AudioSurf
Puzzle racer that builds score-chasing tracks from your music
Dylan Fitterer · Released Feb 15, 2008
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 9,328
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 6
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 8 months ago
- Feb 23, 2026
Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)
What is AudioSurf?
A music-driven puzzle racer that turns songs from your collection into tracks shaped and paced by the audio. You move along each track, cluster blocks of the same color for points, and compare scores on online leaderboards for each song.
For you if...
- +you like casual, score-focused arcade play
- +you enjoy choosing your own songs for each ride
Not for you if...
- −you prefer fixed tracks over music-generated ones
- −you want racing without color-matching puzzles
What players say
95% of 9,328 reviews are positive
Players praise how the generated tracks follow their songs and find the game easy to pick up. Some say the gameplay grows repetitive and wish they could use streaming music instead of local files.
Screenshots and trailer
AudioSurf system requirements
Minimum: 32 MB ® 2 (support for Pi…, 0.5 GB RAM.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run AudioSurf?
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- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista
- Processor
- 1.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4
- Graphics
- 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce® 2 (support for Pixel Shader 3.0 recommended)
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- DirectX
- DirectX® 9.0 or higher
Does AudioSurf have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does AudioSurf run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Multi window app automatically sets focus
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 19
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, Russian.
Does AudioSurf use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
