Show Must Go On

Show Must Go On
Information
VR/AR	VR
Developer	NiVision
Publisher	NiVision
Platform	SteamVR, Oculus Rift (Platform)
Device	HTC Vive, Oculus Rift
Operating System	Windows
Type	Full Game
Genre	Casual, Indie, Music, VR
Input Device	Tracked Motion Controllers
Play Area	Standing, Room-Scale
Game Mode	Single Player
Language	English
Review	Mostly Positive
Release Date	Mar 9, 2017
Price	$14.99
App Store	Steam, Meta Horizon Store
Website	https://www.nivision.org/show-must-go-on
Infobox Updated	09/27/2026

See also: VR Apps and VR Games

Show Must Go On (stylized as SHOW MUST GO ON in its store description) is a VR rhythm game developed and published by NiVision for Windows PCs. The player stands on a virtual stage and plays drums, a xylophone and bubble-based instruments in time with music, which wakes up the dancers on stage and raises a score multiplier. It is a VR App that requires a headset and tracked motion controllers; Steam lists it as "VR Only" with support for standing or room-scale play through SteamVR.

The game launched in Early Access on Steam on 9 March 2017 and left Early Access with version 1.50 on 1 June 2017. The first release targeted the HTC Vive. A separate version for the Oculus Rift is sold on the Meta Horizon Store.

Reviewed 27 September 2026. Title, developer, release and Early Access exit dates, all eleven NiVision update posts (1.01 to 1.70), instruments, the 36-track list and difficulty labels, scoring, features, system requirements, Steam and Meta Horizon Store prices and ratings, and Metacritic status against the cited pages. About review dates.

Gameplay

Each song is played on a stage in front of a group of dancers. Hitting notes on time wakes the dancers one by one, and the numbers shown above their heads are score multipliers that start to apply as more dancers join in. Playing well also fills the stage with colors and light effects.

The Steam store page describes four types of instruments:

Instrument	How it is played
Drums	The player hits a drum at the moment a marker passes through its hoop.
Bubbles	The player punctures a bubble at the moment it has completely filled with color.
Sound trackers	The player grabs bubbles when they fill with color, using a blue wand for blue bubbles and a yellow wand for yellow bubbles, and also collects the stars that connect the bubbles for extra points.
Xylophone	The player strikes a key with a stick when a bubble reaches the key and fills with color. Blue and green bubbles belong to the upper keys, red and orange to the lower keys.

The xylophone was added in update 1.20 in April 2017 as a new challenge for experienced players. Update 1.01 added an option that adjusts the height of the instruments to the player's height, which the developer said made the game playable for children.

Scoring

Each timed hit is graded, and the grade sets the points awarded.

Grade	Points
PERFECT	10
GREAT	5
OK	3

Stars collected in the sound trackers give extra points. Four or more perfect hits in a row, counted separately for the right and left hand, add a bonus of 250 points.

Tracks

The Steam store page lists 36 tracks, each with a difficulty label. The music covers ska, Latin, rock, pop, electro, swing, samba and dubstep styles. Later updates added dubstep tracks (version 1.60) and tracks with Balkan rhythms (version 1.70). Track names and difficulty labels below are as listed on the store page.

Track	Difficulty
A Beautiful Life	easy
All Night Rock	very hard
Evolution	hard
Himalaya	normal
Just Feel The Beat	easy
Legacy	hard
Lets Rock And Dance	very hard
Life Is Beautiful	normal
Accordion	hard
Brass Ska	very hard
Polka	normal
Reggae Ska	easy
Brazil Samba	very hard
Electro Swing	normal
Positive Dubstep	very hard
Alternative Rock	very easy
Beat	very easy
Hard Rock Upbeat	easy
Hip Hop Dubstep	very easy
Rocking Country Blues	very easy
This Is Positive	easy
Swedish Clubbing	hard
Swing It	hard
Orchestra Dubstep	normal
Funky Dance Pop	hard
Happy Summer	normal
Energetic Rock	very hard
Dance	normal
Moombahton	normal
Tropical Summer	normal
Dubstep	very hard
Epic Dubstep	very hard
Emotional Dubstep	very hard
Office	very hard
Balkan Ska	very hard
Balkan Party	very hard

Features

• Single-player
• Tracked controller support
• VR only
• Family Sharing

The feature list above is from the Steam store page.

Development and release

NiVision sold the game in Early Access while adding songs and features through a series of numbered updates. In a post on 12 March 2017 the studio asked players for suggestions and bug reports "because it is EA". After update 1.20, the studio said it had received feedback that the game was too difficult for beginners and added slower tracks with more repetitive sequences.

Version	Date	Changes announced by NiVision
1.01	16 March 2017	Instrument height adjustment; four new tracks in a new genre, for 12 songs in total
1.10	31 March 2017	Three new songs adding dubstep, samba and swing, for 15 songs in total
1.20	13 April 2017	Six new songs for 21 tracks in total, easier tracks for beginners, synchronization fixes and the new xylophone instrument
1.30	27 April 2017	Five new songs for 26 tracks in total, new light effects, a total score summary and a changed method of counting perfect hits in a row
1.40	18 May 2017	New tracks for 30 in total, improved drum setup and improved graphics
1.50	1 June 2017	Full version released, out of Early Access; performance improvements and a fix for a "1 000 000 points issue"
1.51	2 June 2017	Crash fixes
1.60	22 June 2017	New dubstep tracks
1.70	14 September 2017	New tracks with Balkan rhythms

On 8 June 2017 NiVision wrote that the HTC Vive version on Steam did not yet support the Oculus Rift, that players reporting crashes on the Rift should wait for a dedicated version, and that the game was going through submission to the Oculus Store. As of September 2026, the game is listed in the PC VR section of the Meta Horizon Store for the Rift, priced at US$14.99.

Platform	Store	Release	Price (US, September 2026)
Windows PC with SteamVR (HTC Vive)	Steam	Early Access 9 March 2017; full version 1 June 2017	$14.99
Windows PC (Oculus Rift)	Meta Horizon Store	Listed on the store; release date not shown	$14.99

Steam also offers a free demo of the game.

Reception

As of September 2026, the Steam store page rates the game "Mostly Positive", with 78% of 38 user reviews positive. On the Meta Horizon Store it has an average user rating of 3.1 out of 5 from 18 reviews. Metacritic lists no critic reviews for the game.

System requirements

The minimum and recommended specifications on the Steam store page are identical.

Windows

Minimum

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
• Processor: Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 2300 MB available space
• VR Support: SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale

Recommended

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
• Processor: Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 2300 MB available space