SYNTHESIA

Synthesia

Drop in an electronic track. The game builds the level, the stage and the drop around it, and you dodge every hit on the beat.

Coming to Steam

Bring your own music. Release date to be announced.

Any track in. A level out.

  1. Drop in a track

    Any MP3 or WAV: house, techno, drum & bass, trance, ambient, hardstyle. The game listens to it on your device and nothing is uploaded.

  2. It reads the music

    Tempo, build-ups and drops are found automatically and turned into obstacles that land on the beat. Every track gets its own stage to match.

  3. Dodge

    Move with the keyboard, the mouse or a controller. Hits come on the beat, and when the drop lands, overdrive takes over.

A different world for every track

Slow, dark tracks get the graveyard or the lo-fi room. Hard, fast ones get storms and avalanches. Everything on screen moves with the music.

  • Graveyard stage: a crowd of zombies dancing in a row under a giant ghost

    Graveyard. Zombies rise on the drop and dance in time.

  • Volcano stage: an erupting volcano over a lava sea

    Volcano. A glowing crater over a lava sea.

  • Orbital stage: the view from a space station window onto a blue planet

    Orbital. A station window onto a blue planet, with ships passing by.

  • Ruins stage: a stone giant raising his fists

    Ruins. A stone giant that hammers the ground on every beat.

  • Lofi room stage: a bookshelf, a turntable and a black cat on a desk

    Lofi room. A cat on the desk, a city outside the window.

  • Deep space stage: a ringed planet and a bright star

    Deep space. A ringed planet, a blazing star and drifting asteroids.

  • Storm stage: lightning over the sea and a lighthouse

    Storm. Lightning that strikes on the drop.

  • Cybergrid stage: neon grid and a green eye

    Cybergrid. A neon grid watching you.

  • 5 Peaks stage: snowy mountains in a blizzard with snow sliding down the slopes

    5 Peaks. Snow lets go of the mountains when the drop hits.

What's inside

26 stages
Each track is matched to the stage that suits its tempo, mood and genre. You can pick one yourself, too.
Overdrive on the drop
Build-ups charge it and drops release it, and the whole stage reacts. A double drop keeps it going.
Playlists of up to 12 tracks
Every track is analysed once when you add it, so there is no waiting between levels.
Controller, keyboard, mouse
Full gamepad support, menus included, with smooth analog movement.
Co-op
Play together on one screen, or online with a friend.
Easy, Normal and Hard
The same track plays very differently on each.

Coming to Steam

Windows
LinuxOn Steam. The store page is being prepared and the release date is not set yet.

Wishlisting opens here and on Steam as soon as the store page is live. Until then there is nothing to buy and nothing to sign up for.

Wishlist on SteamStore page coming soon

Press, creators and playtest requests: contact@synthesia.cc

Questions

When does it come out?

There is no date yet. The Steam store page comes first, with a wishlist button, and this site will link to it the moment it is live.

Which systems will it run on?

Windows and Linux PCs, through Steam. It plays with a keyboard, a mouse or a controller.

Where does the music come from?

From you. Use MP3 or WAV files you own or have the right to use. SYNTHESIA does not provide or host any music, and you are responsible for the tracks you load.

Is my music uploaded anywhere?

No. Tracks are analysed on your own computer and never leave it. In online co-op, only the game state is exchanged between the two players.

Can I try it before release?

Not publicly yet. If you make videos, stream or write about games, or want to join a playtest, write to contact@synthesia.cc.