Rift of the NecroDancer

Rift of the NecroDancer is a rhythm game from Brace Yourself Games, the makers of Crypt of the NecroDancer, developed with Tic Toc Studios and published by Klei in February 2025 on Steam and Nintendo Switch. Cadence, the hero of the first game, is pulled into a new world where monsters pour through a Rift. Instead of a dungeon, each song is a three-lane track. Monsters come down the lanes to the beat, and you hit each one as it reaches you. Each monster moves in its own way, such as bats that switch lanes when hit, and tougher ones need several hits.

The game has dozens of Rhythm Rift tracks by Danny Baranowsky and other composers, each at four intensities from Easy to Impossible. Boss fights, story minigames and a level editor sit beside them, and paid music packs add songs from other games and artists. Remix Mode keeps a song's rhythm but generates a fresh beat map each time you play it, so you have to read the notes rather than remember them.

Remix Mode is also what drives the Daily Challenge. Each day one song is remixed from a seed that every player shares. You pick your intensity and get a single run at it, with no retries and no practice. Your score then goes on that day's global leaderboard, and the next day brings a new song and seed.

The daily suits rhythm game players who know the hand-made charts and want one fresh test of sight-reading a day that they can compare with everyone else.