Rhythm Heaven Groove is a music developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 4, released 2 July 2026 on Nintendo Switch.
What Rhythm Heaven Groove is
Rhythm Heaven Groove is a music game developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 4 and released in 2026. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Rhythm Heaven Groove, known as Rhythm Paradise Groove in PAL regions and Rhythm Tengoku: Miracle Stars in Asia, is a 2026 rhythm game developed by Nintendo and TNX and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fifth installment in Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven series, following Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015) for the Nintendo 3DS. The game released worldwide on July 2, 2026, being the first new game in the Rhythm Heaven series in over a decade.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Rhythm Heaven Groove holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 75% of the 484 rated music games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Rhythm Heaven Groove launched on 2 July 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Palworld, Splatoon Raiders and Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 9 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Palworld, Splatoon Raiders, Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rhythm Heaven Groove yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Quick answers
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