Guitar Hero (Series) Alternatives

Guitar Hero is described as 'Series of music rhythm games in which players use a guitar-shaped game controller to simulate playing lead, bass guitar, and rhythm guitar across numerous rock music songs. Players match notes that scroll on-screen to colored fret buttons on the controller' and is a Music Game in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Guitar Hero for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Linux, Mac and Web-based apps. The best Guitar Hero alternative is osu!, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Guitar Hero are Rocksmith, Frets on Fire, Tap Tap Reloaded and Clone Hero.

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  1. Phase Shift icon
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    Phase Shift is the ultimate game in the music/rhythm genre for the Windows platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Guitar Flash icon
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    Guitar Flash is a super fun and addictive game. Become a rock star and crush the guitar playing several songs. Dispute duels with your friends and try to put your name on the hall of fame of the best players.

    12 Guitar Flash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Music Hero icon
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    Music Hero is the most rockin' and the only music rhythm game that you can play with your own music! Get ready to feel the rhythm as you tap tap your cell phone screen now!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Music Hero is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Guitar Hero.

    • Music Hero is Free and ProprietaryGuitar Hero is Paid and Proprietary
  4. McOsu icon
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    A free open-source circle-clicking rhythm game practice client for osu! beatmaps with Virtual Reality support. McOsu is developed separately from and has no direct affiliation with osu! or ppy Pty Ltd.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. BeatX icon
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    BeatX is a clone of popular music game Stepmania and DDR. Hit the arrows in the rhythm of the music to achieve the best score!

    18 BeatX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  6. Beat Saber icon
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    Beat Saber is a unique VR rhythm game, where your goal is to slash the beats (represented by small cubes) as they come at you. Every beat indicates which saber to use and the direction you need to match.

    10 Beat Saber alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  7. Muse Dash icon
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    Dance to the music and beat enemies from above and ahead with simple left-and-right operations. Although it’s not difficult to operate, but it’s definitely an interesting game! There are abundant songs to select and meticulously designed beats!.

    16 Muse Dash alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Nintendo Switch
     
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    Dynamix is a mobile music game that integrates arcade gaming experience into mobile device. C4Cat brings you the fruit of creativity of worldwide composers within this pocket size mobile game.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    The most rockin' music game is back for your iPhone and iPod touch. More songs, more stages, more characters, new features... MORE ROCK!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  10. DittoBeat icon
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    DittoBeat is a music game that lets you test your skills and become the ultimate rhythmic copycat. Watch to learn the multicolored patterns and then repeat back the same rhythm pattern as accurately as you can to the music.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  11. DJMax icon
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    DJMax (often stylised as DJMAX and also known as DJ Max in North America) is an action-rhythm video game series created by the South Korean company Pentavision Entertainment which belongs to Neowiz holdings.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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