Players dodge attacks in the form of various pink shapes, such as beams, bouncing waves, pulsating shapes, and bouncing circles. Up to four players control one small shape each, represented by either a cyan square as player 1, a yellow triangle as player 2, a green pentagon as player 3 or an orange circle as player 4.
Just Shapes & Beats consists of multiple levels based around individual music tracks-predominantly chiptune-by artists including Nitro Fun, Danimal Cannon, Noisestorm, and Pegboard Nerds. In this game, players move a colored shape to the beat of background music and dodge pink shapes. It was also released on June 30, 2020, for Stadia, and on May 31, 2022, for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. It was released on May 31, 2018, for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch, February 24, 2019, for macOS and Linux, May 10, 2019, for PlayStation 4 in the US, and for PlayStation 4 in Europe, Russia, and Australia.
Just Shapes & Beats is an action rhythm video game developed and published by Canadian indie team Berzerk Studio.