About the Game
A FREESTYLE-DANCE RHYTHM GAME
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 that’ll allow you to burn calories while having tons of fun at the same time.
CUSTOM SONGS officially supported - create your own beatmaps using the free editor today!
BURN CALORIES in a unique combination of freestyle dance & fitness!
MUSIC FOR EVERYONE with 80 free songs and 90 optional paid DLC tracks feat. Gorillaz, Bruno Mars, K/DA, Lindsey Stirling, Muse, Caravan Palace and more...
Meet 10 friends in cross-platform Multiplayer
Play your way with huge variety of gameplay modifiers & styles including Spin & Spiral
Incredibly customizable player experience with many great features out of the box including "custom songs"
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 25931878
Up to date
What's New?
Multiplayer
- Voice Chat set to Lobby Only should mute other players during songs correctly.
- Fade Music for Voice Chat should not fade players you can't hear.
- Fixed an issue where joining a song in progress with Power-Ups enabled could let you accrue multiplier incorrectly or have incorrect Power-Up settings
- The stage panel now closes if you have it open during song countdown, and room panels no longer appear over the song selection menu after you leave a room.
- Fixed an issue where some players were sent back to the room lobby every time the host started a song.
Leaderboards and Score Summary
- The Score Summary no longer stalls if your network connection drops
Steam Frame Only
- Fixed flickering white dots on "The Lost City" stage when Neon Bloom Effect is on
- Scores set on Steam Frame now show correctly on the leaderboards
Steam PCVR Only
- Custom Camera rotation and position locks are now restored when you restart the game
What's New?
Bloom on Steam Frame
- Bloom has arrived on Quest & Steam Frame! Notes, rails, walls, the player platform and the controller orbs all glow, along with stage lights and neon fixtures across every stage.
- Bloom is controlled by Settings > Advanced Graphics > Neon Bloom Effect, and it defaults to Low.
- Look for improvements to glow of note-reactive lights, stage lights and neon fixtures across the game, even your perfect combo bolts! They're all controlled through this setting.
Custom Camera for Steam PCVR
- Adjustments to the Custom Camera settings layout.
- The Smoothing control now reaches Off at the bottom of its range.
- Fixed the Camera Angle arrows moving the view the wrong way.
- The preview now matches what the camera actually captures, including objects close to the camera.
- Fixed the camera preview jumping between two views when an axis was locked.
- Known Issue: Having the Avatar Mirror and the Custom Camera preview open at the same time will affect performance. Please only use the mirror with the custom camera panel closed.
Common Bugfixes & Improvements
- Fixed an issue with invalid multiplayer room names.
- General performance improvements for moving stages, or stages with large numbers of particles or walls.
- Stage light fixes for home stages, and many play stages
What's New?
- "Barbie Dreams" (feat. Kaliii) - FIFTY FIFTY moves into the SPECIALS pack
- Resolved an issue causing the basic gameplay tutorial to crash on Steam Frame Standalone
What's New?
We've improved our new user and first-time play experience!
- New to Synth Riders? Take a First Ride on our 2-song selection, followed by an Experience!
- Gameplay tutorials shortened and improved with new voiceover
- Main Menu and Song Select tour to guide you on your first visit
- Just hover over Main Menu buttons and Song Select panels for helpful hints anytime you need
Other Bugfixes & Improvements
- New Logo animation in the Main Menu
- Several UI panels no longer behave as if transparent to the select laser pointer
- Minor UI fixes in How To Play and Tutorial Panels
What's New?
- Player Kick is now available in addition to Player Ban. Kick is not permanent and allows you to temporarily disconnect a stuck player who will be able to rejoin your room later.
- Fixed an issue where multiplayer scores were showing as 0
Riders, Ready?
We've got a big update with lots of bug fixes and improvements that we've been wanting to get into your hands for a while! Read on for all the details.
What's New?
