Makes learning guitar fun
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“It’s simply the best way to learn guitar - or at the very least, to trick yourself into wanting to practice because it makes practice [i]fun[/i].”
Steam review · 634.5 h played ↗
Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Ubisoft - San Francisco, Ubisoft - Osaka2024Rhythm · Simulation · Casual
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
Rocksmith 2014 is an effective, fun way to learn guitar and bass songs, but on PC it needs modding to run and no longer includes licensed songs. Skip it if you want plug-and-play or a built-in song library.
Great for
Guitar or bass players happy to tinker with mods and CDLC who want a fun way to practice
Main risk
Game won't launch or detect your audio without mods, and ships with almost no songs
What changed in the last 30 days
41 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly report the game failing to run or set up, and missing or delisted songs. Not clearly a new bug or patch, so confidence is moderate.
41 recent reviews
What players love
Huge free custom song (CDLC) community
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The community dlc(40,000+ free song) is way more valueble than the 2,000 songs you get on rocksmith+ for $20 a month.”
Steam review · 1000 h played ↗
Lessons, minigames and practice tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The lessons, Guitarcade minigames, and Riff Repeater make building technique feel rewarding rather than tedious.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
Works well with audio interface via mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Now, thanks to RS_ASIO, I can finally play using my audio interface. It works flawlessly.”
Steam review · 15.9 h played ↗
Better than Rocksmith+: one-time purchase
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“you actually own the songs you buy”
Steam review · 183.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Hard to set up, won't launch or detect audio
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“it took me about 3 hours and tons of troubleshooting to even get it to boot up to the menu”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Ubisoft greed, DMCA of Slopsmith, Uplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“But when a fan made alternative that has a bunch of quality of life improvements for practice & huge amount of potential you take it down.”
Steam review · 1126 h played ↗
Needs expensive Real Tone cable or workarounds
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I need an official 80€ cable to play this game.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Almost no songs included; licensed tracks gone
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“they pulled all of the music from the game without telling anyone because they didn't want to renew the music contract.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
DLC delisted or bricked by expired licenses
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“I wanted to purchase the Rage Against The Machine DLC Packs 1 and 2, only to find that they've both been delisted.”
Steam review · 26.7 h played ↗
Poor note detection, esp. low tunings and mic
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“you can't tune down below E standard and expect that the game is going to pick up any low notes”
Steam review · 685.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista, Windows 8
Processor2.66 GHz Intel Core2 Duo E6750 or 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics256 MB DirectX 9 / NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 XT
Storage12 GB HD space
Recommended
OSWindows Vista, Windows 8
Processor3.1 GHz Intel Core i3-540 or 3.3 GHz Athlon II X3 455
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics512MB Nvidia GT 240 or 512 MB ATI Radeon HD 5670
Storage12 GB HD space
OSWindows Vista, Windows 8
Processor2.66 GHz Intel Core2 Duo E6750 or 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Memory2 GB RAM
Graphics256 MB DirectX 9 / NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 GT or ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 XT
Storage12 GB HD space
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