Beat Saber
Game · 2018 · Niche
A three-person studio's VR rhythm game teaser drew 1.5 million views before launch.
Jan “Split” Ilavsky
@Split82 · Jan 19, 2018
Working on new levels for @BeatSaber. This one is one of my favorites! :) Use headphones. Music by @Sqeepo is excellent! #madewithunity #gamedev #indiedev #VR
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- Views on the gameplay teaser (Road to VR)
- 1.5M
- As of Mar 24, 2018 · YouTube · Road to VR
- Seed to peak
- 4 months
- Jan 19 ’18 to May 6 ’18
- Platforms
- 4
- Started on X
- Origin
- Seeded
- Gaming
How it spread
Trace the originDeveloper 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.
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June 2017
Beat Saber developers precursor · Jun 2017
The developers published an alpha-version teaser video, Jaroslav Beck recalled.[1]
January 2018
Jan "Split" Ilavsky (@Split82) seed · Jan 19 ’18
Developer Jan Ilavsky tweeted a gameplay video of Beat Saber.[1]
UploadVR press · Jan 21 ’18
UploadVR covered the teaser as "Beat Saber Is Audioshield With Lightsabers".[3]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
- Added 1 source · Added 2 numbers · Score 22 → 26
- Added: 16 events, 15 sources · Score 22
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