The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor
Packing in a fully-fledged story mode with a colourful cast of musically-empowered heroes and villains, The Metronomicon sees you take control a party of eight newly graduated masters of the "rhythmic combat…
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor is an indie developed by Puuba, released 29 September 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.92 at DreamGame. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor is
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor is an indie game developed by Puuba and released in 2016. It was published by Akupara Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Lightweight Java Game Library.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor is a rhythm game developed by American indie studio Puuba. The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor was originally released on September 29, 2016, for Microsoft Windows and macOS, under the name "The Metronomicon". On August 29, 2017, Puuba added new content and released the game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 30, 2017, under the expanded name "The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor".
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 32 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 20 hrs, roughly 2.5 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $3.92, that works out to about $0.49 per hour of the main story, or $0.20 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 3rd Gen i3/AMD FX-4100 Series, 4 GB RAM and Intel HD (Integrated), GeForce 6 Series/Radeon R7 Series. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.92 at DreamGame, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor launched on 29 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, Sid Meier's Civilization VI and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Persona 5, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor 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 2 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor - J-Punch Pack
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor - Indie Game Challenge Pack 1
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor - Chiptune Challenge Pack 1
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor - Chiptune Challenge Pack 2
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor - J-Punch Challenge Pack
The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor - The End Records Challenge Pack
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor - The End Records Challenge Pack
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