Recently revived developer RedOctane Games, notable for the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero rhythm games, announced a new rhythm game, Stage Tour. Stage Tour, which looks a lot like Rock Band, is launching this Fall on PC and consoles.
Stage Tour aims to bring back the golden age of rhythm games from the 2000s, which pretty much peaked with Harmonix’s Rock Band series. Like Rock Band, players can form a band and choose between guitar, bass, drums, or vocals, using a guitar controller, drum kit controller, microphone, or simply a standard gamepad, and match notes in 5-fret structures.
RedOctane has partnered with Gibson, Epiphone, and Kramer to bring the most popular brands in instruments to Stage Tour.
The game promises classic rhythm gameplay with modern progression and customization.
The developers have confirmed the following 16 songs from their officially licensed music soundtrack:
• “RATATATA” — BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy
• “Get The Funk Out” — Extreme
• “Square Hammer” — Ghost
• “Mimi’s Delivery Service” — Good Kid
• “Dani California” — Red Hot Chili Peppers
• “Terminator Oscillator” — Static-X
• “Island In The Sun” — Weezer
• “Bite Me” — Avril Lavigne
• “Airhead” — Honey Revenge
• “For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic” — Paramore
• “The Unknowing” — Jfarrari
• “Jane!” — The Long Faces
• “Do Me Like That” — The Paradox
• “Siren” — Castle Rat
• “Broken Dreams Inc.” — Rise Against
• “Psychosocial” — Slipknot
I only recognize about half of these, so I’m definitely getting old!
Stage Tour will be present at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 July 23-26. Attendees can play hands-on with the alpha build, and the Kramer Guitar Controller. The game is at Comic Con because of a special tie-in comic with Dark Horse Comics. The one-shot issue will debut at the convention, and expand the lore of Stage Tour.
I didn’t know a rhythm game needed lore!
Stage Tour will release this Holiday season on PC, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and Xbox Series X/S.
