ABBA is the Swedish pop group at the center of ABBA: You Can Dance.
The game is a music-and-rhythm spin-off of Ubisoft’s Just Dance franchise, built around songs by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. ABBA became an international sensation after winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo,” later producing hits such as “Dancing Queen,” “Mamma Mia,” and “The Winner Takes It All.”
Released in 2011, the game features 26 ABBA songs and asks players to follow choreography inspired by the group’s performances. It also includes a karaoke mode, allowing players to sing with USB microphones while others dance.
The other options are Swedish pop acts, which explains the potential confusion. A-Teens recorded ABBA covers, while Roxette and Ace of Base are separate groups with their own catalogs. They are not the subject of this game. ABBA: You Can Dance was developed by Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Bucharest as an ABBA-focused companion to the Just Dance line.