About the Game
Dead as Disco puts you in the shoes of Charlie Disco, a fallen icon with one chance to reclaim the spotlight from the Idols – Charlie’s ex-bandmates and musical legends. Confront the Idols in stylish combat that syncs to every song, and survive a world torn apart by music, fame, and betrayal In this action-packed, literal Beat ‘Em Up.
FIGHT TO MUSIC
Attack, dodge, and take-down enemies in perfect sync with the music. Master the musical path of each Idol to unlock new talents, moves, and dances. The groove isn’t just for the show: it’s your ultimate Beat Kune Do.
RECLAIM THE SPOTLIGHT
Journey through a handcrafted, non-linear story of reunion, revenge, and redemption.
For the first time in 10 years, the living members of the legendary band, Dead as Disco, are reuniting -- for a concert honoring their dead drummer, Charlie Disco.
You are Charlie Disco, and for one night only, you can have your revenge.
Confront your ex-bandmates, now the larger-than-life Idols, and uncover the secrets of the past to find out the truth of who really killed Disco.
MULTI-GENRE SOUNDTRACK
Featuring an original OST (streamer-safe), plus licensed bangers from past and present.
ROCKSTAR CUSTOMIZATION
Collect over-the-top fashion from all the stars in the world of Disco. No matter what look you choose, you’ll always leave an impression.
Customize your home away from home, the Dive Bar, by collecting memorabilia from past and present, and in the process unlock the true story of what really happened to the band.
PLAY YOUR OWN MUSIC!
Play any song in your music library, edit music videos, and craft your own music-synced gameplay spectacle! Dead as Disco is a UGC mosh pit ready for modding.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
June Hotfix #1
- Fixed an issue where players were incorrectly being told they needed to re-add existing songs to My Music
We are still looking into a number of other reported issues from the June Update and expect to have a second hotfix to address many of them
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We are back with our first large update since Early Access Launch! We got out two quick hotfixes in response to the feedback and bugs we received - and this is our first delivery focused on new content (but also bug fixes and adjustments as well!)
In this updated we wanted to give some new content across the board (Challenge, Dance Moves, an arena, a new outfit, and even a new song) while adding more tools to the Custom Challenges toolbox.Many of the adjustments we made were drawn directly from feedback and reports from all of you. You'll also see us take full advantage of Early Access by introducing things at an early stage so we can use your feedback to inform future improvements.
Please let us know what you think about all the new toys - we are listening!
Gameplay:
- ALL LEADERBOARDS HAVE BEEN RESET. With the changes and new update, we wanted a fresh slate for folks to compete for high scores!
- Fixed an issue where Dex could get out of bounds in the final phase of his boss fight
- Added a new animation for Meteor kicks
- Fixed bridge transition to be more in sync in Dex's level
- Created new quick get-up animations for when the player gets knocked backwards/forwards and initiates a timely dodge
- Fixed a bug where enemies might end up in the air or above Charlie when performing perfect counters
- Some objects that were blocking the view on Hemlock's platform now properly dither
- Improved lighting quality and optimization pass on Prophet Boss's Phase 1 and 2
- Pick-up FX for hearts and hidden objects should be more obvious
- Fixed a bug where the Bass Invader change sound persists beyond getting hit
- There are new air juggle animations, so that hitting airborne enemies feels more fun and organic
- Adjusted security guard baton FX to make slashes more visible
- Adjusted position of Finisher indicator and Health Bar
- We have fixed a bug that prevented Charlie from picking the correct counter where he blocks a punch coming from his right side. Thanks Ryze for the report on Discord!
