On July 12, Synth Riders celebrates four years since players first rode the rails and danced through its neon-drenched, retro-futuristic world back in 2018. To mark the occasion, fans of the game will receive a special gift: two brand-new free songs which join the game’s extensive library of included free content, now sitting at 57 free songs!

From today, players can sing along in Multiplayer to the sparkling electro-pop of Finesu’s “On My Way”, or ride the ambient breaks between the dubstep drops of Skybreak’s “Stardust”. These tracks also add depth to the game’s pool of content-creator friendly music.

Please make sure you and your friends are all updated to this version of the game before going into Multiplayer, this version of the game is not compatible with previous versions of the game.

Release Notes for Version 2.3.18.a.2:

• Celebrate our birthday with two new, free songs! You'll find "On My Way" by Finesu (feat. Ryan Konline) and "Stardust" by Skybreak ready to play now in the Ninety9Lives song pack.
  
• Customize your play platform with our special birthday decals to get you in the party mood! See Settings > Color > Decals to check them out in the Seasonal section!

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official Discord server (Invite: http://discord.synthridersvr.com/) or in the Synth Riders Official Community on Facebook.

If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left in the store!

Synth Riders celebrates four years since players first rode the rails and danced through its neon-drenched, retro-futuristic world back in 2018. To mark the occasion, fans of the game will receive a special gift: two brand-new free songs which join the game’s extensive library of included free content, now sitting at 57 free songs!

From today, players can sing along in Multiplayer to the sparkling electro-pop of Finesu’s “On My Way”, or ride the ambient breaks between the dubstep drops of Skybreak’s “Stardust”. These tracks also add depth to the game’s pool of content-creator friendly music.



Synth Riders has continued to steadily grow since first launching into Early Access on Steam in July 2018. Regular free content updates in recent years include the addition of Spin Mode, 10-player Multiplayer (including the kart-racer inspired fun of Power-Ups) and the recent addition of a mind-bending Spiral Mode.

In addition to free songs, the base game now has 12 environments, alongside 7 paid DLC packs featuring artists such as Muse, The Offspring, Bad Religion, Caravan Palace, Parov Stelar and Lindsey Stirling.

A highlight of these DLC packs are the highly-regarded Synth Riders “Experiences”, which are considered the “future of music videos”, blending together synchronised visuals, music and gameplay to create a uniquely immersive way to experience a featured song, such as Lindsey Stirling’s “Underground”.

"Four years on, I am still amazed and delighted by the growth of our community and their creativity - how they connect and share the game and the experience of playing it with others. We are still going strong, I am excited about what the future of Synth Riders will bring!”
Abraham Aguero Benzecri - Creative Director

The new songs are available in-game inside of the Ninety9Lives pack from July 12 as a free update for all Synth Riders players on Oculus Quest, PlayStation VR, Steam, and Viveport.

Enter our celebration giveaway for your chance to win Official Synth Riders Merch or VR Accessories by Kiwi Designs. Full details can be found here:
https://gleam.io/competitions/G3Cel-synth-riders-4-year-anniversary

Release Notes for the Anniversary Update:

Please make sure you and your friends are all updated to this version of the game before going into Multiplayer, this version of the game is not compatible with previous versions of the game.*

• Celebrate our birthday with two new, free songs! You'll find "On My Way" by Finesu (feat. Ryan Konline) and "Stardust" by Skybreak ready to play now in the Ninety9Lives song pack.
  
• Customize your play platform with our special birthday decals to get you in the party mood! See Settings > Color > Decals to check them out in the Seasonal section!

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official Discord server (Invite: http://discord.synthridersvr.com) or in the Synth Riders Official Community on Facebook.

If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left in the store!

- Fixed display of overhead username tags for Standard Chinese character set.
- Fixed display for Custom difficulty labels when changing language in the lobby.
- More frequent updates to the room listing.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to purchase Synth Riders and complete your music library with our "May Madness Sale" on right now!

• Let the music move you - 55 songs available with base game.
  
• Extend your music library with 35 additional songs available as DLC packs.
  
• Join the community or group up with you friends in 10 player cross-platform multiplayer lobbies.
  
• Multiple play styles & many modifiers to challenge yourself to.
  
• Keep track of your fitness & play time with the integrated YUR Fitness tracker.

20% OFF on Base Game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/885000/Synth_Riders/

20% to 40% OFF on All Add-ons

Latest Music Pack
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/25439/Synth_Riders__Lindsey_Stirling_Music_Pack/

Complete Collection:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16575/Synth_Riders__Complete_Collection/

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official Discord server or in the Synth Riders Official Community on Facebook.

If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left in the store!

Follow Synth Riders on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and join their Discord community for more news and events.

Bugfixes & Improvements
- Minor visual fixes for the Lindsey Stirling Pack and "Underground" experience.
- Fixed a condition which could cause Spiral Mode to fail to load a song.
- Changes to the Twitch bot to improve compliance with Twitch TOS requirements.

Synth Riders invites players to come and explore a world “Underground” with the Lindsey Stirling Music Pack. This pack captures Lindsey’s expressive and energetic playing style as you ride the rails and soar with her violin in five tracks spanning her career.

A multi-talented musician, songwriter and dancer, Lindsey Stirling blends her trademark violin with a multitude of musical styles. This pack highlights her diversity and versatility: whether playing alongside the powerhouse vocals of Lzzy Hale in “Shatter Me”, exploring her Celtic musical influences in “First Light”, in collaboration with Raja Kumari on the Bollywood-inspired “Mirage” and even in the Synthwave-inspired “Shadows”, Lindsey’s violin is your guide.

As an artist with a strong sense of visual style, the Synth Riders Experience for “Underground” is heavily inspired by the striking imagery of Lindsey’s own video for the song, while continuing to explore themes of confinement and freedom, key inspiration for the song itself. This Synth Riders Experience is very much a playable video clip, with its hand crafted visuals matched perfectly to the music creating a truly unique, immersive way to experience music.

In a first for Kluge Interactive, the Synth Riders team collaborated with Lindsey Stirling on location to create this amazing trailer, featuring an electrifying performance from her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJEEUGl5_vI

“As I played the Synth Riders version of Underground for the first time, I was so excited and surprised to see that the visuals were very inspired by my music video. The game is an absolute blast and I couldn’t help but have the cheesiest grin on my face the entire time I was playing. Also, as a bonus I got my cardio in by playing the advanced level. I think my fans will love it!”
Lindsey Stirling

• Underground + Experience
  
• Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale)
  
• First Light
  
• Mirage (feat. Raja Kumari)
  
• Shadows

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/25439/


https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16575/Synth_Riders__Complete_Collection/

Twitch Integration
- Settings > Interface > Twitch - Connect button fixed.
- Changes to the follower-based permission checks to account for the new Twitch API pagination methods. This feature is limited to streamers with <5k followers.
- Non-existent songs will be removed from the Queue and Queue History.

Bug-fixes and Improvements
- Fixed an issue preventing Force Mode scores from sending intensity data to the leaderboards.

As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official Discord server or in the Synth Riders Official Community on Facebook.

If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left in the store!

Follow Synth Riders on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and join their Discord community for more news and events.

Today, 25th of March, marks the 1 year anniversary of our very 2nd Synth Riders Experience. These are tailor-made, immersive visuals designed to match the song they're paired with! Over the last 12 months Synth Riders have become home to a total of 4 experiences and these are:

Synthwave Essentials Vol2 DLC
"Algorithm" by Muse

Adrenaline DLC
"Come Out & Play" by The Offspring

Caravan Palace DLC
"Wonderland" by Caravan Palace

Muse Music Pack DLC
"Starlight" by Muse

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/20242/Synth_Riders__Adrenaline/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkRjIZeLOFE

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- Updated Twitch Integration to use new API. Please note that the v5 Twitch API will be shut down on 28 Feb, so this update is required for Twitch Integration to work correctly after that date.
- Fixed issues with bHaptics services attempting to make connections where the device is not present.

• New option Settings > Colors > Obstacles > Border allows obstacle border and body colors to be selected independently.
  
• New option Settings > Colors > Obstacles > Neon Intensity allows control over the amount of neon bloom for obstacle borders.
  
• Fixed a bug preventing control of visibility of decals in Multiplayer.
  
• Backgrounds of the Search box are no longer transparent.
  
• Backgrounds of multiplayer name tags are no longer transparent.
  
• Song Status overlay no longer sits over the platform lights.
  
• Synth Riders now supports Steam Cloud Backups! Your settings, preferences, playlists and profiles will be backed up to the Steam Auto Cloud service. Please note that this does not include your Custom Content.

- Fix for decals in multiplayer
- Fix for issues around note misses, particularly in Force Mode or with the increased note jump speed modifier