High School Musical

A video game series based on the Disney franchise, featuring rhythm, singing, and dancing gameplay.

Games

2007–2008

Years

Platforms

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About

The High School Musical video game series consists of music and rhythm games based on the popular Disney Channel movies. Key entries include the karaoke game High School Musical: Sing It! (2007) and the rhythm-based High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance (2008). These titles allowed players to sing along to the franchise's soundtrack and perform dance routines using motion controls.

Disney Interactive Studios published these titles to capitalize on the massive commercial success of the film trilogy. Developed by Zoe Mode, High School Musical: Sing It (2007) was released for the Wii and PlayStation 2, featuring a tracklist spanning the first two films. To facilitate the karaoke gameplay, the title was frequently sold as High School Musical: Sing It! Microphone (2007), which bundled the software with a USB microphone peripheral.

The franchise transitioned to dance-oriented gameplay with High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance (2008), released across the Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Developed by Page 44 Studios, this iteration allowed players to follow visual cues to perform choreography from the theatrical third film. It was distributed both as a standalone game and as the High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance Bundle (2008) (also formatted as High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance [Bundle] (2008)), which packaged the game with a specialized dance mat controller. These releases represented Disney's broader strategy of utilizing specialized hardware peripherals to capture the casual gaming market during the height of the music-rhythm genre's popularity.