Rock Band 4

Overview

Rock Band 4 is a 2015 rhythm game developed and published by Harmonix. The game was initially distributed by Mad Catz, who also developed new instrument controllers for the game, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 6, 2015. Performance Designed Products (PDP) took over manufacturing of instrument controllers and distribution of the game by 2016. It is the fourth main installment and the ninth console release in the Rock Band series.

Rock Band 4 allows players to simulate the playing of music across many different decades and genres using instrument controllers that mimic playing lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals. The game shipped with more than sixty licensed songs; additional songs are available as downloadable content, which includes a library of over 2000 existing songs from prior installments.

Rock Band 4 represented Harmonix's return to the franchise after an almost three-year hiatus, following the diminishing popularity of the rhythm game market that started in 2009. Announced on March 5, 2015, Rock Band 4 refocuses on the core gameplay of the franchise, reducing the emphasis on musical instruction that was employed by its predecessor, Rock Band 3, while emphasizing the game's social interactions, as well as new features enabling players to incorporate improvisation into their performance: such as "freestyle solos" on guitar, and "freeform melodies" on multi-part vocals.

Official trailer

Announcement Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

ROCK BAND 4!!!!(PS4 Gameplay), Jesus Torres. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Music, Simulator

Developer

Harmonix Music Systems

Publisher

Harmonix Music Systems

Series

Rock Band

Platforms

PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

USK

0

CLASS IND

L

ACB

PG

PEGI

12

ESRB

T

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Trophies

Trophies62

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

10

Bronze

49

Total

62

Points

1515

Platinum time

60 hours

Difficulty

8 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

Local co-op is enough

Yes

Online note

The three Crew trophies in the DLC pack are awarded after an online weekly challenge.

DLC has trophies

Yes

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC comes in

Does not exist

DLC note

DLC Trophy Pack 1, 11 trophies: Brutal mode, Rockudrama, levels, skill and Crews

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

Yes

Only in a language other than English

No

Region note

Separate North American and European lists. Needs 2 guitars, a drum kit and a microphone.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

PS4 only on PlayStation

Players with the platinum

1.12%

Grind

• Rock Band Immortal
• Rock Band Master
• Living Room Legend
• Going Solo
• Settle the Score
• Road Hard
• Tour of Booty
• Ultimate Fantasy
• Clothes to the Edge

• Rock Band 4 Platinum Trophy Earn every available trophy in Rock Band 4 to become a true rock 'n' roll legend! Platinum 0.67% of players
• Seeing Stars Earn 5 Stars on a song in Quickplay mode. Bronze 4.58% of players
• Rock Band Fan Earn 5 Stars on Medium (or 3 Stars on Hard or Expert) on any 30 Rock Band 4 songs in Quickplay. Bronze 1.76% of players
• Rock Band Master Earn 5 Stars on every song in Rock Band 4 on Hard in Quickplay mode. Silver 1.03% of players
• Rock Band Immortal Earn 5 Stars on every song in Rock Band 4 on Expert in Quickplay mode. Gold 0.81% of players
• Well Played Earn Gold Stars on any song in Quickplay mode. Bronze 2.59% of players
• Living Room Legend Earn Gold Stars on any thirty Rock Band 4 songs in Quickplay mode. Gold 1.09% of players
• Golden Opportunity Earn Gold Stars on a request. Bronze 1.79% of players
• Leave Them Wanting More Earn Gold Stars on an encore. Bronze 1.77% of players
• Don't Shred on Me Using only the solo buttons, hit 100% of the notes in a scripted guitar solo on Expert. Silver 100% of players
• Just for Kicks Hit at least 90% of the Kick notes in a song on Hard or Expert Drums. Bronze 90% of players
• Going Solo Hit at least 85% of the notes on all scripted guitar solos in Rock Band 4 on Hard or Expert. Silver 85% of players
• In the Pocket Earn a 500-note streak on Bass. Bronze 2.08% of players
• Pitch Session Earn a "Triple Awesome" rating on Vocal Harmonies. Bronze 1.08% of players
• Serious Pipes Earn a rating of "Awesome" on at least 90% of the phrases in 6 songs on Hard Vocals. Bronze 90% of players
• Filling Out Nicely Play 10 new Dynamic Drum Fills perfectly. Bronze 1.84% of players
• Case in Points Earn more than 1,000,000 points in a single song in Quickplay. Silver 1.14% of players
• Settle the Score Earn more than 10,000,000 total points playing songs in Quickplay. Silver 1.96% of players
• Overflowing Overdrive Remain in Overdrive for at least 60 seconds. Bronze 2.15% of players
• Smooth Cooperators Achieve a Band Multiplier of 8x. Silver 1.22% of players
• Give It a Rest As a Singer, use Overdrive at least 4 times in a single song. Bronze 2.51% of players
• Ultimate Fantasy Gain at least 300,000 fans while on Tour across all bands. Bronze 1.67% of players
• Yeah, We Know That One Nail a request in Career mode. Bronze 3.33% of players
• Thank You, Good Night Nail an encore in Career mode. Bronze 3.49% of players
• Breaking Out Leave your hometown to go on tour in Career mode. Bronze 4.12% of players
• Continental Drift Leave your home continent in Career mode. Bronze 2.7% of players
• Tour of Booty Earn at least $150,000 while on Tour across all bands. Bronze 1.49% of players
• No Bonus About It Play 10 different Bonus Sets in Career mode. Bronze 1.57% of players
• Road Hard Play 50 different shows in Career mode. Bronze 1.63% of players
• Local Favorite Earn enough fans in a city to unlock a Fan Showcase in Career mode. Bronze 3.92% of players
• Popularity Contest Earn enough fans to unlock 8 Fan Showcases in Career mode. Bronze 1.74% of players
• Embrace Your Destiny Complete an entire story in Career mode. Silver 2.19% of players
• Clothes to the Edge Buy over $100,000 worth of items from the Rock Shop. Bronze 1.56% of players
• Gifted and Talented Earn a custom guitar or clothing asset via Career mode. Bronze 4% of players
• Duly Impressed Earn "Impressive" stage presence in a show. Bronze 4.5% of players
• Legend of Stage and Screen Earn "Legendary" stage presence in a show. Bronze 4.14% of players
• Stage Presents Earn 5 stage presence awards in a single song. Bronze 1.61% of players
• Locked In Earn the "Full Streak" stage presence award in 5 consecutive songs. Silver 0.8% of players
• Fast Learner Complete the Basic Guitar Solo tutorial. Bronze 3.54% of players
• Ol' Fancy Fingers McGranahan Complete a Freestyle Guitar Solo without ever breaking your streak. Bronze 2.33% of players
• Off the Charts Earn a "Freestyle!" score for a vocal phrase. Bronze 2.17% of players
• Wingin' It Earn three "Freestyle!" vocal phrase scores in a single song. Bronze 1.68% of players
• One More Song Play an encore in "Play a Show" mode. Bronze 2.55% of players
• Set for Life Play a 5-set show in "Play a Show" mode. Bronze 1.82% of players
• Tune Up Calibrate your audio/video setup for the optimal Rock Band 4 experience. Bronze 4.55% of players
• Don't Even Need It Finish a song with a full Overdrive bar. Bronze 4.51% of players
• I Regret Nothing Fail out of a song that you voted for. Bronze 2.84% of players
• Creative Differences Split a vote four ways. Bronze 1.05% of players
• I Told You I Hated This One As a Singer, fail out of a song that you voted against. Bronze 1.34% of players
• All Tapped Out Play a Freestyle Guitar Solo composed of at least 80% tapping. Bronze 80% of players
• It's All for the Fans Turn down 3 encores or requests in a row. Bronze 2.8% of players
• The Brutal Truth Finish a song in Brutal mode. Bronze 1.84% of players
• Seeing Red Earn Crimson Stars on a song in Brutal mode. Bronze 1.26% of players
• Career-Minded Reach the end of your band's career in Rockudrama. Bronze 1.55% of players
• Mind Blown, No Doubt Earn all Rockudrama rewards. Silver 1.25% of players
• Setting the Bar Reach Level 10. Bronze 2.21% of players
• Throne's Eye View Reach Level 50. Silver 1.07% of players
• Blistering Performance Achieve a skill of 700 or above on any instrument. Bronze 1.75% of players
• Untouchable Achieve a skill of 900 or above on any instrument. Bronze 1.07% of players
• Crew's in Charge Help earn a Crew Badge. Awarded after a Weekly Challenge ends. Bronze 1.6% of players
• All I Do Is Pin Earn your first Individual Badge. Awarded after a Weekly Challenge ends. Bronze 1.7% of players
• Higher Ground Get your Crew promoted to a higher Tier. Awarded after a Weekly Challenge ends. Bronze 1.68% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 3.5 GB

Update patch02.21

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

More than 2,000 songs, including tracks from earlier Rock Band games, and the Rock Band Rivals expansion (18 October 2016, US$29.99, made free for owners in October 2022). The last songs came out on 25 January 2024. The game and some songs left the store in October 2025; owners can still download them.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price
Rock Band Rivals	2016-10-18	Rivals Crews, the Rockudrama career mode and, from January 2017, online Quickplay	US$29.99
Song packs and single songs		Weekly songs from 2015 to January 2024

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Tour, Quickplay and local band play work offline; online Quickplay and Crews need a connection.

Online

Online servers runningYes

Plays offlineYes

Online leaderboards from launch; online Quickplay from 25 January 2017 and Rivals Crews with weekly challenges, both through the Rivals expansion. Harmonix kept these running after the last song release in January 2024, and Crew badges were still being awarded in late October 2026.

Services

Service	Status
Rivals Crews and weekly challenges	running
Online Quickplay	running
Leaderboards	running

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Development leads	Cara Kelly, John Veneron
Creative leads	Matt Derby, Ryan Lesser, Greg LoPiccolo, Helen McWilliams
Product managers	Tom Bender, Daniel Sussman
Programming leads	Kevin Loose, Jessica Scott

Credits

Publisher

Harmonix Music Systems

Developer

Harmonix Music Systems

Released

2015-10-06

Age rating

ESRB T

Disc ID

CUSA02084

Region

US

Time to beat

about 15.1 hours