diff --git a/lib/how_to_play/widgets/how_to_play_dialog.dart b/lib/how_to_play/widgets/how_to_play_dialog.dart
index 3dc2c62b..f1b848f8 100644
--- a/lib/how_to_play/widgets/how_to_play_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/how_to_play/widgets/how_to_play_dialog.dart
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_bloc/flutter_bloc.dart';
 import 'package:pinball/gen/gen.dart';
 import 'package:pinball/l10n/l10n.dart';
+import 'package:pinball_audio/pinball_audio.dart';
 import 'package:pinball_ui/pinball_ui.dart';
 import 'package:platform_helper/platform_helper.dart';
 
@@ -50,10 +52,13 @@ extension on Control {
 }
 
 Future<void> showHowToPlayDialog(BuildContext context) {
+  final audio = context.read<PinballAudio>();
   return showDialog<void>(
     context: context,
     builder: (_) => HowToPlayDialog(),
-  );
+  ).then((_) {
+    audio.startScreenSelect();
+  });
 }
 
 class HowToPlayDialog extends StatefulWidget {
diff --git a/lib/select_character/view/character_selection_page.dart b/lib/select_character/view/character_selection_page.dart
index 3b00829b..7ec8d854 100644
--- a/lib/select_character/view/character_selection_page.dart
+++ b/lib/select_character/view/character_selection_page.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_bloc/flutter_bloc.dart';
 import 'package:pinball/how_to_play/how_to_play.dart';
 import 'package:pinball/l10n/l10n.dart';
 import 'package:pinball/select_character/select_character.dart';
+import 'package:pinball_audio/pinball_audio.dart';
 import 'package:pinball_theme/pinball_theme.dart';
 import 'package:pinball_ui/pinball_ui.dart';
 
diff --git a/packages/pinball_audio/assets/sfx/start_screen_select.mp3 b/packages/pinball_audio/assets/sfx/start_screen_select.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7829086c
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/pinball_audio/assets/sfx/start_screen_select.mp3 differ
diff --git a/packages/pinball_audio/lib/gen/assets.gen.dart b/packages/pinball_audio/lib/gen/assets.gen.dart
index 1b3bdfb9..da96b5c8 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_audio/lib/gen/assets.gen.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_audio/lib/gen/assets.gen.dart
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class $AssetsSfxGen {
 
   String get google => 'assets/sfx/google.mp3';
   String get plim => 'assets/sfx/plim.mp3';
+  String get startScreenSelect => 'assets/sfx/start_screen_select.mp3';
 }
 
 class Assets {
diff --git a/packages/pinball_audio/lib/src/pinball_audio.dart b/packages/pinball_audio/lib/src/pinball_audio.dart
index 8bda14e5..92ee01a8 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_audio/lib/src/pinball_audio.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_audio/lib/src/pinball_audio.dart
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class PinballAudio {
 
     await Future.wait([
       _preCacheSingleAudio(_prefixFile(Assets.sfx.google)),
+      _preCacheSingleAudio(_prefixFile(Assets.sfx.startScreenSelect)),
       _preCacheSingleAudio(_prefixFile(Assets.music.background)),
     ]);
   }
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ class PinballAudio {
     _playSingleAudio(_prefixFile(Assets.sfx.google));
   }
 
+  /// Plays the select screen sound effect
+  void startScreenSelect() {
+    _playSingleAudio(_prefixFile(Assets.sfx.startScreenSelect));
+  }
+
   /// Plays the background music
   void backgroundMusic() {
     _loopSingleAudio(_prefixFile(Assets.music.background));
diff --git a/packages/pinball_audio/test/src/pinball_audio_test.dart b/packages/pinball_audio/test/src/pinball_audio_test.dart
index 81d53bee..57d4eaf6 100644
--- a/packages/pinball_audio/test/src/pinball_audio_test.dart
+++ b/packages/pinball_audio/test/src/pinball_audio_test.dart
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ void main() {
           () => preCacheSingleAudio
               .onCall('packages/pinball_audio/assets/sfx/google.mp3'),
         ).called(1);
+        verify(
+          () => preCacheSingleAudio
+              .onCall('packages/pinball_audio/assets/sfx/start_screen_select.mp3'),
+        ).called(1);
         verify(
           () => preCacheSingleAudio
               .onCall('packages/pinball_audio/assets/music/background.mp3'),
@@ -131,6 +135,18 @@ void main() {
       });
     });
 
+    group('startScreenSelect', () {
+      test('plays the correct file', () async {
+        await audio.load();
+        audio.startScreenSelect();
+
+        verify(
+          () => playSingleAudio
+              .onCall('packages/pinball_audio/${Assets.sfx.startScreenSelect}'),
+        ).called(1);
+      });
+    });
+
     group('backgroundMusic', () {
       test('plays the correct file', () async {
         await audio.load();
diff --git a/test/how_to_play/how_to_play_dialog_test.dart b/test/how_to_play/how_to_play_dialog_test.dart
index 2e3d3fd4..a230aad8 100644
--- a/test/how_to_play/how_to_play_dialog_test.dart
+++ b/test/how_to_play/how_to_play_dialog_test.dart
@@ -93,5 +93,30 @@ void main() {
       await tester.pumpAndSettle();
       expect(find.byType(HowToPlayDialog), findsNothing);
     });
+
+    testWidgets(
+      'plays the start screen select music on dismiss',
+      (tester) async {
+        final audio = MockPinballAudio();
+        await tester.pumpApp(
+          Builder(
+            builder: (context) {
+              return TextButton(
+                onPressed: () => showHowToPlayDialog(context),
+                child: const Text('test'),
+              );
+            },
+          ),
+          pinballAudio: audio,
+        );
+        expect(find.byType(HowToPlayDialog), findsNothing);
+        await tester.tap(find.text('test'));
+        await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+        await tester.tapAt(Offset.zero);
+        await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+        verify(audio.startScreenSelect).called(1);
+      },
+    );
   });
 }