Tried downloading on their site today. It asked to register. No problem, I did just that. Then, it asked to donate money to download.
No, thanks.
Don't trust this website. There's much better free alternatives out there
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Fox
Email scraping scam.
Designed to collect emails. Do not trust.
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Minamitsu Murasa Captain M.
Xiaomi says
Khinsider was been hacked!!!!! Noooooo
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Jaysh S.
They don't let me download the entire game soundtrack
The Game Music section on khinsider doesn't let me download a game's complete soundtrack. Instead, I have to open each song in a new tab, right click the link on the page and click Save As. This has to be done manually for each and every song. So on a game with many tracks, like Melee, I had to open dozens of tabs and manually download the mp3 dozens of times.
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UlticraftMTT U.
Falls for copyright trolls
In September 2021, they removed all Sega-related songs suddenly with no prior warning or explanation. Sega doesn't actively go after uploads of their OST but some complete wipe probably decided to impersonate Sega and issue a false takedown of all of the Sega music. As a result, HUNDREDS of Sonic the Hedgehog-related albums, even ones that were fanmade, were all removed and are now lost to time. I was already using the site hesitantly after finding out that they wouldn't have Doom or Undertale music, but the "Segapocalypse" was the last straw.
Download your video game music elsewhere, be it from Zophar's Domain or from a simple Youtube to MP3 download. Do not support this site that consistently falls for copyright trolls rather than providing a good service.
Technically, this site IS piracy, but IMO, copyright laws should ideally be abolished internationally, but still, this site is pretty garbage. I'm a hobbyist game dev, and if i finish any of my games, i will immediately disallow KHinsider from uploading any of my games' OSTs. Not because i want people to neccessarily pay for the soundtrack (i would normally be perfectly fine with the game's music being uploaded for free), but because i don't want my music on a site whose owners constantly fall for false DMCA claims and compromise the site's service and convenience as a result.