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ROCKBEASTS Demo

A darkly funny narrative RPG where you manage a 90s grunge band from garage obscurity to stadium glory. Book gigs, wrangle egos and navigate a cutthroat music industry. Every choice shapes your band’s story and your own. Make it big without selling out.

Release date
October 8, 2026
Platforms
Windows
Developer
LICHTHUND
Publisher
LICHTHUND, Critical Role
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Your band. Your choices. No rewind button. Manage a broke grunge band in 90s America, where talent meets a cutthroat industry run by (sometimes literal) hienas and every show comes at a cost. Keep them alive long enough to make it big, or watch them burn out trying. Book the gigs, wrangle the egos, and make the calls the industry will hold against you.

That’s ROCKBEASTS! And now, you can experience the beginning of the band’s story yourself! Every choice matters and sticks. Decisions are permanent, shape where the story goes, and mean each playthrough can turn out differently. Your saves carry over to the full game. What’s New in This DemoEpisode 3 is now playableFour new songs join the soundtrack:Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Acclaim)Put Me Down (Acclaim)Eight Arms (Fame)Early Bird (Fame)Joins That Bug (Acclaim) and Vestigial Hands (Fame)Numerous fixes and improvements.

See the full changelog for details. Starring Sam Riegel, Liam O’Brien, Matt Mercer, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Marisha Ray, Iggy Pop, and more! Your choices are yours. No spoilers.ROCKBEASTS launches January 2027.

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★ 9.8/10Steam · 176 ratings
SteamLast checked November 4, 2026

Most helpful8

Recommended
Never thought I'd enjoy a band management game, but the short demo definitely makes me want to continue playing and make my band famous. The…
Recommended
Played the demo a bit and it looks VERY promising. The game has great ideas, sense of humor, music is good, feels like you have…
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This really reminds me of when I first played Dispatch. The first two episodes were so much fun and I cannot wait to play the…
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Honestly, as a huge fan of rhythm games, this feels... off. The timing really doesn't feel right, even though it did in calibration. At first…
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I'm SO INCREDIBLY HYPED for this game! I loved Dispatch too which was also made in collaboration with critical role and it seems lately they…
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Dispatch, but ROCK. The rythm minigames are super fun, artstyle and the soundtrack are both great.
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Duuude, I don't think I've left any kind of reviews for any games I've played (could be wrong). I cannot tell you how excited I…
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This game combines a lot of things I like into one. There's strategy, it tells a story, your choices actually have an effect on the…

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Recommended
Really enjoyed the demo, sold me on getting the full game when it comes out.
Recommended
Really fun game. I have been on the hunt for choice based games like this for a minute now, and I'm so glad I have…
Not recommended
Hard to support a game which stole so much from Lisa Hanawalt (Bojack Horseman) without acknowledging it or approaching her
Recommended
Dispatch format but more classic resource and time management sim. Really reminds me of Bojack Horseman, but definitely needs more ANIMAL PUNS. Pretty please.
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Wow, this is honestly something special. I've played quite a bit of unique rhytmn games out there, this is defintiely one of them. I may…
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I really enjoyed the demo, I think it has a lot of good things and will hopefully continue to build on those. Voices are good,…
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Rockbeasts has got some Bojack Horseman level art, humour, writing AND voice acting. It simply rocks. The voice actors are none other than the beloved…
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This game has "several replays" written all over it. Different paths to take your band down, different approaches to solving problems, and a ton of…

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