Stage Tour launches December 10: price, platforms, bundles, which old Guitar Hero and Rock Band instruments work, and shipping dates
RedOctane Games' rhythm game Stage Tour launches December 10, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC at €39.99. 90+ songs, gamepad play, legacy guitar and drum support by platform, bundle prices and shipping windows.
Stage Tour, the new rhythm-action game from RedOctane Games, launches on December 10, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store). The studio is made up of members of the original RedOctane team, former Neversoft and Harmonix developers and rhythm-game community developers, with support from Third Kind Games and Eidos Montréal. Here is what has been officially announced about the price, the bundles, the old instruments you can reuse and the shipping dates.
Price and platforms
- • Release date: December 10, 2026.
- • Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
- • Game price: $39.99 / €39.99 / £34.99.
- • Digital pre-orders: open on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam and the Epic Games Store, according to RedOctane's October 29 community update. On the PlayStation Store, PlayStation Plus members get 10% off the digital pre-order.
What is in the game
- • Over 90 licensed songs spanning six decades at launch; 69 had been revealed as of the November 4 Setlist Reveal #15. Confirmed artists include The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Radiohead, The Cure, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mötley Crüe, Paramore and Olivia Rodrigo.
• More than 180 real guitars from Gibson, Epiphone and Kramer to unlock, and over 50 bandmates.
• Four core modes: Quickplay, Judgements (accuracy-based scoring out of 1,000,000), Karaoke (original vocals removed, only timing is judged) and Tour, a roguelite-inspired single-player mode, plus a Practice mode.
• Up to four local players in any combination of instruments, cross-platform online co-op and online leaderboards.
No guitar? A gamepad or keyboard works
Instrument controllers are not required. Besides Lead (usually guitar), Groove (usually bass), Drums and Vocals, Stage Tour offers “Arcade 4-Lane” and “Arcade 5-Lane” parts designed for a standard gamepad or keyboard, with note charts built specifically for each input. Tour mode can be played with a guitar controller or a gamepad.
Can you reuse your old Guitar Hero or Rock Band guitar?
Partly, and it depends heavily on your platform. RedOctane's legacy hardware compatibility page (a work in progress) lists:
• PC: the widest support, including many Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitars originally released for Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii (some require the official dongle or an adapter), Rock Band 4 guitars, CRKD and PDP Riffmaster guitars, and Rock Band and ION drum kits.
• PS5: CRKD Gibson SG, PDP Riffmaster (PlayStation, official dongle required), Rock Band 4 Stratocaster and Jaguar (PS4), Rock Band 4 wireless drum kit (PS4).
• Xbox Series X|S: CRKD Gibson Les Paul (Xbox/PC), PDP Riffmaster (Xbox, official dongle required), Rock Band 4 Stratocaster and Jaguar (Xbox One), Rock Band 4 wireless drum kit (Xbox One).
• Nintendo Switch 2: only the PDP Riffmaster (Switch) guitar is listed, and no legacy drum kit is confirmed.
Check your exact model on the official page before buying: unlisted hardware may be unsupported or not yet tested.
Bundles and new hardware
• Stage Tour Kramer Guitar & Game Bundle: from $129.99 / €139.99 / £119.99 (August 25 announcement prices).
• Stage Tour Band Kit + Game Bundle: $299.99 / €314.99 / £269.99.
• On PS5, the game + hardware bundles include a physical disc. For a PS5 without a disc drive, RedOctane offers hardware-only bundles to pair with the digital game from the PlayStation Store.
• Stage Tour drum kits will not be available on Nintendo Switch 2 at launch.
Shipping: December 10 is not a delivery date
According to the October 29 update, the first estimated shipping window for stagetour.com hardware pre-orders is December 1-10: orders ship during that window, and delivery then takes an additional 2 to 10 business days depending on location. Demand for drum kits and bundles with drums has filled that first allocation, so new pre-orders for those products move to December 11-31. Game + guitar bundles were still in the December 1-10 window on October 29.
After launch
RedOctane plans four major content expansions per year, plus song packs and individual songs to buy. Songs are meant to stay purchasable for their licensing period, typically 10 years, and new gameplay features are to arrive through free updates.
What is still unknown (November 9, 2026)
• The complete setlist: at least 21 of the 90+ songs have yet to be revealed.
• Current stock and shipping window for each bundle: we have not checked live availability in each country.
• A launch date for Switch 2 drum kits: RedOctane has none to share yet.
Video
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU-qK6FyUoM[/video]
"Stage Tour - Official Launch Date Trailer", official Stage Tour YouTube channel, August 25, 2026 (1 min 47 s): the trailer revealing the December 10 date at gamescom Opening Night Live, set to Mötley Crüe's "Kickstart My Heart".
Sources
• Stage Tour Launches December 10, RedOctane Games press release (August 25, 2026): https://stagetour.com/blogs/newsroom/stage-tour-launch-date-gamescom-2026
• Stage Tour Community Update: Future Content Plans, Hardware Pre-Orders & Shipping (October 29, 2026): https://stagetour.com/blogs/newsroom/community-update
• New Stage Tour Pre-Order Option for Digital PS5 Owners (October 14, 2026): https://stagetour.com/blogs/newsroom/stage-tour-ps5-hardware-only-bundles
• Stage Tour Legacy Hardware Compatibility (checked November 9, 2026): https://stagetour.com/pages/hardware-compatibility
• Official site and FAQ: https://stagetour.com/
• “Stage Tour - Official Launch Date Trailer”, Stage Tour YouTube channel (August 25, 2026): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU-qK6FyUoM
Image: official Stage Tour key art, RedOctane Games.
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