9.5/10 Docked 0.5 for the installation barrier and inconsistent chart quality—but when it works, it’s a masterpiece of toot-based mayhem.
Trombone Champ is already a masterpiece of absurdist humor—a rhythm game where you “toot” along to real songs with a wobbly, off-key trombone. But the official song list (while hilarious) is limited. Custom songs don’t just extend the game; they transform it into an infinite, crowd-sourced party. What Are Custom Songs? Using fan-made tools (primarily Trombone Champ Mod Manager and r2modman ), players can import user-created charts for virtually any song. The process involves downloading a .trombone chart file (from sites like Trombone Champ Charts or the Trombone Champ Discord ) and dropping it into the correct folder.
Rating: 9.5/10 (Essential for anyone who has finished the base game) trombone champ custom songs
Chart creators often add custom “squeaks,” “honks,” and synchronized on-screen visuals (text pops, memes). For example, a chart of All Star by Smash Mouth might flash “SOME-BODY” in giant letters on each downbeat. It’s loving, stupid, and brilliant.
Base game has Easy, Medium, and Hard. Customs offer everything from “Baby Shark” (Easy) to “Flight of the Bumblebee at 300 BPM” (a wrist-shattering nightmare). You can filter by star rating (1–10+) to find your sweet spot. Custom songs don’t just extend the game; they
You’re missing the best part of the game. The base experience is still fun, but custom songs are the true “champ” mode.
Once installed, new songs appear in the game’s “Custom” section, complete with their own BPM, note highways, and—crucially—the game’s signature “pitch accuracy” requirement. 1. Infinite Replayability The base game has ~40 songs. Custom songs number in the thousands . You can play everything from classical masterpieces (Beethoven’s 5th Symphony ) to meme anthems ( Never Gonna Give You Up ) to modern pop (Dua Lipa, The Weeknd). There’s even a thriving subgenre of “impossible” joke songs (e.g., Through the Fire and Flames on trombone). The process involves downloading a
The best custom charts understand the game’s soul: you should sound bad unless you’re a god. A well-made custom song maintains the sliding, overshooting, fart-adjacent tone that makes Trombone Champ funny. Even when you nail “Take On Me,” your trombone will warble hilariously.