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Audioshield
Block the beats! Audioshield puts you at the point of impact for every hit in your songs. Block incoming orbs with your shields and feel the music. Works with any song!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“First of all: Audioshield is fun, yes. The first time you try it, you will giggle like a little kid, because it just feels great to smash the orbs with the beat in a what feels like a giant stadium. You will probably go through most of the "most popular songs" and will search…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“Okay - I have almost 300 hours logged in this game, and I've modded it to the extreme. The good: You feel like a badass when you have a storm of notes flying at you. The particle effects are fantastic. This game is the ultimate for freeform movement. Wanna spin round and hit…”
— a player, Steam review · 290 hrs played“Since the removal of Youtube streaming, it is hard to recommend for $20. This was without a doubt a great initial VR game, but the song tracking does not live up to the included and custom charts in Beat Saber. Just booted up again and tried both old songs I used to play from my…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-01 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Improved support for Vive Cosmos headsets
Default bindings for Vive Cosmos have been added so that headset is easier to get started with now.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to hang during skin loading.
Fixed an issue that could cause the game to hang (in the headset only) during skin loading on some machines.
SteamVR 2.0 Update
Native Index controller support Support for controller mapping with the SteamVR Input system New option to disable the purple shield from automatically appearing when controllers are close. So now you
The Fitness Update!
2 new modes! 2 new skins! 10 new songs (including 5 from The Murder City Devils and a new custom Audioshield Theme)! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/12132646/7435ae2
Streaming is down
Streaming from youtube is no longer available. Sorry about that, but I'm working on alternatives.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · VR · Music · Music-Based Procedural Generation · Rhythm (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · VR Support · SteamVR Collectibles · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://audio-shield.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer Processor: Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1050ti / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater Storage: 900 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale