Beat Hazard is a shoot 'em up where the player controls a small spaceship that must fend off waves of hostile ships and asteroids that spawns around randomly.

Destroying ships and asteroids will earn points and sometimes spawn power-ups that can be collected to increase the score multiplier and boost the FX and Sound of the music that is playing.

Custom soundtracks can also be used, allowing more gameplay opportunities like playing to a song with faster beats that causes enemies to spawn in more frequently.

He conceived Beat Hazard because of his interest in music visualizers, leading him to turn the idea into a video game.

[citation needed] An enhanced edition of Beat Hazard was later released for Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android and the PlayStation 3.

Compared to the original game, the sequel has upgraded graphics and the ability to play music from streaming services in an "Open Mic" mode.