Synth Riders lets you experience incredible music in a whole new way. You’ll recognize it as your arms soar when riding our unique rail system and begin to feel totally immersed in the music that surrounds you.
Basic Info
Release Date: Jul 12, 2018 (Early Access) – October 31, 2019 (Full release)
Developer: Kluge Interactive
Publisher: Kluge Interactive
Supported Headsets: HTC Vive, Valve Index, Oculus Rift, Quest w/Link, Oculus Quest, Meta Quest 2, Windows Mixed Reality, PSVR2
Supported Controllers: Tracked motion Controllers
Oculus/Meta Cross-Buy: Yes
Game Modes: Single Player, Online Multiplayer and local Multiplayer
Release Status: Full Release
Demo Available: No
Supported Add-ons/SDKs: LIV, Vive Trackers – Full Body, bHaptics, YUR Watch
Gameplay Info
Locomotion: Roomscale (Move Left or Right) and on-rails – You are standing on a platform that is moving forward.
Turning options: Front-facing and Physical (turn your body)
Roomscale: Yes
Sitting: No Standing: Yes
Left Handed option: Yes
In-Game Height Calibration: Yes
Comfort options: Moving background can be turned off.
Avatar: Only orb like circles you are holding show by default. You can switch to having a Full body avatar in the settings.
Gear/Inventory: None or N/A
In-Game Tutorial: Yes
Physical Activity level: High – Extreme
Play Modes: Rhythm or Force – Front facing or Spin Mode (90, 180, 360 and 360+)
Number of Levels: 557 free songs + 35 in DLCs
Difficulty Options: Easy, Normal, Hard, Expert, Master – Also modifiers can be added to increase or decrease difficulty/add challenge.
Mod Support: Yes, built in Custom songs and mods folder. All Game modes work with all songs.
Custom songs also supported on Quest!
Overall rating
The good
- Large amount of free songs on the OST
- Maps flow and are on beat. Makes it feel like you are dancing.
- Large variety of note types and obstacles where it never gets old
- Huge mapping community and natively supported custom maps
- Lots of song modifiers and space adjustment settings
- Online multiplayer support for up to 10 people
- Continually updated and new features/DLCs added regularly
The bad
Synth Riders Custom songs
Custom song support is built in. You do not need to mod anything. Just add the .synth file to the CustomSongs directory of your game files.
Get Song Maps
Maps can be downloaded from the website: https://synthriderz.com
There is also a mod manager that can be downloaded here: https://github.com/tommaier123/NoodleManager/releases
Directory locations:
Steam – C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SythRiders\CustomSongs
Oculus Rift – C:\Program Files\Oculus\Software\kluge-interactive-synthriders\CustomSongs
*may very depending on where you have Steam or Oculus installed.
Oculus Quest – Quest:\Internal shared storage\Android\data\com.kluge.SynthRiders\files\CustomSongs
To access this directory plug your Quest into your computer via USB and then from the headset screen click Allow on the ‘Allow Access to Data’ prompt that should be showing.
Additional instructions and help can be found on the Synth Riders Mod Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/qk3B5PW
Gameplay Video
Menu Options Screenshots: (Taken from in-game)
Links
Developer Contact
Website
Discord
Buy
NOTES
Information last verified/updated: Sept 1, 2022 (Updated the number of songs) – Menu images from Aug. 3, 2020 (Updated for Spin mode update)
Information, menu images and review based on the Steam version of the game. There may be slight differences between platforms.
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