In the original 2017 "story" mode, two aliens crash-land on Earth and abduct a human to recharge their spaceship with "dance energy". In a strange parallel, the real-world community spent years trying to "recharge" the PC version to keep it from fading into obscurity.
: Discussions on Reddit's CrackWatch and various Discord servers now focus on how to keep the game running on modern hardware, effectively bypassing the "death" of the official servers.
While the 2017 story involved aliens, modern dancers might just need help with their own hardware—here is a quick guide on redeeming codes for the latest editions on console: