diff --git a/hosts/by-name/lappy/default.nix b/hosts/by-name/lappy/default.nix
index 9d618455..216a2068 100644
--- a/hosts/by-name/lappy/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/by-name/lappy/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = false;
   sane.image.extraBootFiles = [ pkgs.bootpart-uefi-x86_64 ];
 
-  sane.programs.guiApps.suggestedPrograms = [ "desktopGuiApps" ];
+  sane.programs.guiApps.suggestedPrograms = [
+    "desktopGuiApps"
+    "stepmania"
+  ];
 
   sops.secrets.colin-passwd = {
     sopsFile = ../../../secrets/lappy.yaml;
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs.nix b/hosts/common/programs.nix
index 8f235732..e93efab7 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs.nix
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ let
     ;
   };
 
+  # packages not part of any package set
+  otherPkgs = {
+    inherit (pkgs)
+      stepmania
+    ;
+  };
+
   # define -- but don't enable -- the packages in some attrset.
   # use `mkDefault` for the package here so we can customize some of them further down this file
   declarePkgs = pkgsAsAttrs: mapAttrs (_n: p: {
@@ -246,6 +253,7 @@ in
       (declarePkgs sysadminExtraPkgs)
       (declarePkgs tuiPkgs)
       (declarePkgs x86GuiPkgs)
+      (declarePkgs otherPkgs)
       {
         # link the various package sets into their own meta packages
         consoleUtils = {