Synth Riders
Fair · Action · 2019
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 6.2h
- Value
- $4.03/hr
- Reviews
- 92% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 960 or equivalent, 2.9 GB of storage. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
The value story
January 2019 is where it bottomed out, at $7.49. 73 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 40 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 10 percent on value. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Beat Saber ($19.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Pistol Whip ($29.99, scores 53).
83 from critics against 92 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
7 of the 389 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 381 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 29 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 6.2 hours; clearing it takes 26, which is 4.3 times the campaign.
Players
5 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 04:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
🇩🇪 Deutsch Über 100 Stunden später: Synth Riders ist für mich immer noch eines der besten VR-Rhythmusspiele überhaupt. Wer bei VR-Rhythmusspielen nur an Beat Saber denkt, verpasst etwas. Synth Riders fühlt sich völlig anders an. Während Beat Saber oft von Präzision, Timing und schnellen Bewegungen lebt, geht es bei Synth Riders für mich viel stärker um Flow. Man folgt der Musik mit dem ganzen Körper, bewegt sich...
Synth Riders is a VR Rhythm game where you have to move your arms around to hit floating balls in rhythm with the song. Compared to its contemporaries, such as Beat Saber, it gives you more of a range of motion and is easier on the wrists as you are not flicking your wrists around to hit notes (at least not in Rhythm mode). Most of the people I know who play this and Beat Saber would agree that Synth Riders provides...
Synth Riders is one of the most important games of my life, with a personal story attached to it that I'd like to share. It's my absolute number-one go-to for VR rhythm and VR workout games. I've struggled with my weight for most of my life, ever since high school. It was only when I reached adulthood and life started to stabilize that I decided to treat myself to a fancy Quest 2. Around that time, I realized I...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Synth Riders scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/885000/synth-ridersReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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