This is a comparison of dancing video game series in which players must step on panels on a dance pad in time with music.
Step placement and timing is indicated by rising arrows overlapping fixed targets.
Some games have 3 or more simultaneous presses.
This is supposed to be accomplished via pressing two arrows with the feet and the extra arrows with the player's hands, hence the name "hands".
Using carefully positioned feet to hit multiple arrows at once (also known as bracketing) is also another method and is the most common method for much harder songs as time goes by.