- Updated car flyby sounds in Prophet. Also added more variations to honk warning indicators
- Fixed a hiccup in Shield Guard's counter attack animation
- We have made Charlie's ranged attacks feel more fluid thanks to nicer clockwise vs counter-clockwise rotations based on the previous animations
- Fixed a bug where enemies would sometimes spawn outside of the playable space in Infinite Disco
- Fixed a bug where Hemlock would end up under the floor during his transition to phase 3
- Fixed a bug where Hemlock wouldn't transition his arena to phase 3 in rare occasions
- Singularity: Damage after being launched has been reduced
- Singularity: Flat score bonus has been decreased
- Singularity: Time to full charge has been increased
- Singularity: Now awards score upon release of the blackhole instead of upon achieving charge level
- Fever Meter: Fever gain from perfect inputs has been reduced
- Fever Meter: Deflecting projectiles now grants Fever
- Tap Bass Invader now hits twice
Challenge Playlists:
- The Challenge Playlist feature is now live! Make the ultimate Challenge with multiple songs to test your abilities
- You can now string together Challenges in any order you want to see how many Challenges you can defeat back to back
- This functions very similar to Playlists in Free Play Mode
- Normal Challenges and Custom Challenges can both be used in Challenge Playlists
New Song, Arena, Enemy, Cosmetic, and Challenge:
- A new song called "Versus" by Dex is now available! There's a new Versus Challenge to unlock this record for the Jukebox in The Encore
- Added the new Mind's Eye Infinite Disco arena, which can be unlocked by defeating the Versus Challenge
- Added a new cosmetic outfit that can be unlocked by defeating the Versus Challenge with 2 stars or more
- Added a new enemy type: Elite Echoes. These enemies are even harder to hit, with the ability to dodge some Flashback attacks. They also have some new attacks up their sleeve
- Elite Echoes can be spawned in Custom Challenges
- The new Challenge spawns enemies with Super Armor. Enemies with Super Armor have additional health (as armor) and do not flinch with being hit. Super Armor enemies are not available in Custom Challenges yet, but are planned for the next update
We'd love to hear your feedback about Super Armor and Elite Echoes to help us in the future!
Selectable Dance Moves:
- Dance moves have been added to the Cosmetics menu, where they can be unlocked.
- A Dance can be equipped to one of 4 inputs (1,2,3,4 keys on keyboards by default, d-pad for controller).
- If no dance is assigned to an input explicitly, a random dance among unlocked ones will be used.
- Dances can be added/removed from random rotation in the Cosmetics menu.
- Some Dance Moves that were previously in the old random selection will need to now be unlocked
- However there are new Dance Moves to obtain now as well!
- Updated the key bindings for Dance move, now the Pause screen and Move List bindings should match
Arena Swapping:
- Arena swapping is back in Infinite Disco!
- You can now dynamically swap arenas in Free Play mode, allowing for even more fun capture moments
- Options are to swap on a number of rounds, on a hotkey, or on Takedowns
We'd love to hear feedback on what else you'd like to see here!
Tunable Mods:
- Added tunable player and enemy settings to Custom Challenges
- In the Mods section, you can now modify various settings for your Challenge and input the values you'd like to use
- The new supported mods are: Adjust Enemy Damage to Player (multiplier), Add Enemy Health, Add Fever Bars, Add Takedown Tokens, Adjust Fever Generation Speed (multiplier), Add Hearts, Set Max Hearts, Set Max Fever Bars, and Set Max Takedown Tokens
Accessibility:
- Font adjustments to description text to accommodate dyslexic players
- Added a setting to hide leaderboards for players that would prefer to not see them
The Encore:
- Made some of the Encore upgrades more noticeable
- Added a collectable sound for collectables in the Encore
- Jukebox DJ Cappy now bobs to the beat
- Fixed a minor visual bug with the Encore's ceiling fog
Auto-pause:
- Game can now auto-pause in a few circumstances based on a setting:
- Pause when in background: Pauses when the game loses focus or the in-store overlay is open
- Pause on platform UI open: Pauses the game when the platform UI overlay is open
- Pause when controller disconnected: Pauses if the game is playing with a controller and it disconnects
General:
- Adjusted the repeatable lines for Arora's second quest to be more clear
- Hemlock is no longer a broken record when he gets angry about the lack of Power Juice in the Encore.
