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WaveFern Records: a free music career game in your browser

WaveFern Records (or just WaveFern) is a free music making and music career game you play right in your web browser. Start as an unknown artist with $100 and a tiny home studio, record your own songs, release them, and grow your fame until you are a global star. No download, no install.

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What you do in the game

  • Make music. Record songs in your studio through three minigames, for the beat, the lyrics and the mix. Choose from nine genres, add 808s and hi hats, and make diss tracks, collabs and albums. Better studio gear makes better songs. How recording works
  • Release and grow. Put your songs out on Spotifly, the in-game streaming app, and get paid for every stream. Gain monthly listeners and followers, post on Instagrime, run promotions and climb the fame levels. How streams work
  • Build a career. Sign with record labels, hire mentors, collab with other artists, beat your rivals, complete quests and win awards. Record labels
  • Play live. Perform at the festival, book your own slots, then fly around the world on a World Tour. The World Tour
  • Live the life. Explore a big open-world 3D city on foot or by car. Buy houses, cars, clothes, jewellery and pets, get a haircut, and meet the people of the city. The city
  • Start a band. Multiplayer band rooms let you play with up to three friends. Band rooms
The beat minigame in the WaveFern studio
Making a beat in the studio
Releasing a song on Spotifly in WaveFern
Releasing songs on Spotifly
Walking through the 3D city in WaveFern
The open-world city
Playing the festival in WaveFern
Playing the festival

Who it is for

If you have ever wanted a music career simulator, a rapper or singer life sim, a music producer game or a record label tycoon you can play for free without downloading anything, WaveFern is made for you. It plays well on a laptop, a phone or with a controller.

Questions

Is it free?

Yes, completely free to play at wavefern.com.

Do I need to download anything?

No. It runs in any modern browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox) with WebGL.

Can I play with friends?

Yes. Start a band room from Multiplayer on the title screen and invite up to three friends.

Does it save?

Yes. It saves on your device automatically. Sign in with Google to keep your career in the cloud and play on any device.

Where can I learn everything about it?

The WaveFern Wiki covers every mechanic, from song quality to fame levels, and the version history lists every update.

WaveFern Records is a fictional game. Real artists named in-game are inspiration references only, with no affiliation or endorsement.