024

I might not play this as much as beat saber or pistol whip, but it still holds a very special place in my heart. I grew up playing the rock band games so I was elated to hear that harmonix was making a VR game and they delivered wonderfully. The game has a decent selection of songs, some DLC songs, and you can mod in songs so there is a lot of replayability. Itll take you a while before you are playing expert level songs as the game does have a bit of a learning curve but I didnt find it too challenging. The one gripe I have with the game is right before they decided to stop development, they went the beat saber route and started adding super popular songs to buy instead of ones that would actually flow with the game well. Still they did add plenty of free songs that are really good and then you can just mod in whatever you want. 100% would buy again.

July 2024

One of the best VR rythm shooter games. Sadly the developers left the game and are no longer updating and adding more music packs & content. Modding is still available and the game itself is really good!

May 2024

This game is Incredibly fun.... I think that if the devs would update the tracking (Which is not great) that this game could be right up there with beatsaber....... Not quite sure why these Dilberts have not addressed the issues yet?.... such as the guns twisting a bit left or right over time. Played on PSVR and Valve Index. Really this game is an unpolished gem, that could be right up there with the best VR games of all time.

Feb. 2024

Criminally underrated VR rhythm shooter. I like a lot of the OST. The mechanics flow together well and take advantage of VR well. If you're a rhythm game fan I think you'll find the higher difficulty levels very enjoyable, but be aware they are definitely notable jumps in difficulty (I believe Beginner and Standard difficulties don't even use all of the mechanics). It just feels awesome being able to accurately shoot the targets that appear everywhere and do it to the beat. I think the higher difficulty levels in this game are a bit more interesting/engaging than Beat Saber, and it even reminds me of drumming a little bit in the sense that you will have to develop a level of independence between your hands. One other thing I like about this one over Beat Saber and Pistol Whip, two games I would consider the best VR rhythm games, is that I can play it for an extended period without drenching myself in sweat (although there's certainly nothing wrong with a little sweat!) Now, a big huge disclaimer is that the devs have abandoned this game and online leaderboards do not work anymore. If these are important factors to you then I cannot recommend you purchase this game. However, if these are not that important to you, definitely give it a try. The only other downsides I can see in the game are that the environments are not as dynamic as they are in most other VR rhythm games, although one could say that may be distracting, and that the song selection UI is a little too lacking in information in my opinion. Other than that, there are a few mods, including one that lets you download songs in game, a nice modding discord, and a nice amount of custom songs by the community. If you like rhythm games, you'll definitely have a good time with this one.

Dec. 2023

Recently got a Quest 3, which had me returning to hits from my old VR library. AUDICA is one of those old hits, and still tragically underrated. When this originally released, Beat Saber was already soaking up all the spotlight for VR rhythm gaming. And this I guess flew under the radar. It's sad to see support for Audica has dropped off... The funny thing is though, I've never really bothered looking into mods or custom songs for this. The base game is solid as-is, with songs I actually like. Meanwhile, I find custom songs basically essential to enjoy Beat Saber, with more misses than hits in the base game soundtrack. Not so with AUDICA. As for the game itself, you have two guns which you use to shoot at flying targets to the beat. Sounds pretty simple. The game has a lot of tricks up its sleeve to make that simple concept progressively more challenging, though, without just throwing more targets at you. Aside from the base music I enjoy more, it's this part in particular that I think Audica beats Beat Saber best. Just like most VR titles, the price is maybe a bit steep for what it is, but I still recommend it.

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Steam data	23 November 2024 05:06
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Steam price	23 December 2024 20:28
Steam reviews	22 December 2024 03:55

27.43€

8.0

495

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Developer

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc

Publisher

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc

Release 05 Nov 2019

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