- Idols in general do a lot less moaning and groaning in the Encore
- Slight redesign of the Custom menus in Infinite Disco
- Increased anti-cheat protection
- Removed blue dots that appeared when near the border of the Green Screen arena
- Fixed an issue where the player had to exit and re-enter Infinite Disco to see recently unlocked arenas
- Fixed BPM being displayed in some places rounded to integer instead of with 2 decimal places
- Fix for an issue with Advanced Song Editor where using a beat offset with custom BPM sections would apply that offset to the sections
- Setting the Tempo in Advanced Editor now changes it in My Music on initial song add
- Fixed an issue where it was possible to delete a My Music song that's currently playing
- Fixed an issue where DLSS's quality mode couldn't be changed from Auto when going from left to right
- Fixed an issue where re-adding missing songs to My Music could sometimes not saving to disk
- Fixed issues when trying to add songs to My Music in the full game after adding them in the Demo
- Frame Rate Limit (On Battery) no longer remains active for charging batteries
- Fixed game losing focus when tweaking the "Button Glyphs" setting with controller
- Fixed a bug in Free Play where showing a popup message would cause the system menu stack to get disrupted
- If trying to rebind a keyboard key using a controller, the correct controller prompt will appear to go "Back"
- Fixed "Failed to retrieve data" typo on leaderboards
- Infinite Disco now lists arena variations directly in list of arenas, instead of having a separate UI element for variants
- Turned down the Fever Bar full sounds in the audio mix
- Lighting adjustments in various levels and arenas
- Fixed a number of bugs to properly support widescreen
- Added option to opt out of sending anonymous telemetry
- Various UI and UX improvements, particularly in Custom Challenges
- Various adjustments for text spacing and wrapping
- Various dialogue adjustments
- Various localization fixes
The focus of this Hotfix is bug fixes, improvements to the Level Select and Infinite Disco flow, and even some new Challenges. The majority of what’s here was based on your feedback and bug reports - keep 'em coming, please! Also keep an eye out for a bigger update in June with a number of new features and improvements (details on our socials and in our Discord).
Thank you so much for your support and positive reviews! We continue to work hard to make Dead as Disco the best it can be <3
Gameplay
- Fixed issue where occasionally a perfect dodge wouldn’t be considered as such when dodging Arora’s meteors. The red indicator should now also be more helpful and consistent. If you felt like this attack was unfair sometimes — you were right.
- Fixed issue where Arora’s meteor and Prophet’s car throw could occasionally land instantly.
- Fixed issue during the Arora Boss where being at the edge of the arena can cause the meteors to miss the platform and the indicator will blink forever.
- Fixed rare issue where players could get stuck inside a falling meteor from Arora.
- Fixed issue in Dex’s level where it’s possible to get stuck floating on the edge of a platform after a Mosher attack.
- Adjusted the timing on Dex’s intro to not be as awkward (and show a random floating heart).
- Fixed issue where Charlie could get stuck and fall through the destroyed bridge in Dex’s level.
- Prophet should no longer get stuck out of bounds near the edge of the arena in Boss Phase 2.
- Fixed some sound effects not playing in Prophet, Arora and Dex levels.
- Adjusted sound effects for when the Fever Bar reaches full.
- Updated Shocked tooltip to include that enemies take extra damage when hit while Shocked.
- Fixed a bug where bosses could have missing indicators.
Infinite Disco
- Added a separate tab for Free Play vs Custom Challenges. Added an initial panel to select which mode to start with. This was to address feedback that the experience could be clearer.
- Free Play songs now have heart drops from enemies. The Free Play experience is intended to be easier (like the demo), and Challenges are where to go for a more challenging experience.
- Free Play songs now have Leaderboards.
- Fixed issue where the shuffle checkbox UI could become inconsistent with the actual playlist shuffle state.
- Fixed issue where restarting Challenges during the countdown causes the next countdown to start earlier.
- Challenges - Gravitational Pull challenge objective now works for any level of Singularity charge (not just max).
- Challenges - fixed an issue where Match Made in Heaven was awarding Fans instead of Points at certain thresholds.
- Dead End Drive arena: the crowd shouldn’t invade the playable space anymore and should dither on low-medium settings.
Accessibility
- Added color blind settings in Video > Settings.
New Challenges (yes, even in a hotfix we’ll roll out some new content!)
- There are 2 new Challenges to play: Complex Situation and Studio Smash Hit.
- Complex Situation has you rush to complete 7 Takedowns while weaving in Heavy Attacks. Unlock the new “God Complex” arena on completion.
- Studio Smash Hit has you focus on mastering the Showstopper ability. Unlock the new “Studio Speakeasy” arena on completion.
General
- Level Select - Levels now show a brief description for the selected level. Story levels show the highest scores and stars.
- Level Select - Changed the names of the difficulties from Easy/Normal to Chill/Amped and added descriptions about the differences. This was done after watching players automatically select Normal instead of an experience that fits the type of gameplay they want. The goal is to make the differences clear so players can select what is best for their playstyle.
- Fixed issue where Dex was playing some of Hemlock’s VO.
- Prophet’s hood should no longer clip into his head during the finale cinematic.
