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Synth Riders cover art

Synth Riders

Kluge Interactive · 2019-10-31

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ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Jul 12, 2018 (SteamVR), Oct 31, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Jul 27, 2021 (PlayStation VR), Feb 22, 2023 (PlayStation VR2), Oct 31, 2019 (Meta Quest 2), Feb 02, 2024 (visionOS)

Let the music move you as you catch notes, ride the rails, and dodge obstacles in a unique combination of freestyle dancing and fitness workout! Play on PC VR and Steam Frame.

Synth Riders is a 2019 Action, Casual, and Indie game priced at $24.99, with Very Positive (92% of 1668 reviews) sentiment and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

6
playing now
92%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (1,861 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$24.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Synth Riders is a virtual reality rhythm game developed and published by Kluge Interactive. It involves players touching spheres ('notes'), tracing lines ('rails'), and avoiding obstacles that move towards them.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–101k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,675 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2019-01-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220182026Week of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2412026-09-15 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 24 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
300Jul 2018Aug 2026Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 95Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2020 — avg 8 · peak 49Jul 2020 — avg 12 · peak 38Oct 2020 — avg 14 · peak 37Jan 2021 — avg 21 · peak 57Apr 2021 — avg 19 · peak 50Jul 2021 — avg 22 · peak 48Oct 2021 — avg 17 · peak 42Jan 2022 — avg 30 · peak 129Apr 2022 — avg 24 · peak 60Jul 2022 — avg 18 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 38Jan 2023 — avg 17 · peak 43Apr 2023 — avg 15 · peak 42Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 35Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 33Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37Apr 2024 — avg 12 · peak 40Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 27Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 37Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002018-07-132026-09-282018-07-13 — best price $9.992019-04-12 — best price $13.592019-06-26 — best price $15.592019-11-07 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $13.992020-02-03 — best price $17.992020-03-02 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $13.992020-10-01 — best price $14.992020-11-16 — best price $16.242021-01-05 — best price $24.992021-03-25 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-10-28 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $24.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-05-30 — best price $24.992022-08-31 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-02-27 — best price $24.992023-07-15 — best price $16.242023-08-28 — best price $24.992023-12-04 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $24.992024-05-02 — best price $24.992024-07-18 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-21 — best price $24.992025-05-15 — best price $14.992025-08-17 — best price $24.992025-11-24 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-08-03 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4642026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 18 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 5 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 12 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-18 — 11 pageviews2026-09-22 — 12 pageviews2026-09-26 — 20 pageviews2026-09-30 — 9 pageviews2026-10-04 — 16 pageviews2026-10-08 — 10 pageviews2026-10-12 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudIncludes level editor127 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 100 DLC released, first 2020-04-23, latest 2026-06-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)3,15410%10
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)50019%10
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

VRIndieMusicRetroActionArcadeRhythmModdableCyberpunkSwordplay

Census log

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

Recent updates

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