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Rhythm Racer

Turn any song into a 360° racing tunnel and ride inside the music. Bring your own tracks or pick from 100+ built-in songs. Race for the score, learn every track, or just cruise the flow. Deep ship & tube customization. Your music has never looked this good.

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About the Game

Your music. Your track. Your race.

Ever wanted to ride inside a song? Rhythm Racer turns any track into a 360° racing tunnel and drops you inside it. Every beat, bass drop and build-up shapes the world around you. You're not listening to the music — you're flying through it.

Bring your own library or pick from 100+ built-in original tracks. Race a song for the high score, learn its layout run after run, or just choose a look and ride the flow. It's whatever you need it to be that night.

Drop the needle. Hit the tube.

Pick a song. The game analyzes it and builds a unique 360° tube from the audio — bass, drums and melody all shape the track. Twelve lanes wrap around you. Move through them to gather gems and slip past obstacles, all in time with the music.

The same song always builds the same track, so nothing is random. Learn the flow, find your line, and make it yours.

Just ride — Cruise Mode

Not every run has to be a score attack. Cruise Mode is built for longer tracks and longer sessions: one continuous drive through ever-changing tubes while your playlist rolls on. Same music-reactive world, far less pressure — more time to sink into the visuals and your own custom look. The wind-down mode for when you don't want a fight, you want a drive.

Make it yours

Rhythm Racer is built to look like you. Choose from 20+ ships with millions of color combinations, then style the world itself — tube and rail colors, patterns and themes, including country-inspired color presets. Your music, your machine, your tunnel.

Chase the ghost — when you want to

When you're feeling competitive, the challenge is built in. Race your own best run or someone else's: their ghost ship flies alongside you, showing every lane change and every gem. Learn their path, beat their score, and climb the per-song leaderboards. You're always one run away from a new best.

Pull up a second seat

Grab a friend (or three) for 2–4 player split-screen on the same couch — same music, same tube, head to head.

Bring your whole chat

Streaming? Stream Mode turns your Twitch chat into live racers. Viewers type !play to join the queue — no install on their side — and AI drives their ships, so anyone can jump in. Perfect for community nights and chat-vs-streamer races.

Features

  • Your music, your tunnel — race inside any song you bring, or any of 100+ built-in original tracks

  • Single-player, your pace — learn a track, chase a score, or just ride

  • Cruise Mode — long-session, low-pressure runs for extended playlists

  • Deep customization — 20+ ships, millions of color combos, plus tube & rail themes and country color presets

  • Same song, same track — deterministic generation you can actually master

  • Ghost racing & leaderboards — race your past self or others, top the charts on every song

  • Shield system — grab a shield, survive the hit, stay in the race

  • Local multiplayer — 2–4 player split-screen

  • Stream Mode — Twitch chat races with you, AI-driven ships

Why Rhythm Racer?

It's a game where your own music becomes a place — a tunnel you ride, learn, and make your own. Race it hard or cruise it slow.

Your music. Your race. Your turn.

Drop the needle. Hit the tube.