A rhythm game wearing RPG armor
The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor is a rhythm role-playing game where your attacks land on the beat. You control a party of heroes and take on monsters by hitting notes in time with the music, so the better your timing, the more damage, healing and buffs you get out. Between fights you level your characters, hunt down equipment, and mix newly-learned abilities together. The class roles are familiar RPG ones: tanking, healing, buffing and damage-dealing, and you can swap between them as you build your team. The story mode sends a party of eight rhythm-powered heroes across locations that range from a medieval party yacht to a rockstar-haunted castle.
Playing it together
Couch co-op is built in: a second player joins you on the same screen, and local multiplayer works across all game modes. Remote Play Together is also supported, so a friend can drop into your session from their own machine. You control up to four heroes at once, so a pair can split the party between them and cover each other's roles — one holding the line while the other heals or stacks buffs. The game leans into the joke of an armored dance partner, and the tone stays comedic even when the fights get fast.
What to know before you start
Expect a fast-paced game where missing the beat costs you effectiveness, so the rhythm side matters as much as the party building. The soundtrack is a big part of the package: a licensed mix of electronic, synthwave, chiptune and indie tracks from artists including Jimmy Urine of Mindless Self Indulgence, Shiny Toy Guns, YACHT, Perturbator, J-Punch and Dj CUTMAN. If you want to keep going after the story, Freeplay mode, ranked side quests and an arena let you revisit tracks at your own pace with different gameplay and character options. Endless Mode is available too, and it's where hero and global passive abilities unlock. There's also a tool for building your own choreography to tracks from your own music library, plus seeded speed runs and a cheat code for players who want to mess with runs.