Rift of the NecroDancer
The NecroDancer's back in a brand new rhythm game spinoff! Help Cadence navigate the modern world while repairing the rifts that have torn her life apart. Do rhythmic battle via rift mode, minigames, and boss…
Rift of the NecroDancer is an arcade developed by Brace Yourself Games, released 5 February 2025 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Rift of the NecroDancer is
Rift of the NecroDancer is an arcade game developed by Brace Yourself Games and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2021.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The NecroDancer's back in a brand new rhythm game spinoff! Help Cadence navigate the modern world while repairing the rifts that have torn her life apart. Do rhythmic battle via rift mode, minigames, and boss battles! All to the beat of a brand new soundtrack from Danny Baranowsky & friends.
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Rift of the NecroDancer holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4100, 6GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or AMD Radeon R7 240, 1GB VRAM.
What it launched against
Rift of the NecroDancer launched on 5 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rift of the NecroDancer yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Rift of the NecroDancer x Super Meat Boy
Rift of the NecroDancer: Celeste - "Scattered and Lost"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Celeste - "Confronting Myself"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Celeste - "Resurrections"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Celeste - "Reach for the Summit"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Pizza Tower - "It's Pizza Time!"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Pizza Tower - "The Death That I Deservioli"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Pizza Tower - "Unexpectancy, Pt. 3"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Pizza Tower - "World Wide Noise"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Hatsune Miku - "Too Real"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Hatsune Miku - "MikuFiesta"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Hatsune Miku - "M@gical Cure! Love Shot!"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Hatsune Miku - "Radiant Revival"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Hatsune Miku - "Just 1dB Louder"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Hatsune Miku - "Intergalactic Bound"
Rift of the NecroDancer: hololive - "Bibbidiba"
Rift of the NecroDancer: hololive - "Carbonated Love"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Hololive - "Reflect"
Rift of the NecroDancer: hololive - "Ahoy!! Warera Takara Kane Kaizoku-dan☆"
Rift of the NecroDancer: hololive - "Play Dice!"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Everhood - "Powers of Destruction"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Everhood - "Why Oh You Are LOVE"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Everhood - "Feisty Flowers"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Everhood - "Revenge"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Everhood - "The Final Battle"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Monstercat - "Crab Rave"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Monstercat - "PLAY"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Monstercat - "New Game"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Monstercat - "Final Boss"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Monstercat - "Waiting For You feat. Joanna Jones"
Rift of the NecroDancer: Shovel Knight - "Main Theme" - Jake Kaufman
Rift of the NecroDancer: Shovel Knight - "An Underlying Problem (The Lost City)" - Jake Kaufman
Rift of the NecroDancer: Shovel Knight - "High Above the Land (The Flying Machine)" - Jake Kaufman
Rift of the NecroDancer: Shovel Knight - "In the Halls of the Usurper (Pridemoor Keep)" - Jake Kaufman
Rift of the NecroDancer: Shovel Knight - "La Danse Macabre (Lich Yard)" - Jake Kaufman
Rift of the NecroDancer: Shovel Knight - "Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)" - Jake Kaufman
Rift of the NecroDancer: Friday Night Funkin' - "Dad Battle" - Kawai Sprite
Rift of the NecroDancer: Friday Night Funkin' - "Ugh": Kawai Sprite
Rift of the NecroDancer: Friday Night Funkin' - "Stress" - Kawai Sprite
Rift of the NecroDancer: Friday Night Funkin' - "Darnell" - Kawai Sprite
![Rift of the NecroDancer: Unbeatable - “Worn Out Tapes [Tally-Ho Version]” - Peak Divide ft. Rachel Lake cover art](https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/coc33b.jpg)
Rift of the NecroDancer: Unbeatable - “Worn Out Tapes [Tally-Ho Version]” - Peak Divide ft. Rachel Lake
Rift of the NecroDancer: Friday Night Funkin' - "Senpai": Kawai Sprite
Rift of the NecroDancer: Friday Night Funkin' - "Blammed" - Kawai Sprite
Rift of the NecroDancer: Spin Rhythm XD - "The Magician" - Seejay
Rift of the NecroDancer: VA-11 Hall-A Music Pack
Rift of the NecroDancer: VA-11 Hall-A - "Yliad" - Garoad
Rift of the NecroDancer: Undertale Music Pack
Rift of the Necrodancer: Undertale - "Spider Dance" - Toby Fox
Rift of the NecroDancer: K/DA Music Pack
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