- Fixed sound effects on some transitions.
- Adjusted the tutorial to have the player do more of each action.
- Reduced the amount of work during the initial benchmark and Auto-Set in Video Settings. This should solve rare issues where players were getting stuck here.
Localization
- Fixed Ukrainian difficulty names so they fit correctly and no longer overlap on the level select screen (should be fixed for real this time).
Some highlights: We saw some issues with Hemlock we’d never seen before and your videos and clips are helping us track down the root causes. We watched people struggle with the meteors in Arora’s fight and realized we made a major oopsie there - that’s now resolved. People going crazy on custom challenges brought a whole list of issues to light that we’ve addressed.
This is just a start - we’ll continue to make improvements to the first time flow and make it smoother and easier to find the fun in Infinite Disco (in addition to everything on our roadmap). We are on a (brand new) mission to make this the most fun game you’ve ever played!
Gameplay:
- Possible fix for an issue where Hemlock sometimes wouldn’t correctly transition to his final boss phase (as well as added additional logging to help us debug this case)
- Possible fix where Hemlock could end up under the world if you hit him with a Drumstick Toss as he was transitioning to phase 3
- Arora's meteors are now more consistent when it comes to perfect dodging. Timing should be more generous and players will no longer get hit when they properly dodge
- Fixed a few rare cases where inputs would seem ignored (under the hood it was a problem with our gameplay system not finding a valid animation to play)
- Fixed a bug where the guards would not always play all the hit reactions they should during finishers
Custom Challenges:
- Fixed required ability names not always displaying when using the “Perform an ability a certain number of times” custom challenge objective
- Removed Leaderboards from custom challenges, these were not intended.
- Fixed enemies being able to spawn out of bounds during custom challenges
- Fixed an issue where Arora’s projectile attacks sometimes wouldn’t fire when spawned into a custom challenge
- Fixed an issue where enemies from a previous wave could re-appear during the next wave if one wave used a spawn pattern and the other did not
- Fixed custom challenges that use My Music not updating when their song is added/modified
General:
- Added an “Early Access” indicator element to the Main Menu UI
- Fans Per Second earned increased from 1 to 2 per second in Story and Infinite Disco to help players earn Fans faster
- Free Play is now the default tab when entering Infinite Disco
- Level Select now shows stars for completed levels and total challenge stars for Infinite Disco
- Boss remixes are now available in Free Play once unlocked in the Jukebox (after the record is purchased)
- Charlie’s Mixtape now plays by default in the Encore instead of being silent
- Infinite Disco - Added a warning text to let players know they need to set the tempo before the song can be saved, also added a requirement of setting a tempo/BPM value before saving, instead of prepopulating with default value of 120. Many players thought 120 was an auto-detected value. We do hope to get auto-detection in the future.
- Setting the Tempo in Advanced Editor now changes it in My Music when a song is initially added
- Fixed an issue where decimals weren’t working properly in My Music tempos
- Dialogue will no longer cut out music when set to 0 volume in Settings. The effect scales down with VO volume
- Added a new jingle sound for collectables
- Fixed a possible crash when launching for players using mods
- Fixed the slightly squashed visuals during the Hemlock Animated Boss transition
- Fixed delay in displaying leaderboards when gameplay is paused
- Fixed Infinite Disco arena reverting to the default arena sometimes
- Idol arenas now unlock in Infinite Disco immediately after the relevant challenges are completed, the player no longer has to exit and re-enter Infinite Disco in order for them to appear
- Fixed Drumsticks not displaying the correct material during gameplay
Localization:
- Fixed Ukrainian difficulty names so they fit correctly and no longer overlap on the level select screen
- Fixed “Wave Spawns” not being properly localized
- Fix a couple of cases where Japanese and Traditional Chinese characters appear as ?
Welcome to Dead as Disco Early Access!
Thank you so much for jumping on the bus with us. For those of you already in the Discord, you know it’s already been a wild ride over the last year. So many playtests and patches, and so much feedback! From advanced beatmap UI polish to late night balance suggestions, you have already helped to shape this game so much.
But now it’s time to buckle up, because the road to 1.0 will be glorious.
