The Community Workshop
Upload an MP3 + synchronized lyrics: everyone who owns the game can subscribe and play it. One standard format, three steps.
How it works
Get a shareable MP3
Your own music, Public Domain, or a royalty-free track from Pixabay. Anything you have rights to redistribute.
Write a
lyrics.lrcPlain text file with song metadata and line-by-line timestamps. Use the template below: it's the exact format the game expects.
Import in-game and upload
In-game: Main menu → Import song → drop both files → review → Upload to Workshop. Steam handles the rest.
Before you upload a song, check its lyrics in the lyrics editor: fix wrong words, repeated lines or timings, or load your own synced LRC file (many sites offer them).
No lyrics? Make it a soundtrack. Import a track with no .lrc at all: just choose “It's a soundtrack” on import. The game reads the beat and fires effects automatically, with a live equalizer instead of scrolling lyrics. Great for instrumentals, EDM and lo-fi.
The standard LRC format
Copy this template, replace the values, sync your timestamps. Every Workshop item uses this exact shape: it's how the game parses metadata, triggers gameplay effects, and attributes audio sources.
[ti:Song Title][ar:Artist Name][al:Album Name][la:en][length:03:30][by:your_tool_or_name][offset:0][source:https://pixabay.com/music/...][license:Pixabay License][genre:electronic][ve:1] [00:00.00] [instrumental][00:12.09] Boom, boom, hear the bass, feel it shake the whole wide place[00:17.04] Clap your hands and stomp your feet, techno kids bring all the heat[00:20.42] [instrumental][00:26.15] Be so deep, it makes us fly[00:30.08] Jump so high, we touch the sky
All 11 header tags explained on the format reference. The [source:] and [license:] tags are required: they're how uploaders stay honest about where their audio came from.
Music you can legally share
Pixabay Music
Easiest. Huge catalog, commercial use allowed, no attribution required.
Free Music Archive
Creative Commons catalog. Attribution usually required: credit the artist in [source:].
YouTube Audio Library
Curated royalty-free tracks. Usable outside YouTube. Requires a free Google account.
Your own music
Always safe: it's yours to share.
Respect copyright. Only upload music you have rights to redistribute. Steam enforces DMCA and you are responsible for what you upload. When unsure, prefer Pixabay or your own compositions.
Steam only. The Workshop needs the Steam version of the game. On itch.io you can still import your own songs, but you can't browse or subscribe to community tracks.
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