Rift of the NecroDancer News

Join Danny Baranowsky and Josie Brechner as they deep dive into their experiences collaborating on Rift of the NecroDancer, and how Josie’s song Glass Cages literally changed the game.

This interview originally premiered in the 2024 Save & Sound festival, a two-day celebration of original concerts and deep dives by composers and musicians from 80+ studios.

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Save & Sound: https://www.saveandsound.io/

Danny Baranowsky: https://www.dannyBmusic.com

Josie Brechner: https://www.josiebrechner.com/


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3029150

Thank you for making Rift of the NecroDancer one of the TOP 50 MOST-PLAYED Next Fest demos! (Out of 3000+ demos! AND the only rhythm game in the top 50!) We're keeping our demo up so you can keep striving for that S+ score! 🎸⚡️

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3029150/Rift_of_the_NecroDancer_Demo/

If you like the demo, please consider wishlisting and leaving a review on our demo page!

Thank you everyone for over 150,000 wishlists and 50,000 demo downloads so far! We are truly blown away by your support.

We've updated our demo for Steam Next Fest, but we wanted to say goodbye to the old demo by sharing some fun stats. While the demo was up for several months, these numbers were mostly gathered over two weeks, during Klei Fest (June 20 - 27) and Rhythm Fest (Aug 19 - 26).

[h2]But first... new demo = new trailer![/h2]
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3029150/Rift_of_the_NecroDancer_Demo/

[h2]Now on to the numbers.[/h2]


Across these two weeks, we recorded 45,905 hours played! INSANE!

The most played chart in the previous demo was Ravevenge feat. Aram Zero by Alex Moukala on Hard, at a whopping 372,812 attempts in just two weeks, followed by Ravevenge on Medium, and Amalgamaniac on Hard.

Ravevenge on Medium was also the most failed song, with 97,401 fails.

We also recorded a total of 405,593 quick retries throughout the whole demo. I see some perfectionists out here!


The hardest monster for players to hit was the shielded black skeleton, with 7.56% missed! Those are some tricky fellas.

Blademasters were a close second, with 6.38% missed.


We recorded 88.32 MILLION True Perfect hits across these two weeks! WOW! Good going y'all.

There were 239,773,765 total inputs in the demo during this time period.


The most common Rank players achieved was A Rank, with 37.3% of all ranks being A!

4.9% of scores were S+ (previously SS).

Those are the fun stats we have to share! Thank you all so much again for playing our demo. Your feedback and enthusiasm have helped so much. We hope you'll enjoy the Next Fest demo even more! Don't forget to wishlist for news and try the new demo if you haven't yet.

Also, if you're enjoying the music, you can find the new demo songs on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and more.

Happy Rhythm Fest everyone! The Rift of the NecroDancer demo is BACK, and it has its own Steam page this time.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3029150/Rift_of_the_NecroDancer_Demo/

[h3]Demo content[/h3]
You can play the following songs in EASY, MEDIUM, and HARD difficulties:

• Disco Disaster by Danny Baranowsky
  
• Amalgamaniac by Alex Moukala
  
• RAVEVENGE ft. Aram Zero by Alex Moukala

We'll have more content to share in the coming months, so make sure to hit the follow button on our Steam page or join our Discord to stay up to date!

Hi everyone! Rift of the NecroDancer has a short, free demo available to try RIGHT NOW until June 27th during Klei Fest. Leaderboards are enabled, so see how you stack up globally against other players!

You can download the demo directly from the Rift of the NecroDancer store page. If you enjoy it, make sure to wishlist, and let us know how you do!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2073250/Rift_of_the_NecroDancer/

You can play the following songs in EASY, MEDIUM, and HARD difficulties:

• Disco Disaster by Danny Baranowsky
  
• Amalgamaniac by Alex Moukala
  
• RAVEVENGE ft. Aram Zero by Alex Moukala

Additionally, the original Crypt of the NecroDancer is on sale and included in several bundles throughout Klei Fest for STACKABLE DISCOUNTS!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer/

One of these bundles is the new NecroDancer Essentials bundle, which contains Crypt of the NecroDancer, AMPLIFIED, SYNCHRONY, and Hatsune Miku for an additional 40% off their sale price. Now's the time to get the complete NecroDancer experience!

[h3]All bundles with NecroDancer this week:[/h3]

• Klei Fest Bundle (50%+)
• NecroDancer Essential Bundle (40%+)
• Rhythmic Rampage Bundle (10%+)
• Procedural Peril Bundle (10%+)