Offbeat and daring music in games 2025 — most on sale now

For all the twin woes of the gaming and music worlds, last year saw even more imaginative explorations of music and games. Steam has extended sales on some items and third party sites have codes from a recent sale; Epic Game Store’s sale runs through January 8. And there’s a lot of winter ahead, so let’s dive in.

Brian Eno released Generative Music on a floppy – here’s what it sounded like

Need to chill out? How about two-plus hours of Brian Eno music generated in 1996, running on Windows 3.11?

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2025

SynapseRack is a customizable, patchable PC VJ tool made in Unity

This is the way: SynapseRack is a fully customizable, layer-based live visual tool, complete with modular nodes and HAP and MIDI support. Now in beta, it costs ¥12,000 for a full version – just over US$80 – plus a very workable free version with no watermarks.

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2023

PatchXR creator tool, for building complete musical worlds in VR, opens sign-ups for beta

Peter Kirn - January 31, 2022

Sinevibes’ unique plug-ins are now on Windows – DSP treats for Mac and PC

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2021

teenage engineering are now selling their own custom PC case, computer-1

Peter Kirn - October 28, 2021

Berna is now on Windows, too, so your Mac or PC can be a historical experimental sound lab

Peter Kirn - October 25, 2021

A new Machinima age is nigh, with NVIDIA, AI, game effects and faces and poses

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2021

Gleetchlab, experimental DAW, is now on Windows too – and crazy as ever

Peter Kirn - March 31, 2021

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