Footstep sound effects
These are free footstep sound effects for games and video: walking, running and stairs on grass, gravel, snow, wood, concrete and metal. 23 of the 24 tracks on this page are CC0. 1 is CC BY 4.0. It needs credit, and the row shows the credit line to copy. The finder lists 812 footstep sounds in all.
- License
- 23 CC0, 1 need credit
- Tracks shown
- 24
- In the finder
- 812
- Median length
- 2.7 seconds
- Shortest to longest
- 0 seconds to 11 seconds
- Creators
- 19
24 tracks to start with
Press play to hear up to 30 seconds. Rows marked Credit required show the line to copy.
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Fantozzi Footsteps.
2.6 s -
carrigsound Footsteps.
0.3 s -
Kronbits Footsteps.
0.2 s -
gerardcatala Footsteps.
4.8 s -
alegemaate Footsteps.
6.3 s -
phoenix1291 Footsteps. Suggested for retro game.
0.1 s -
fuzzpapi Footsteps.
8.8 s -
Fantozzi Footsteps.
2.7 s -
Fantozzi Footsteps.
1.8 s -
phoenix1291 Footsteps. Suggested for retro game.
0 s -
Yoyodaman234 Footsteps.
0.5 s -
RutgerMuller Foley and footsteps.
2.7 s -
GiocoSound Footsteps.
0.4 s -
victoriarey91 Footsteps.
3.5 s -
carrigsound Footsteps.
0.4 s -
aleixcm Footsteps and nature and weather.
6.6 s -
SpliceSound Foley and footsteps.
0:10 -
joaocardoso9 Footsteps.
6.1 s -
rubberduck Foley and footsteps. Suggested for loop.
0.2 s -
mikaelfernstrom Credit required Human sounds and actions
2 sCredit to include“Running Upstairs” by mikaelfernstrom, via Freesound, licensed CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://freesound.org/s/68722/
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Caitlin_100 Footsteps.
8.7 s -
niittymaa Footsteps.
9.4 s -
gpag1 Footsteps.
3.6 s -
Yoyodaman234 Footsteps.
0.7 s
What to look for
The list takes one clip per surface or gait first, then fills with the best remaining clips, at most three per creator. Single-step clips (often under half a second) are for games that trigger one sound per step. Longer clips of several steps suit video. Surfaces are named in the title, so search the surface in the finder, for example "gravel", to see more.
License
23 of the 24 tracks on this page are CC0. 1 is CC BY 4.0. It needs credit, and the row shows the credit line to copy. A CC BY clip needs its credit line wherever you credit other work, and the row shows the line to copy. Check the row for each clip you keep.
How to use it
For a game, load several clips for the same surface and choose one at random for each step, so the repetition is less obvious. Slightly varying playback speed or volume per step is common; test the range in your engine.
Ask your AI assistant
Connect Uncommon Ear to Claude, Cursor or another assistant, then paste a prompt like this.
Use the Uncommon Ear MCP server. Call search_tracks with kind sfx, sfx footsteps, query gravel, max_seconds 2, quality good and license cc0. If fewer than five results come back, repeat for "grass" and "wood" and list the titles with their durations.