Hit the Beat: The Ultimate Guide to Playing Custom Songs in osu!

If you’ve spent any time playing osu!, you already know that the game’s beating heart is its community. While the default client comes with a handful of introductory tracks, the real magic begins the moment you start expanding your library. Whether you want to click circles to high-energy anime openings, classical masterpieces, or underground meme edits, adding custom songs (known in the community as beatmaps) is your gateway to endless rhythm-gaming content.

This comprehensive guide will walk you through everything you need to know to find, download, and play custom songs in osu! like a pro.

Step 1: Finding and Downloading Custom Songs

Before you can play a custom track, you need to grab its package file. In osu!, custom songs come bundled with their audio, background graphics, and difficulty charts in a format ending with .osz.