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AudioSurf cover art

AudioSurf

Dylan Fitterer · 2008-02-15

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 15, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

AudioSurf is an Indie game released in 2008, priced at $9.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 11099 reviews) and an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners.

13
playing now
96%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (142 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 32h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Audiosurf is a 2008 music-based puzzle video game created by Invisible Handlebar, a company founded by Dylan Fitterer. Its track-style stages visually mimic the music the player chooses, while the player races across several lanes collecting colored blocks that appear in sync with the music. The game was released on February 15, 2008, over Steam, a few days after winning the Independent Games Festival 2008 Excellence in Audio Award, heavily influenced by the soundtrack composed by Pedro Macedo Camacho. The full version was for a long time only available for purchase through Steam, but was later released as a retail product in Europe, by Ascaron. Audiosurf was the first third-party game to use Valve's Steamworks technology. The Zune HD version was also released as Audiosurf: Tilt. A sequel, Audiosurf 2, was released in May 2015.

Trailer

AudioSurf trailer thumbnail

Audiosurf 1 Trailer

≈219,247 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 123 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 50,825 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 444k–888k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,106 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2013-11-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2032026-09-16 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 19 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3748Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 374 · peak 893Dec 2012 — avg 255 · peak 498May 2013 — avg 136 · peak 245Oct 2013 — avg 127 · peak 275Mar 2014 — avg 122 · peak 269Aug 2014 — avg 103 · peak 172Jan 2015 — avg 126 · peak 345Jun 2015 — avg 136 · peak 505Nov 2015 — avg 71 · peak 151Apr 2016 — avg 58 · peak 112Sep 2016 — avg 46 · peak 88Feb 2017 — avg 41 · peak 81Jul 2017 — avg 40 · peak 86Dec 2017 — avg 38 · peak 101May 2018 — avg 32 · peak 84Oct 2018 — avg 22 · peak 46Mar 2019 — avg 24 · peak 48Aug 2019 — avg 20 · peak 40Jan 2020 — avg 21 · peak 42Jun 2020 — avg 20 · peak 50Nov 2020 — avg 20 · peak 40Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 40Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 29Feb 2022 — avg 14 · peak 28Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 32Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 24Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 21Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-062015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-05-08 — best price $2.492015-06-11 — best price $1.992015-07-05 — best price $0.992015-09-01 — best price $3.992015-10-31 — best price $9.992015-12-24 — best price $2.492016-02-01 — best price $9.992016-05-15 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-21 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-07-03 — best price $2.492017-10-06 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-01-11 — best price $2.492018-05-10 — best price $2.492018-08-30 — best price $2.492018-11-15 — best price $2.492019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-08-31 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-05-20 — best price $9.992024-08-19 — best price $2.492024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-10-05 — best price $2.492026-10-06 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

46102026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 19 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 33 pageviews2026-06-22 — 22 pageviews2026-06-26 — 17 pageviews2026-06-30 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-08 — 24 pageviews2026-07-12 — 31 pageviews2026-07-16 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 23 pageviews2026-07-24 — 18 pageviews2026-07-28 — 37 pageviews2026-08-01 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 22 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 25 pageviews2026-08-29 — 27 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 26 pageviews2026-09-14 — 20 pageviews2026-09-18 — 17 pageviews2026-09-22 — 27 pageviews2026-09-26 — 21 pageviews2026-09-30 — 20 pageviews2026-10-04 — 18 pageviews2026-10-08 — 31 pageviews2026-10-11 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
79.9%
earned "Royal Ride"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)61,2953%19

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieMusicArcadeCasualPuzzleRhythmColorfulRelaxingAddictiveLocal Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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