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What are the best PC music games that let you use your own music library?

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Best PC music games that let you use your own music library	Price	Steam Rating	Co-Op
-- Audiosurf 2	$14.99	Mostly Negative	Mostly Negative
-- Crypt of the NecroDancer	$14.99	Very Positive	2 Player Local
-- Beat Hazard	$9.99	Very Positive	Very Positive
-- Audiosurf	$9.99	Very Positive	Very Positive
-- Rhythm Zone	$9.99	–	–

Audiosurf 2

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Soundcloud integration

User can log into Soundcloud to then use music from the service int he game. It is easy to do and offer a vast amount of music. See More

Top Con

No way to find leaderboards for track you may want to use

It is not until a musical track is used that one can look at a leaderboard for it. For those that use niche type music it is annoying to have to use the track first to even see if others are playing it. See More

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Steam Rating:Mostly Negative

Top Pro

New modes added over the original title

There are quite a few new modes included in this game over the original title, which allows for more replayability. Wakeboard is the standout new mode, where players are pulled along and need to collect blocks to fill a grid. There are also developer created modes that offer variations of the core Mono mode. See More

Crypt of the NecroDancer

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Combines rhythm-based gameplay with dungeoncrawling

Crypt of the NecroDancer is a rhythm rogue-like dungeon crawler. All actions can only performed on the beat. Adding rhythm as an element to a dungeon crawler allows having each enemy move in a different patter related to the beat and interesting powerups such as tempo increases. See More

Top Con

Co-op can be unncessarily difficult

Coop requires players to share money and items, which can leave two under-equiped characters instead of one well equipped character. Players also share one screen, meaning they need to agree on which general direction to proceed in. Going in different directions can cause players to get stuck or attract multiple groups of enemies. Players also share one beat counter, making combos harder to achieve. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Co-Op:2 Player Local

Controller Support:Full

Top Pro

Lots of options for different skill levels and play styles

Characters such as "Bard" provide an easy mode without making the game feel plain. Other characters provide an extreme challenge for more advanced players. Lots of different weapon and armor combinations keep the game feeling fresh and support different play styles. Players also re-spawn after each level, meaning a less skilled player is rarely out of the action for too long. The game also has great tutorials for both basic and advanced strategies and a good difficulty curve. See More

Top Con

Beat detection can be a bit spotty

The game allows using own music, but the automatic beat detection can often be quite off and has to be adjusted manually. See More

Beat Hazard

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Easily change strobe effects

There is a setting in the game that allows users to change the strobe effects in the game, which may help those that do not enjoy the effects or find them medically dangerous. See More

Top Con

Default settings are very flashy

The default strobe settings may not suitable for people with a sensitivity for strobe effects. Though this can be changed in the setting to lower how much strobing is going on in the game. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Top Pro

Multiple ships/characters for replayability

Several characters and their ships are available to choose from in order to change up the gameplay. See More

Top Con

Not a rhythm game

Music intensity affects your damage, number of enemies, and the visuals, but you aren't actually hitting any buttons to the beat. See More

Top Pro

Multiple difficulty modes

There are multiple difficulty modes in the game allowing for anyone's preferred skill level of gameplay as well as Insane, and suicidal if you really want to fail or experience a challenge See More

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Bragging rights through Steam achievements

Players can compete with one another through Steam achievements in the game. There are global leaderboards where one can compare their score against all other players making for a good method to judge how good one is as well as allows one to have some bragging rights. See More

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Internet radio support

Users are able to select an internet radio station for their music in game to then play endlessly. See More

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Fun multiplayer

You can easily play with your friends, making for a more competitive game, which can be fun. See More

Audiosurf

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Uneven experience depending on songs choosen

Vocals and different riffs on a guitar may speed up ones ship in the middle of a race, on top of this one must be conscious of what music they choose as some genres may be easier to play to than others. See More

Top Pro

Can be casual or hardcore

Depending on the speed/difficulty that is set by the car chosen by the user they can have a slow casual experience or a fast paced hardcore experience is sped up. This is great if a bunch of different players in ones family or group of friends will be playing as well as for when the payer feels like changing up their own experience. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

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Interesting puzzle mechanics for a rhythm game

Instead of rhythmically hitting certain blocks to the beat the player is actually tasked with collecting certain blocks on the track in order to create combos for a high score. See More

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