GamesDead as Disco
Dead as Disco posterCertified Hit
★ Certified Hit ★Released May 5, 2026

Dead as Disco

2026 · Fighting, Music
Brain Jar Games · PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch 2 · Switch

Martial arts meets music video in Dead as Disco, a neon-drenched Beat ‘Em Up where every punch, kick, and combo syncs to the music. Join Charlie Disco on a quest to confront the villainous Idols and reunite the band.

Real Score
92
Broadly loved
from 3,036 reactions
very high confidence
89% positive7% mixed5% negative
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What people are saying

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The Real Review

Dead as Disco is a hit, thanks to its perfect marriage of beat-'em-up action and killer music. People love the core gameplay loop where every fight feels like a music video, and the neon-soaked graphics are stunning. The story and characters like Charlie Disco land well enough, though the main draw is definitely the rhythm combat. Some players hit a wall with the difficulty and ran into performance dips, but the ability to add custom songs is a massive, universally praised bonus that keeps people playing.

Synthesized from 3,036 real reactions · very high confidenceGameplayGraphicsValueStoryPerformanceDifficulty

Sentiment split

Every qualifying reaction, weighted.

89%positive
  • Positive89%
  • Mixed7%
  • Negative5%

By aspect

What people scored, piece by piece.

gameplay94
graphics94
value89
multiplayer87
story81
performance58
difficulty58

How opinion moved

The Real Score, night by night.

909294Oct 135799292

Buzz

455 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.

050100Sep 26: 13 reactionsSep 26Sep 27: 18 reactionsSep 28: 16 reactions28Sep 29: 74 reactionsSep 30: 63 reactions30Oct 1: 31 reactionsOct 2: 36 reactions2Oct 3: 36 reactionsOct 4: 48 reactions4Oct 5: 26 reactionsOct 6: 31 reactions6Oct 7: 25 reactionsOct 8: 32 reactions8Oct 9: 6 reactions9

Where the signal came from

Volume and platform mix only.

Steam1,698
Social Media1,338

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Names and topics that came up

Mentions across all reactions, with the share that were positive. Anything mentioned fewer than twice never shapes the review.

Brain Jar Gamesdeveloper663×23%+
Dead as Discofeature162×73%+
Charlie Discocharacter118×77%+
Twitchplatform109×9%+
musicfeature56×98%+
Dead as Discocharacter48×73%+
Steamplatform37×8%+
custom songsfeature37×95%+
PCplatform33×9%+
custom musicfeature24×100%+
Hemlockcharacter23×78%+
Charliecharacter20×65%+
modfeature20×75%+
demofeature18×89%+
Dahliacharacter18×89%+

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