Rank 01Games like Vinyl
- 8 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Vinyl: Symphony, Beat Hazard, Inside My Radio, Dyad, and AudioSurf. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Why this: Shares power up collection with Vinyl.
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Manipulation Machine
- Price: Free to play
- 60% of 231 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Free To Play, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Accelerate tempo for higher multipliers
- Rewind mistakes to reset errors and score
- Track generation adapts to your music
- Atmospheric
- Hypnotic
- Whimsical
About Vinyl
The closest matches to Vinyl: Symphony, Beat Hazard, Inside My Radio, Dyad, and AudioSurf. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Vinyl is your kind of game, the closest matches are Symphony, Beat Hazard and Inside My Radio — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, hypnotic and whimsical, and single out its genre based visual effects and multiplier system. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Vinyl: Vinyl is a dynamic indie music game created by graduate students at the University of Utah EAE program, that experiments with the aesthetic distance between gameplay and music.
Is Vinyl worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 60% of 231 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.2 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Accelerate tempo for higher multipliers
- Rewind mistakes to reset errors and score
- Track generation adapts to your music
- Upload your own songs for endless replayability
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Low quality clone of [b]Audiosurf[/b]. The only good reason to play is another [b]100%[/b] for your list. 4/10”
“Its really nothing special taking in consideration theres hundreds of games of the same format out there, also free, and that also allow you to add your own songs. Graphics are lq and theres no story to it, just enter, ad song, play. meh…”
People who play it also play: Symphony, Beat Hazard, Inside My Radio
Frequently asked about Vinyl
Can I run it?
Is Vinyl free to play?
Yes — Vinyl is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Vinyl?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vinyl are Symphony, Beat Hazard, Inside My Radio.
Who developed Vinyl?
Vinyl was developed by Manipulation Machine.