The concept is brutally simple – pick a song that’s lying around your computer, then race around a track picking up coloured blocks as you go. Seriously, that’s all there is to it – doesn’t get much simpler than that. It’s the execution of this concept that stands out. For example, the pace of the game actually responds to the music – slow for quiet parts, fast for the more intense bits. It comes with 14 game modes, from a casual mode (which is what I use – I play this to chill out, after all) to modes more suited to people who want to take this game more seriously than I do.

I think the best way to illustrate this all is with a demo. Here’s a clip of me audiosurfing – nearly a perfect run, apart from picking up the grey block at the end (which you’re supposed to avoid). For the demo, I picked an old trance favourite of mine (Plastic Boy – Silver Bath), which really shows off how the game reacts to the changing dynamics of the music. (As an aside, I’ll probably be playing a remix of this track in my live trance set at the June LAN.)

If I’ve got you interested enough, the game is available as a digital download (around 350MB if my memory serves me correctly) on Steam.