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AudioSurf
Ride your music. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
44 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“[h1] 5/10 [/h1] Fun old game, I used to put my fav musics on it and just vibe it out. does it worth getting it? Meh, I feel like there are better options for rhythm games.”
“a classic. this is a rhythm game which is procedurally generated based on the song you have picked to play, which, honestly, still feels fun to play to this very day”
15 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“playing audiosurf still makes it easy to revisit older tracks—especially artists like basshunter—that fits the game well. for those who remember it from release years, it often brings back a specific era of pc use, with…”
“Audiosurf is one of those rare games that feels genuinely timeless — I've gone back to it more times than I can count, and every session hits differently depending on what music I'm loading up. There's nothing quite…”
“I've played this when it kinda first came out, so like around 2009-ish maybe 2010, and to this day I still play it once in a while, and find it vary enjoyable, to see new updates to-date is a surprise, and a heart warm…”
13 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Mandatory game for any steam account. Very excited for the new game.”
“Better than AS2, maybe old but brings more fun.”
6 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Hell ♥♥♥♥♥♥ yeah. Classic chill ass (or assblastingly difficult) game. You can play literally any song or even sound file, infinitely replayable. 9/10.”
“fun and simple. A bit of a prep needed in this age where most of us no longer have music files stored on their computer, but it's a great chance to peruse through your old files from back in the day when you did store…”
“Simple, addictive, and unique. It transforms your music into tracks full of rhythm and color. Great for relaxing or competing for high scores.”
5 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“The visuals in this game are stunning, and it does an exceptional job at turning mp3s into rideable highways! So happy I found this from a random YouTube rec.”
“Fancy interactive visualizer while listening to your favorite songs, what's not to love? And it still gets updates somehow!”
“It's like somebody took the PlayStation 2 BIOS and made it playable”
5 of the 71 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1] 5/10 [/h1] Fun old game, I used to put my fav musics on it and just vibe it out. does it worth getting it? Meh, I feel like there are better options for rhythm games.”
“I think this is one of the first few games I ever bought on Steam. Absolutely amazing game. No offense to the dev, but AudioMech is significantly worse than AudioSurf. I really only have two complaints: No streaming…”
“fun and simple. A bit of a prep needed in this age where most of us no longer have music files stored on their computer, but it's a great chance to peruse through your old files from back in the day when you did store…”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1] 5/10 [/h1] Fun old game, I used to put my fav musics on it and just vibe it out. does it worth getting it? Meh, I feel like there are better options for rhythm games.”
“Personally, it was more fun in the early 2000's version when you could URL a link from YouTube and it would auto gen the map. You can't do that in latest versions, now you have to download every song you want to play by…”
“Massively overrated to be honest. I think people who really like these kind of games will put up with any old rubbish. Thumper is a far superior game.”
Counted across 71 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Did you even want to pilot a ship through the visualizer in Winamp or WMP? Then get yourself AudioSurf. I've played this for many many years, it's a staple fall back to something simple and enjoyable. Playing music from your own library lets you set the mood and speed at which…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“The Title of the game tells you everything, you are surfing/riding your music. It detects the beats and rythm of your song and moves the track to it. Works best with electronic music.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“First game I ever got on Steam, still awesome fun!”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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.
New Character! Next Fest 2026! AUDIOMECH!
The AUDIOMECH Demo is now available for Next Fest!I’m very excited for all of you Surfers to check out my next game. Go and fight the Audio Dragons with ANY music, even streaming. Play and wishlist he
Corkscrews and Widescreens!
Widescreens Widescreen scaling is now handled much better. This is especially noticeable on ultrawide monitors, but it's an improvement for 16:9 displays too (Audiosurf was originally designed for 4:3
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From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Music · Rhythm · Indie · Casual · Music-Based Procedural Generation · Arcade · Colorful · Singleplayer · Relaxing · Score Attack · Addictive · Local Co-Op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.audio-surf.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista Processor: 1.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce® 2 (support for Pixel Shader 3.0 recommended) DirectX Version: DirectX® 9.0 or higher Sound: DirectX® 9.0c-compatible sound card