Trombone Champ

Rhythm game with mouse-controlled trombone pitch and baboons

Holy Wow Studios LLC · Released Sep 15, 2022

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 11K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 100% of 71 in 30 days
Playing now: 32; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 6 months ago; Mar 19, 2026

What is Trombone Champ?

This single-player rhythm game has you move a trombone slide with the mouse and play notes by clicking or pressing a key, trying to match songs across more than 60 tracks. Performances earn Toots for cards that unlock characters and trombone colors. You can also improvise in Freeplay while uncovering a mystery about the game's many baboons.

For you if...

+you like practicing songs to improve your scores
+you want room to improvise between scored songs

Not for you if...

−you dislike controlling musical pitch with a mouse
−you expect deep progression from a rhythm game

What players say

98% of 11,253 reviews are positive · 100% of 71 in the last 30 days

Players praise the humor, hands-on note control, and custom songs made by the modding community. Some find the controls awkward or the novelty short-lived; others report menu lockups or tracks failing to load.

Screenshots and trailer

Trombone Champ system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel 3rd generation Core (ie. Core i7-3770) or higher
Graphics: Intel HD 4000 or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 723 MB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 25
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil.