Piano Glow

Piano Glow

Early access since Mar 2025

Piano in online multiplayer lobbies, with leaderboards, gamified training modes (ear, sheet, rhythm and falling notes). Play any song using either a QWERTY computer/laptop keyboard or a piano. Suitable for all levels including beginners with no experience!

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Evaluation

Piano Glow entered Steam Early Access on March 10, 2025 and has continued receiving substantial updates at a remarkable pace. Since the previous evaluation (June 18, 2026), the developer has shipped at least five more feature-rich updates — on July 11, July 17, July 24, July 29, August 2, and August 12, 2026 — adding entirely new multiplayer modes (Guess Drawing, Guess Song, Hangman), a built-in MIDI editor, 3D sheet visualizer, animated pets, scales and arpeggios training, MIDI loopback, voice chat improvements, and more. The overall update cadence since launch has been roughly every 1–4 weeks, with no signs of slowing. The August 12, 2026 post also mentions the developer has moved to Hong Kong and plans to expand into Chinese markets, signaling continued long-term investment in the game. The game remains in Early Access with no announcement of a 1.0 release date or completion of development.
Evidence
New Hangman multiplayer mode added, along with loop section snapping, status icons, and SoundFont instrument search. Developer also mentions expanding to Chinese markets after relocating to Hong Kong.
news post · Aug 12, 2026 source development ongoing
high
Two new multiplayer modes launched: Guess Drawing and Guess Song. Steam Workshop improvements, sheet simplification tool, and Discord bot improvements also added. Developer thanks community and says 'Cheers to more updates to come.'
news post · Aug 2, 2026 source development ongoing
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Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
TheAlanski
Achievements
149
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

PianoGlow is a piano game featuring:

  • Multiplayer

    • Show-off your piano skills & listen to others around the globe.

    • Queue-based mode to take turns playing piano.

    • Several multiplayer modes, including queue, guess drawing (draw while playing piano), guess songs (players play a song and guess each other's song).

    • Global and private chatrooms. Voice chat and friend/block lists.

    • Offline and single-player mode.

  • Works with both QWERTY keyboard, a real digital piano or MIDI controllers

    • Play any music or song with a QWERTY keyboard (laptop/computer).

    • Or connect to a real digital piano or MIDI controller via Bluetooth or USB-B.

    • Any song works with any size keyboard, even as small as 25, since the PianoGlow app can auto-convert any MIDI or song to a smaller one.

    • Velocity integration with Wooting Analog QWERTY keyboards so that you can play with dynamics on the computer keyboard (loud & soft).

    • Record & load MIDI files (live play or render as video from within the app).

  • Training modes & tools

    • Ear training, rhythm, falling notes, chord, scales, arpeggios & sheet music game modes. Perfect for all levels (including beginners with no experience).

    • Customizable setting in many training modes to auto-pause until you hit the next correct note/chord (auto-pause on by default).

    • Tracks stats and shows wrong answers more often to focus on your weaknesses. Unlock achievements!

    • Detailed calendar that shows exactly how much you practiced each day and month.

    • AI-based fingering, help determine which fingers to use on any MIDI file or song.

    • AI-based converter that adjusts any MIDI/MusicXML or song to fit into a smaller piano/keyboard.

    • Interactive Circle-of-Fifths cheat sheet - clicking shows the common chord triads, key signature and the 7th chords.

    • Automated Chord Name Identifier & Intervals when you play any chord on the piano.

    • Lighted Keyboards - lights up the indicators on your MIDI keyboard in falling notes.

    • Upload any MIDI or MusicXML file to practice music with, and it will show both Falling Notes and Sheet Music notation.

    • Set any custom time-range and loop practice it. It will remember the time-range for when you re-visit the song.

    • MIDI Editor - create new songs and edit your performances/recordings.

    • MIDI Loop - loop your playing and layer in different SoundFonts.

  • Customizable themes

    • Stunning visuals & particle effects that move in sync with the tempo of your playing.

    • Upload video files as the background.

    • 3D camera customization - slant/rotate your 3D piano and effects however you see wish.

    • 3D sheet music visualization with glowing orbs and 3D lighting effects.

  • QWERTY features

    • Auto-play QWERTY sheet music (semi-auto included).

    • Typing game modes, where falling notes (and sheet music based notation) are also shown with QWERTY notes.

    • Velocity settings such as predictive or random velocity, adjust velocity curve and more.

    • Transpose detection - press TAB to auto-transpose to the next auto-detected transpose in QWERTY sheets, or hold transpose and press a number to manually jump to a specific transpose.

    • In-game notepad for you to load or edit QWERTY sheets, with transpose tools and OCR.

    • Convert MIDI files to QWERTY.

  • Customizable Audio

    • Customizable reverb & equalizer audio effects.

    • Upload custom SoundFont (.sf2, .sf3) files, VST3 support and ASIO support.

    • Load multiple SoundFonts simultaneously (e.g. one for left-hand vs right-hand).

    • Create your own SoundFonts (by loading an MP3 or WAV and it will let you export a SoundFont file)!

  • Community

    • Discord community server, chat and share tips about piano.

    • Dedicated website and regular social media content.

    • Pay once and it's for a lifetime: all updates in the future will be free as part of your one-time purchase (instead of DLCs), with a heavy focus on user-feedback as seen on the news.

Last evaluated Aug 19, 2026
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