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Each season of patches is themed around a music festival, containing multiple update patches along the way. The Summer Flames Festival kicks everything off, with 3 major stops:
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May: HOTFIXXXS
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Update 1 – June
Our first update brings major additions to Infinite Disco and My Music. Highlights:
Custom Challenge Playlists linked to My Music
The return of Arena Swaps (new and improved)
Selectable Dances so you can customize your flow
New Arenas, Challenges, and Mods
And tons more
With every update, you can expect quality of life improvements asked for by you, as well as balance changes, ability improvements, narrative additions, and a list of additions too long to mention (honestly, I really can’t stop the team sometimes).
Update 2 – Midsummer
Midsummer turns up the heat with a major expansion to our rockstar wardrobe options, a wave of fresh memorabilia & collectibles, and a few summer surprises. We’re also planning to pair it with a mid-season balance and abilities pass based on your feedback.
Update 3 – Boss Idol Finale!
We finish out the summer with an XL patch dropping our first new Idol, along with everything you’d expect: full music video story level, new killer music, skills and signature ability, enemies, narrative, collectibles, fashion, and additions to the UGC tools.
Fall, Winter, & onto 1.0
Our Festivals will continue into the Autumn holiday season and through the depths of Winter, revealing new Idols as we go. With each festival we gain a clearer understanding of how close we truly are to 1.0.
We currently plan to launch 1.0 in 2027, with a massive launch patch focused on refreshing the experience for everyone, infusing the game with final secrets, and delivering the final narrative arc.
Along the Way…
Many Early Access features are bigger than any single patch, so let’s call them out:
New Idols / How Many Idols Are There? We haven’t confirmed the full roster of the band formerly known as Dead as Disco, but 4 of them are the Boss Idols available at early access launch.
Difficulty, Challenges, & End Game. These items will be added in pieces through many updates. New enemy variants, mods, enemy behavior, level patterns, and true hard mode are among the many pieces we will release over the course of early access. But the final end game battle against Harmony Corp (and true ending) will be saved for the 1.0 release.
Co-op Multiplayer. This is a big one, and we won’t release it until it's ready. Our Beat Kune Do gameplay introduces a lot of new multiplayer problems to solve. Our goal is to add even more spectacle without sacrificing the flow that makes the gameplay so special.
Even More Music Coming. More licensed music, more covers, more streamer safe originals – the hits just keep on coming! We have an incredible year of music lined up for you.
Skill & Abilities. We’re just getting started. In addition to the new skills and signature abilities introduced with every new Boss Idol, we’ll be revising and expanding the existing skill trees over early access. The skills have already benefited tremendously from player feedback, and we don’t plan to stop now.
Leaderboards. As we listen to feedback and tune the game, the competitive landscape will naturally change, so we will employ a “Leaderboard Seasons” strategy. The names of the winners of each season will be saved in the community (and hopefully the game one day) so they can be celebrated properly before resetting the Leaderboards for the new season of balance.
Narrative, VO, & The Encore. The game will have full VO, but currently VO is limited to the story levels and tutorial. VO will be added to The Encore – our dive bar and music club hub – over time. New narrative arcs will be added as each Idol is revealed, but the final story arc won’t land until 1.0.
Replay, Editing, and Photo Support. We want to give our creators the ultimate tools to capture every moment and angle of the violent kaleidoscope. Photo mode will arrive sooner than replay, because replay functionality is linked to many of the same issues as multiplayer and will take time.
Automatic BPM Detection for My Music. We’d love for you to pop in a new song and for combat to “just work”. We’re looking into solutions, but for now you’ll still need to manually calibrate the beats per minute when you add songs.
More Mod Support. We have been blown away by the modding of the demo, and will continue to keep the game moddable during Early Access. We are also looking into the best way to support mods more officially, whether through a third party integration like mod.io, or something in-house. For now, it’s safe to say that we can’t wait to see what you do with the game, and we look forward to providing even more.
Additional Accessibility & Calibration Settings. Due to the vibrant nature of the game, we need to pay special attention to accessibility to keep Dead as Disco enjoyable for as many folks as possible. We also have to do it for two genres that both demand a lot of accessibility and calibration options: rhythm & action. But the good news is that Early Access is the fastest way to get the feedback we need to improve our settings. (Special call out to those of you waiting patiently for on-press attack options – it’s on the list)
And So Much More...
Thank you again for all the support and feedback that got us here, and for all it will take to get us to 1.0. It’s going to be a year to remember.
See you on the dance floor!
-Will Cook
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Uploaded Jun 18, 2026
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