The online band management game returns: form a band, write songs, hire producers, and fight up the charts across fifteen world music markets — free, in your browser. The public beta is open.
The short version: the original game — running since 2000 — was destroyed by a ransomware attack, and every band and account went with it. The longer story has a twist: the ground-up rebuild was already underway when it happened.
So here we are. A brand-new engine, a modern mobile-friendly game, and features the old creaking foundations could never have carried. And for the first time in two decades, a genuine level playing field — nobody's sitting on a twenty-year head start. Everyone walks through the door at the same moment, first single still to be written.
Where the rebuild stands:
✅ New engine — live
✅ World, economy & charts — live
✅ Promotion, tours & rivalries — live
🎸 Public beta — OPEN NOW
Full launch follows the beta. Your beta feedback shapes it.
Fifteen music markets, each with its own economy and audience. Break America, conquer Japan, quietly own Scandinavia - the world map is the game board.
Twenty genres that sell differently everywhere. K-Pop tops the charts in Seoul and struggles in Nashville; country does the opposite. Pick your sound, pick your battlefield.
Music videos with name directors, social pushes, radio playlists, billboard blitzes and PR firms — plus the occasional tabloid scandal. All publicity is good publicity… mostly.
Declare a rival band and every game week becomes a best-of-three: records sold, chart position, popularity. Win streaks, losing skids, and the whole feed hears about it.
Charts and sales update every game week. An activity feed with hype, achievements, a Weekly Rundown in your inbox — and an email when someone knocks you off #1.
Write songs, hire the right producer for your genre, drop singles and albums, and tour real venues from sweaty back-rooms to sold-out stadiums.
This could be your band by tonight's chart update. The beta is open now — one week, fresh world, double speed.
Request a beta inviteDrop your email below and I'll send you a personal invite with the beta link — usually the same day. No spam: your invite, maybe one reminder, and an email when the game launches for real.
Prefer to just message me? Scroll down - my email's at the bottom, and every note gets read.
🌍 A fresh world. Everyone starts level — no head starts.
⏩ Double speed. A game week passes every 12 hours, so there's always something happening.
📅 About a week long. Then we take what we learned into launch.
🧹 Wiped at the end. Beta bands don't carry over — so take risks and swing hard.
Found a bug? Got a hot take? The Discord is the beta's green room.
The community forum is still standing - the one corner of the old site that made it through the wreckage. Come reminisce, tell me what you want from the new game, or just let me know you're still out there. I will be reading every message.
Open the forum → or join us on Discord (new!) →This is your game as much as mine. If there's something you've always wanted it to do, I want to hear it - every suggestion gets read.
Email your ideaor write to carl [at] therockstargame [dot] com