Play your own music
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The core concept of the game generating a ride from your own music library is still unmatched by almost anything else out there, even all these years later.”
Steam review · 22.5 h played ↗
AudioSurf
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Dylan Fitterer2008Rhythm · Casual · Arcade
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A timeless rhythm-racer that turns your own music files into tracks. Skip it if you have no local MP3 library or want a tight, true-to-the-beat rhythm game.
Great for
Players with a local music library who want a relaxing, zen-like rhythm game or nostalgia
Main risk
You need local audio files, and the dated game can crash or fail to launch on modern systems
What players love
Nostalgic timeless classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This game was so ahead of it's time in 2008 and it still holds up in 2026 almost 20 years later.”
Steam review · 22.4 h played ↗
Relaxing, zen flow
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I don't think there are any games that are more zen than this one.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Tracks match the music well
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“I always come back to it because the music mapping is so good.”
Steam review · 45.4 h played ↗
Easy to learn, addictive scoring
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“It’s simple to pick up but hard to master, and I spent way more time than I expected trying to beat my own scores.”
Steam review · 47.6 h played ↗
Runs on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews
“the game is not even demanding since I used to play it on a budget laptop. Great for low end systems!”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and fails to launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Games broken for many people. "Runtime Error! QuestViewer.exe"”
Steam review · 14 h played ↗
Boring and repetitive gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“extremely boring and repetitive after playing it like twice”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Needs local music files
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“With the rise of music streaming this game is basically dead, no music files = no gameplay.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Tracks don't follow the music
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The game doesn't really follow the song's beat.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Dated, clunky UI and graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“The user interface is archaic.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Online features removed or broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“A lot of the community-oriented features involving the website audio-surf.com have been removed from the game and no in-game replacements have been introduced.”
Steam review · 209.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support
Minimum
OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP/Vista
Processor1.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics32 MB NVIDIA GeForce® 2 (support for Pixel Shader 3.0 recommended)
OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP/Vista
Processor1.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics32 MB NVIDIA GeForce® 2 (support for Pixel Shader 3.0 recommended)
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