
If the shape breaks entirely, the game rewinds to the previous checkpoint or back to the start in the case of the boss battles if it breaks in multiplayer, other players can touch the "dead" floating spot (if it has not gone off the screen) to revive them with one remaining hit point. Players can take up to three hits in regular tracks before breaking, and six during boss tracks. Getting struck by an attack causes the player to lose a part of their shape. These attacks appear and move in rhythm to the music, with difficulty increasing the further players progress. Players dodge attacks in the form of various pink shapes, such as beams, bouncing waves, pulsating shapes, and bouncing circles. Up to four players control one small shape each, represented by either a cyan square as player 1, a yellow triangle as player 2, a green pentagon as player 3 or an orange circle as player 4. Just Shapes & Beats consists of multiple levels based around individual music tracks-predominantly chiptune-by artists including Nitro Fun, Danimal Cannon, Noisestorm, and Pegboard Nerds. In this game, players move a colored shape to the beat of background music and dodge pink shapes.

It was also released on June 30, 2020, for Stadia, and on May 31, 2022, for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. It was released on May 31, 2018, for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch, February 24, 2019, for macOS and Linux, May 10, 2019, for PlayStation 4 in the US, and for PlayStation 4 in Europe, Russia, and Australia.

Just Shapes & Beats is an action rhythm video game developed and published by Canadian indie team Berzerk Studio.
