Music evokes more emotional responses than any other and usually does so within a few short minutes.

Imagine if Guitar Hero swapped out its iconic song catalogue for tracks you hadnt heard of it arguably wouldnt be worth playing.

A brief disclaimer Tetris Effect was considered for the list but arguably doesnt make rhythm its focus, so it misses out.

In any case, you really should play Tetris Effect.

Beat Saber is so simple in concept: using two different coloured lightsabers (yes, like in Star Wars), you slash blocks of the corresponding colour in the direction the game tells you to making you feel like a Jedi in full flow (although you do tend to look a bit silly to everyone else in the room).

It takes some time to get your head around it, but for bonus points, you can actually play the entire game with a dance pad if you fancy breaking a sweat.

The rows you clear add fresh layers to the games sublime soundtrack, too a reward in and of itself.

Its not exactly a novel concept, but Audiosurf 2 supports importing your own songs to turn them into a futuristic highway of notes.

Just try not to get too familiar there are still obstacles to dodge.

While Rocksmith doesnt offer the pick up and play accessibility of most rhythm games, youd be hard pushed to find a music game with the same degree of scalability.

Even better, your screen may go blank forcing you to count the beat in your head.

Wed also recommend it to people who like on-rails shooters like Star Fox.

Rather than mashing buttons to the right rhythm or letting synaesthesia wash over you, BPM ports the music and melody over to a retro-style FPS rogue-like, where you blast demons to smithereens to the tune of wailing guitars.

All the tracks are automatically beat matched and in the correct key, so all that remains is to choose the perfect moment to drop in the chorus to Party Rock Anthem.

Youll need to time your drops to the beat for a smooth transition thatll keep your audience grooving away.

We tried out the virtual decks ourselves in our Fuser gameplay preview.

Were pretty fond of list features here at PCGN, so theres plenty more like it, including our round up of the best open-world games and the finest RPG games on PC.

Now, if some bright spark would please make a rhythm game with role-playing mechanics set in a massive open map then we could merge them all into one.

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