Just Dance: Decades of Hits is out now on Xbox Series X|S. The game combines a local party mode for up to six players with a solo Adventure mode, and it organizes its tracklist as a journey through musical eras, from the ’70s to the present day.
Ubisoft announced the release in a post on Xbox Wire published October 13, 2026. The post names six songs, including “Mamma Mia” by ABBA, “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel, “Wannabe” by Spice Girls, “Stronger” by Britney Spears, “Turn Down for What” by DJ Snake & Lil Jon, and “HOT TO GO!” by Chappell Roan.
Choreography Director Estelle Manas built routines that span intuitive steps, intermediate choreography, and extreme difficulty. She said the intuitive steps let anyone join right away regardless of age or skill level, while the higher tiers give experienced dancers more to work toward. The team added seated choreography for players with limited mobility, and this year marks the series’ first five-coach routine, built for “Wannabe.”
Six Players, Six Phones
The local party mode holds six dancers in one room, with each player’s phone acting as a controller, so a group needs no extra hardware to start a song. The announcement frames the mode for game nights and parties. Ubisoft previously explained how Just Dance scores points.
Manas split the choreography by decade. The ’70s steps are simple, festive, and flamboyant, favoring style and groove over precision, with movements anyone can reproduce while adding a personal touch. The ’80s routines draw on hip-hop and pop, a stretch she said carried dance into TV shows, music videos, and concerts, where everyone expressed personality through movement. She pointed to Madonna’s routines as a freedom that broke the rules and to “Jump” as a capture of the extravagant, showy side of rockstars.
The later decades blend Dancehall, K-Pop, New Style, and Street Jazz into one visual language, which Manas said made choreography a means of expression, a space for freedom, and a way to assert oneself. She said each decade stands out through its music, aesthetics, costumes, and choreography, and that the team studied old music videos and TV shows to keep the periods authentic while chasing a feeling of joyful nostalgia. She described moving between eras as a kind of time travel through dance.
Adventure Mode Follows Lyra
Adventure mode sends solo players after Lyra, Dr. Gigavolt’s daughter, in a playful journey across six themed worlds to rescue her father. It gives the game a narrative path alongside the party sessions.
Manas framed the team’s wider aim as keeping choreography accessible to as many people as possible and bringing multiple generations onto one dance floor, with variety across characters, dance styles, and emotions, and with unique characters and distinct worlds built for every track. On “Wannabe,” she directed five coaches to carry each Spice Girl’s distinct character and energy, and she called it her favorite routine in the game.
What Ubisoft Has Not Announced
The post confirms the Xbox Series X|S release. Ubisoft has not announced the full tracklist size, the price, a specific launch date, other platforms, or online multiplayer, and has not said whether the game is a standalone release or DLC.
