Use in Video Games

Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor's music has been used in video games, ranging from the first person shooter Quake to music games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Other uses and references can be found here.

Batman: Arkham Knight

Batman: Arkham Knight features "The Wretched" in the trailer. Reznor is also credited as "music consultant" for the trailer.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops II

Call Of Duty: Black Ops II has an instrumental theme song composed by Reznor.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 features "Head Like A Hole".

Crysis 2

Crysis 2 features "Just Like You Imagined" in the trailer.

The Darkness II

The Darkness II features "The Mark Has Been Made" in the trailer.

Dead Island Riptide

Dead Island Riptide features a sample from "Vessel" in the trailer.

Doom 3

Through his friendship with John Carmack, Reznor was originally going to be the overall sound producer on Doom 3, providing the main theme and all sound effects and voiceovers. He worked with the game design team for a time, providing material for the E3 2002 alpha demo. However, Reznor later dropped out due to the time commitment, money, and bad management. Reznor talked about his Doom 3 experience in-depth in an Access response.

The final game didn't contain any music or sounds by Reznor. Chris Vrenna did the job instead. A leak of an alpha build of the game contained sounds that Reznor had created, and they can be re-added to the final game by installing a custom "Trent Reznor Sound Pack".

FIFA 14

The soundtrack for FIFA 14 features "Copy Of A".

Fortnite

In 2023, Fortnite released a new game mode called Fortnite Festival, developed by Harmonix. It is a rhythm game similar to Harmonix's Rock Band series. "The Hand That Feeds" and WitchGang's "Nothing's Alright" were included in the launch songs. "Less Than", "March Of The Pigs", and WitchGang's "Timeless" and "Runaway" were added with later updates.

Gran Turismo 6

The soundtrack for Gran Turismo 6 features "Came Back Haunted".

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock featured "Wish", fully playable.

An expansion pack was released, featuring

• "Head Like A Hole"
• "The Hand That Feeds"
• "Closer"

Hi-Fi Rush

Hi-Fi Rush features "1,000,000" and "The Perfect Drug".

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

In 2024, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were announced to be scoring the upcoming Naughty Dog Game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at the Game Awards.

Mass Effect 2

This use has been debunked, but it is included here for those who aren't aware. A track originally thought to be a version of "The Day The World Went Away" was used in one of the trailers for this game (the version from the 2009 E3 event). Eventually, it was discovered that the track is actually "Black Dawn" by Machine Vandals (a part of the Methodic Doubt Music collective).

Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition

The soundtrack for Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition features "The Hand That Feeds".

Midnight Club: Los Angeles

The soundtrack for Midnight Club: Los Angeles features "1,000,000" and "Discipline" (listed under "Hard Rock").

Need for Speed: Undercover

The soundtrack for Need for Speed: Undercover features the songs "The Mark Has Been Made" and "The Warning (Stefan Goodchild remix feat. Doudou N'Diaye Rose)".

Quake

The Quake Soundtrack was wholly created by Trent Reznor and NIN for use as background and incidental music during gameplay. They also created all the sound effects for the game. The NIN logo is present on the ammo box for the Nailgun.

Resistance 2

The videos section of the Alternate Reality Game website "Project Abraham," for the video game "Resistance 2" uses portions of songs from Ghosts I-IV as well as "Corona Radiata". The Project Abraham Alternate Reality Game was created by 42 Entertainment, who also created the Year Zero Experience.

Rock Band

Rock Band features twelve fully playable songs from the NIN catalogue, compatible with all three titles of the main series unless otherwise noted:

• "The Hand That Feeds" - From the original game and exportable to future titles

From the separately purchasable "Nine Inch Nails Pack 1", released February 26, 2008:

• "The Collector"
• "March Of The Pigs"
• "The Perfect Drug"

From the separately purchasable "Nine Inch Nails Pack 2", released July 22, 2008:

• "Burn"
• "Capital G"
• "Last"

From the separately purchasable "Pretty Hate Pack 01", released March 1, 2011 and only compatible with Rock Band 3:

• "Terrible Lie"
• "Head Like A Hole"
• "Sanctified"
• "The Only Time"

Released as a single on November 20, 2012 and only compatible with Rock Band 3:

• "Closer"

Tony Hawk's Project 8

The soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Project 8 features "Getting Smaller".

Tap Tap Revenge

The iPhone exclusive game Tap Tap Revenge premiered its first ever special edition version of the game with Tap Tap Revenge: Nine Inch Nails, featuring 13 tracks from Ghosts I-IV and The Slip, hand-picked by Reznor. This is also the first game that was co-designed by Reznor, along with long-time art director Rob Sheridan, highlighting a desire that both have pledged for making a full-blown video game.
The tracks used are:

• "1,000,000"**
• "Letting You"**
• "Discipline"**
• "Echoplex"
• "Head Down"**
• "Demon Seed"
• "3 Ghosts I"
• "9 Ghosts I"
• "18 Ghosts II"
• "19 Ghosts III"
• "21 Ghosts III"**
• "26 Ghosts III"
• "31 Ghosts IV"

**These songs also have a specially edited version only playable in the "Extreme" mode in the game

Warframe: 1999

Warframe: 1999 features "Into The Void" in the trailer.