fluXis

fluXis

Released May 2025

A community-driven rhythm game with a focus on creativity and expression.

83% positive · 141 reviews
Not yet
Released, but still in active development
High confidence
Active Development
Not yet
Released, but still in active development
High confidence
Active Development

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

fluXis launched on Steam on May 13, 2025 as a free-to-play community rhythm game. Developer flustix has maintained a very consistent and frequent update cadence, shipping feature-rich builds roughly every 4–8 weeks. The 16 updates on record are all feature patches — there are no pure bug-fix-only releases in the dataset, indicating that each update meaningfully expands the game. Since the previous evaluation in June 2026, two more updates have shipped: on July 7, 2026 (adding custom hitsounds, new gameplay mechanics like landmines, a revamped online navigator overlay, and anti-cheat improvements) and August 7, 2026 (adding new blur shaders, storyboard animation improvements, gameplay optimizations, a club browser, and various UI enhancements). The most recent developer communication was on August 7, 2026 — just 12 days before today. The game is a free-to-play, community-driven platform with online leaderboards, multiplayer, and an active map editor ecosystem. flustix has shown no signs of slowing development. No specific future content has been formally announced, but the sustained and frequent update history clearly demonstrates that the game continues to receive ongoing expansion of features and content.
Evidence
Latest update adds new blur shaders, storyboard animation features, gameplay optimizations via binary search for SVs, a club browser, and multiple UI improvements including a seekable music player progress bar.
news post · Aug 7, 2026 source development ongoing
high
Update adds custom hitsound assignment in the editor, HitObject grouping, anti-cheat ticket system for gameplay, a revamped online navigator overlay, and skin editor tinting toggles.
news post · Jul 7, 2026 source development ongoing
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
flustix
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP

About this game

fluXis is a community-driven, vertical scrolling rhythm game with customizable visual and gameplay effects. Create your own flashy maps or compete against the world in the online leaderboards.

Features

  • Feature-packed Editor - Create your own maps and share them with the world.

  • Visual and Gameplay Effects - Move the playfield around, change the key count mid-song, flash the screen white or make it greyscale, with no limitations!

  • Online Multiplayer - Play with your friends or compete against strangers online.

  • Customization - Change textures and move HUD elements around however you want.

  • Cross-game compatible - Import and play maps from various other rhythm games and add support for more games through plugins.

Last evaluated Aug 19, 2026
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