We're targeting a Holiday 2026 release window.

Stage Tour will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. You can wishlist on Steam now, and console wishlists/preorders will be coming soon!

Stage Tour gets the full band back together - Lead, Groove, Drums, and Vocals. You can play solo, or with up to 4 players with any combination of instruments.

Each role is designed around a dedicated instrument peripheral, but there's also an instrument type designed to be played with a standard controller or keyboard. More info soon!

Lead and Groove are an evolution of Guitar and Bass gameplay.

Lead consists of the instruments most prominently heard leading the melody. This is typically Guitar, but may also be keys, synths, or horns, for example.

Think of Groove in the same way as Lead, but for the backing track - the parts that build the rhythm of the song. This is most often bass, but may also be rhythm guitar, keys, synths, or others.

This gives us more freedom to place notes to the most interesting thing happening at any given moment in a song.

Stage Tour will have 3 core game modes at launch - Quickplay, Judgements, and Campaign.

• Quickplay is the familiar and classic mode that allows you to quickly hop into the game and jam to some great tunes.
• Judgements mode is similar to Quickplay, but with a scoring system built around giving you points based on how accurately you can hit notes.
• Campaign is our all-new mode that combines classic 5-fret gameplay with roguelite elements to create a truly unique gameplay experience that is different every time.

We'll be exploring these modes more in depth in our leadup to launch.

Yes! We think Practice Mode is an integral part of the rhythm game experience. Mastery will be more important than ever in Stage Tour, and we want to provide players looking to improve their skills a place to do that.

Yes! A Kramer guitar controller and game bundle option will be available.The guitar controller and game can also be purchased separately.

More details will be shared soon!

We plan to support as many legacy peripherals as we can.

Instrument compatibility will vary based on platform, and adapters may be required for some instruments, but in general, we want to support everything we reasonably can. We want the barrier to entry for Stage Tour to be as low as possible.

Yes! We're manufacturing a brand new Stage Tour drum controller.

The soundtrack to Stage Tour is primarily based around licensed Rock and Metal music from acts of all sizes and subgenres. We're not limiting ourselves to just music from the rock and metal genres, however - we have a little something for everyone on the setlist.

We've already begun revealing snippets of the setlist and will continue to reveal more throughout the summer as we move towards launch.

We are closely listening to community suggestions to guide and affirm our setlist choices, and we'll continue to monitor player feedback to guide our post-launch DLC song selection!

Yes, Stage Tour can be played offline. There are still certain elements of the game that require an online connection, however, like online multiplayer, leaderboards, etc.

The name "Stage Tour" comes from our roguelite Campaign mode.

Throughout the course of a Campaign run, you'll work your way up and play on larger and larger Stages. Each run is called a "Tour."

Stage Tour.

Stage Tour is being developed by RedOctane Games, a newly formed game studio comprised of original RedOctane members, ex-Neversoft members, community developers, and community leaders. We're also being supported in development by the teams at Third Kind Games and Eidos Montréal.

Yes! We've already begun closed Alpha testing, and we'll continue to do waves of closed tests in the leadup to launch.

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