Melody's Escape

Run, jump and slide to the rhythm of your own music library! In Melody's Escape, advanced audio detection algorithms transcribe the energy that you feel when listening to music into a synchronized gameplay experience, with a captivating and dynamic obstacle course.

Melody's Escape is a music-based procedural generation, rhythm and character customization game developed and published by Icetesy.
Released on May 20th 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 4,824 reviews of which 4,489 were positive and 335 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Melody's Escape into these genres:

Music-Based Procedural Generation Rhythm Character Customization Colorful Female Protagonist Moddable Stylized Runner Side Scroller 2D Action Music Indie Singleplayer Platformer Casual Great Soundtrack Procedural Generation Difficult Atmospheric

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows® XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor: 1.8Ghz Intel® Core 2 Duo or equivalent
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel® HD3000. DirectX 9.0c compatible with shader Model 2.0 support
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 200 MB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound cards
Additional Notes: Supports XInput compatible controllers only

MacOS

OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.8
Processor: 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support
Storage: 100 MB available space
Sound Card: Required

Linux

OS: glibc 2.15+
Processor: 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support
Storage: 100 MB available space
Sound Card: Required
Additional Notes: libmpg123 (i386) is required to play MP3s.

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Dec. 2024

A really awesome game. One of the best indie games I've played. It's very simple, all you do us use the buttons in sync with the music but it's so well made. Perfect for 5-10 min just to relax.

Oct. 2024

Pros (4) [*]Good Music. [*]Custom soundtrack support. [*]Animations that kept me interested. [*]Workshop support, with a good amount of mods. Cons (1) [*]Sometimes it lags. Which is very disheartening when you are on a good streak then you get messed up due to something completely out of your control. Don't ask me how a 2d platformer lags either. i can and have played much more intensive games without any issue. Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS with Radeon Graphics 3.30 GHz Concusion The pros i have listed are beyond my expectations for a random game i bought for less then $3 and i personally use this as a cognitive test, to get an idea of how good my reaction time is/how awake i am to play other stuff. In conclusion i can recommend this game to you if you like rhythm games. Inputs for intense Also these inputs work on difficulties below intense too, so you can practice using dual inputs on easy or medium. On keyboard For the circles you need to use WASD. The arrows you use Up, Down, Left, Right. Controllers it's left stick for arrows, right stick for circles. OR... Xbox Dpad for arrows. Circles: Y = up, X= Left, B = Right, A = Down. Playstation Dpad for arrows. Circles: Triangle = up, square = left, circle = right, X = down. Overlord Same rules as above in terms of dual input however you need to press both inputs at the same time for circles and arrows.

Aug. 2024

This game is SO addictive with it's challenging music generated tracks. Most songs work well with it, but I find that Electronic music, Techno or anything that has a prominent beat work the best. The game won't reject a song that doesn't work well, it will just make the track based on 'energy peaks' rather than beats per minute. Also, it helps if you know the song that you're going to play; don't just randomly play a song, listen to it first. All of this is just my personal opinion, it might be different for you!

June 2024

Finally reviewing it after nearly a decade. The artstyle is awesome, but the gameplay is hella boring. The metronome thingy barely works, and there's too little buttons to press during X amount of time. You just... watch. Recommended because 2B mod exists (but the vanilla girls are awesome too)

Jan. 2024

Really good game, at first it might seem kinda challenging to play, but if you practice it becomes easy-peasy. You have no limitations when it comes to the music you wanna incorporate. Also, for en even better experience I highly recommend anime songs and generally upbeat music. All in all, definitely an outstanding game.

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9.99€

9.0

4,489

335

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Developer

Icetesy

Publisher

Icetesy

Release 20 May 2016

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