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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s leans Execution (Pure Mechanics). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Music, Simulator - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
Like Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, but easier
Same cheat-test neighborhood, lower Execution demand - the hands aren't as punishing.
12 games like Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (9 vs 9). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (9 vs 9). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (9 vs 10) - Through the Fire and Flames defines a hands ceiling
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (9 vs 10) - Frame-perfect one-button timing over relentless sequences
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (9 vs 10) - Pixel-perfect cursor aim and tapping at extreme speeds
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (9 vs 10) - Pure full-body rhythm precision at speed
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (9 vs 8) - Guitar, drum, and vocal accuracy on expert charts
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (9 vs 8) - Hitting button cues on beat is the whole game
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Both lean on execution about the same (9 vs 9). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Tracks are fixed and learnable
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Both lean on execution about the same (9 vs 9). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (9 vs 10) - Pixel-perfect dashes and wavedashes are the entire skill.
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Both lean on execution about the same (9 vs 9). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Fixed tracks; nothing meaningful hidden.
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- Released
- 2007
- Developer
- Harmonix Music Systems
- Platforms
- PS2
- Modes
- Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
- IGDB critics
- 68/100
- IGDB users
- 74/100