Music Racer
Worth it · Action · 2018
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $1.99.
- Length
- 1.8h
- Value
- $1.11/hr
- Reviews
- 88% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256, 205 MB of storage. Windows only.
Music Racer is a musical arcade game, where you get to race at full speed while dodging obstacles to the rhythm of the music.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $0.89, set in December 2020. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 35 in the 8 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Beat Hazard ($9.99, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Synth Riders ($24.99, scores 54).
This site sampled 486 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 7 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 1,318 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 40 percent of everything written about it.
1.8 hours to finish it, 4 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.3 times the campaign.
The drop-off
28% start to 10% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 22:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I have tons of well sorted local music so this game is awesome for me. Mostly when I'm drunk af
Music Racer is a simple game, but also one that understands exactly what it wants to offer. It doesn't aim to reinvent the rhythm genre or provide a deep progression system; instead, it focuses on delivering a straightforward and enjoyable experience built around music, speed, and visual style. The premise is easy to grasp: drive through neon-lit tracks, collect beats, avoid obstacles, and synchronize your movements...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Music Racer scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/893030/music-racerReviews 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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