67%Strong matchRift of the NecroDancer
95%3k95% positive reviews, Overwhelmingly Positive across 3k reviews·Rhythm · Music
—Tidal Strings is an innovative rhythm game with roguelike mode, custom creation and wallpaper features. All tracks have exclusive dynamic backgrounds. Customize audio, charts and wallpapers, and create your own music. Graded difficulty suits casual and hardcore players.
Tidal Strings
Steam## 1. Custom Features
Full customization of **audio, wallpapers and note charts** is supported. Players can create exclusive tracks and game interfaces freely for a personalized rhythm game experience.
## 2. Dynamic Wallpaper Special Gameplay
1. Turn on Wallpaper Mode to directly set the game’s dynamic background as your PC live desktop wallpaper.
2. Switch freely between Game Mode and Wallpaper Mode. After applying the wallpaper, right-click the tray icon to **return to the game**.
3. Enable auto-start Wallpaper Mode in settings, and switch back to the game interface anytime via the tray icon.
## 3. Song Difficulty Unlock Rules
The game has **three major music categories**. Unlock rules:
1. Clear unlocked songs to gain tokens, spend tokens to unlock the **Easy** difficulty of corresponding tracks.
2. **Hard & Chaos** difficulties require no tokens; reach the target score of the previous difficulty to unlock progressively.
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