LevelUp! Specific
- For the Intro challenges, we've removed the requirement to complete mode-specific tutorials
- Daily & Weekly challenges no longer require completion of the Intro challenges to unlock
- Silver achievement medals will now show correctly, instead of as Bronze or Gold
- Fixed an issue where Challenge modifiers could persist into normal song play after returning from a Challenge
- The level-up animation now plays centered on you, regardless of your position in the Multiplayer lobby
- Fixed an issue where the combo streak in Player Stats could be preserved by quitting mid-song after a miss
- Player > Stats > Challenges Completed now counts your finished missions
- Improved network handling around the LevelUp! system, including recovery when the connection to the server drops mid-session
Multiplayer Changes
- All mute states are now sticky through leave / join
- Player-specific voice level adjustments apply everywhere
- Player actions (ban, change host, block, report) apply even when the target player leaves the room
- Fixed an issue where the difficulty would be shown incorrectly on the countdown screen
- Favorites button will now show correctly when returning to the lobby after a song
- Song info / preview now updates correctly if the host changes songs while you are in another menu
- Improvements to the Player > Report Player panel
Visuals
- Fixed an issue with the alignment of the Humble banner in the experience shelf
- General visual improvements to Psycho Road, Humble
- Fixed performance and behavior issues with the platform strobe
UI Fixes
- Tooltips no longer activate on UI elements behind the social panel
- The "Don't Show This Again" option on the Spiral "How to Play" panel now sticks between restarts
- Fixed an issue where searching for a song could misselect items behind the search panel on pressing enter
- Fixed song list scrolling behavior for dragging, scrollbar or thumbstick paging
Gameplay
- One-Handed Mode now replaces pointer selection in Settings and is kept in sync with the One-Handed Mode modifier
- Dynamic pointer toggle through trigger use continues to apply when not in a Multiplayer room lobby
- Powerup notes now appear consistently when playing in One-Handed Mode
- Fixed an issue where restarting a song could load a different song that shared the same name (e.g. two songs named "Phoenix")
- General engine improvements and stability work
Custom Stages
- Fixed an issue preventing Custom Experiences from loading
- Custom Experiences can now be played as songs on their own
- New Custom Stage template released on GitHub
Display Camera Changes
- Settings > Visuals > Display Camera > Custom Camera - Preview directional arrows now correctly sized
- Fixed an issue where the Experience would show on the Display Camera under the loading screen
This is a jam-packed update, and as always we welcome your feedback and bug reports in the official Synth Riders communities on Discord, Reddit & Facebook -- and right here on Steam!
Thanks for playing!
PLEASE NOTE: This version is not compatible with earlier versions of Synth Riders for Multiplayer use.
Please encourage your friends to update!
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What's New?
- Multiplayer Join - Players can now JOIN a song in progress!
Just missed the start of a song? Wait no more! When a song is in progress, the READY button becomes your ticket to JOIN in the fun. As long as it's before the last 30 seconds of the song, you'll be picked up to join the host at the point everyone is up to. No scores will be saved, you won't receive XP - but you'll at least get that warmup done!
What's New?
LevelUp! Specific
- To reduce confusion, Song Challenges are no longer accessible from the Solo menu. Please access them directly from the Challenges button on the main menu!
- Songs played in Non-Stop mode will now count towards achievements and rewards.
- Fixed an issue where the LevelUp animation could cause a game freeze.
Bug Fixes
- Restored scrolling behavior for most scrollable lists in game (e.g. song list)
- Returned New High Score / Previous Best Score information to the Score Summary scene.
- Fixed an issue causing the Playlist Add Song button to become unresponsive.
- Custom Decals now stick through scene changes and are rotated correctly (remember controls are now in Settings > Interface to enable it!)
- Fixed an issue where a song would not finish with the map when the map was very short.
- Improvements to Invaderz for Challenges+
- Challenges+ scores will be sent to the general leaderboard as long as the configuration doesn't make it easier!
Multiplayer specific
- Improved synchronization between players in Multiplayer - platform player levels not updating, players remaining in the room who had left etc.
- Improvements to microphone and audio, including spatialization balancing between lobby and songs
- Fix for microphone loss when switching rooms
- Settings > Multiplayer > Fade Audio for Voice Chat now works, automatically turning down the music when someone speaks in Multiplayer (new player default)
Visuals
- Fixes to Psycho Road stage, HUMBLE experience
- Fixed an issue with the Display Camera for Experiences
* Version matching for parallel support with Meta version
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What's New?
- Improvements to "Endless Cafe", "Psycho Road" Stages
- Improvements to "Underground", "Legends Never Die" Experiences
- Fixed an issue where buttons, including the Twitch button, could move when hovered
- Fixed Japanese translations for LevelUP items (Daily & Weekly tabs)
- Improved the Tutorial message behaviour when missing objectives
- Improvements to microphones in multiplayer (feedback wanted!)
- Fixed an issue where Invaderz would cause performance degradation
- Fixed an issue preventing selection of microphone sources
- Server-Side: Fixed an issue which could cause rooms to disappear from the room list
What's New?
- Fixed issue causing incorrect audio preview behavior
- Party Mode scores no longer show blue bolts for all scores
- Updated localizations
- Fixed issue causing health / force bars to appear layered incorrectly in LIV
Open Beta Program
For early access to bug fixes, please consider opting into our open-beta - this is where we bring fixes like these to wider testing ahead of release. To opt in, right click the game in your Library, choose Properties, then Betas and choose the open-beta from the Beta Participation drop down list. Remember, you can always opt out at any time, by choosing Beta Participation - None instead.
Current Release
Build 25931878
Uploaded Oct 15, 2026
System Requirements
OS
N/A
CPU
Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge or equivalent
RAM
4 GB RAM
GPU
Nvidia GTX 960 or equivalent
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .ZIP file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run SynthRiders.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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Archive password
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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