osu!

osu! is a free music video game. The game features fast-paced song experiences and a vast music library, delivering a thrilling musical journey. In osu!, players need to tap, slide, and hold the screen in time with the song to achieve high scores. You can freely choose your preferred game mode; all modes follow the same rules. You must execute the actions in a strict order and precisely tap the elements appearing on the screen to obtain higher scores. Furthermore, each theme song includes different modes, ranging in difficulty from the easiest to the most challenging and extreme.

Gameplay:

Heavily inspired by other rhythm games such as Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan, O2Jam, and Elite Beat Agents, Osu! Is a free-to-play title that uses three basic gameplay mechanics: tapping hit circles, following the sliding of a ball on sliders, and spinning a circle within a large button as fast as you can. The goal is simple as you just have to do these mechanics in time to the beat of the song and the slowly shrinking circles on the buttons.

The interface is easy to follow during gameplay since there are visual cues you can follow such as the numbers on the buttons indicating the order in which you should tap them. The screen will also display UI elements like a health bar, your total score, accuracy, the timer, and the score multiplier. There are four game modes available: osu! or what’s unofficially called “osu!standard”, osu!taiko, osu!catch, and osu!mania.

The first one is simply the normal gameplay, with dynamic placements of the three mechanics to challenge your reflexes. The second is a special version of the rhythm game, Taiko no Tatsujin. The third is a mode that lets you catch fruits to the beat of the music instead of tapping circles. Lastly, osu!mania’s gameplay is similar to Beatmania by default—although you can customize the keys and orientation of the playfield.

Features:

Older (or even recent) devices may crash often due to high memory usage. This will improve over time.

App restarts on multitask, temporary android limitation.

Performance and input latency is WIP, especially on older devices.

Use screen and UI scale in settings to adjust for small screens / notches.

Report issues via GitHub and make sure to search first!

Pros & Cons:

Pros

Four game modes

Large collection of downloadable songs

Has an in-game editor for beatmaps

Can customize difficulty levels

Cons

No direct access to the beatmap database

Conclusion:

One of the most interesting points of osu! is its community management and the way it shares new song files in the game's library. However, another way to get to know other osu! players well is thanks to the world ranking of scores, which creates a friendly competition in which you can participate against all the title users. osu! is one of the best rhythm games in history, and, finally, you can enjoy its official version for Android.