Game profile
Hi-Fi Rush
The rhythm action game combines snappy combat with music, where all actions and even the game world move to the beat of the soundtrack. The comic book style and humorous tone create a strikingly fresh action experience.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Action / Platformer, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The story matters and gives the mechanics a frame, without taking over. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 3 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Combat synced to music
- Comic book art style
- Humorous story
This fits you if
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you want something light that leaves you in a good mood
Look elsewhere if
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want something with real weight to it
- you want either a pure challenge or pure relaxation, not the middle
How long is Hi-Fi Rush?
About 14 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 2 weeks, or 7 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 86 out of 100, which puts it above 66 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 397 overall. That is mid-table for this database. Not a standout at the top, but solidly rated.
For comparison, Action averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 3 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 198 collected ratings.
Released in 2023 and 3 years old. Recent enough to look and run modern, old enough to be patched and often discounted.
The facts
- Release year
- 2023
- Genres
- Action, Platformer
- Playtime
- approx. 14 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Present and relevant
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox, PlayStation
- Critic rating
- 86 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hi-Fi Rush | 2023 | approx. 14 hrs. | 86 | Mid price |
| Split Fiction | 2025 | approx. 14 hrs. | 91 | Mid price |
| Replaced | 2026 | approx. 10 hrs. | 85 | Mid price |
| The Messenger | 2018 | approx. 12 hrs. | 87 | Mid price |
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