# Beat Saber

> A three-person studio's VR rhythm game teaser drew 1.5 million views before launch.

- Owner: Beat Games (Hyperbolic Magnetism)
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2018-01-19
- Peak date: 2018-05-06
- Spread Score: 26 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Press loop, Underdog

## Summary

Developer Jan Ilavsky tweeted a Beat Saber gameplay video on Jan. 19, 2018. Retweets brought it to VR press, and LIV's mixed reality footage spread from YouTube to Reddit and Facebook. The game sold 100,000 copies in its first month on Steam and Oculus.

## Timeline

- Jun 2017 — Beat Saber developers (YouTube) — The developers published an alpha-version teaser video, Jaroslav Beck recalled.
- 2018-01-19 — Jan "Split" Ilavsky (@Split82) (X) — Developer Jan Ilavsky tweeted a gameplay video of Beat Saber.
- 2018-01-21 — UploadVR (Press) — UploadVR covered the teaser as "Beat Saber Is Audioshield With Lightsabers".

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/beat-saber

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Beat Saber.” Case HIS-00436. Spread Score v1.2: 26/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00436