Excellent so far. Great music, tight and fun rhythm gameplay, and polished aesthetic.

It's kind of like a goofier and cuter version of Ring Fit Adventure, but replace the exercising with rhythm game.

UPDATE: Finished the main story and most of the prequel story. The entire game is very enjoyable, and the end of the prequel and most of the bonus stages get really challenging.

Decent little rhythm game with some funny dialogue and references sprinkled through its self aware silly storyline that ultimately had a few too many irksome issues which prevented it from being as enjoyable as other games in the genre that I've played recently. The visuals are vibrant, the music is pretty good (though not something I'd listen to outside of the game,) and the story was funny. My issue is that the difficulty climbs up and down rather quickly and randomly, and missing a note is a little too disruptive causing you to miss entire chains if you hit one wrong button.

I can't recommend this, especially with a much better game in Melatonin having come out just a few months beforehand.

pretty much has everything a good rhythm game needs
the gameplay is simple but fun, and the music is good, better than I was expecting tbh
the more difficult stages and extra challeges you unlock after beating them adds to the replay value

the "story" is very silly, but more in an annoying way than a fun way, i found myself wanting to skip the cutscenes pretty often

I played a pre-release demo of it a little over a year ago, and one of my fears back then is that the trashy jokes would be all over the full release which frustratingly turned out to be true.

I was ready to love this because it seems so rare to find a fun rhythm game that isn't about J-pop, or EDM, or rock, and Rhythm Sprout's song list is very eclectic, but the writing paired with the very inconsistent difficulty, with some songs becoming incredibly challenging out of nowhere then back to manageable, makes me not want to recommend it to others.

Rhythm Sprout hat für mich sehr vieles richtig gemacht. Das Herzstück des Spiels ist natürlich die Musik und das damit verbundene Gameplay. Beides finde ich sehr gelungen und manche Songs haben mich noch über Tage verfolgt. Hinzu kommen die Story und die Charaktere, die mein Humorzentrum genau getroffen und mir einige Lacher beschert haben.

Den einzigen Kritikpunkt den ich am Spiel habe ist, dass die Bedingungen für 3-Sterne-Ratings von Punktzahl und Kombos sehr hoch gesetzt sind. Das wird aber auch nur für Sammler und Completionists zum Problem, ansonsten finde ich den Schwierigkeitsgrad und die Einstellungsmöglichkeiten (leichter, aber auch schwerer) sehr praktisch.

Ich würde mich über kleinere Story-DLCs freuen, die ein paar neue Songs und mehr Story von liebgewonnenen Charakteren mitbringen.

overall fun rhythm game.

perfect length, great concept, banging tracks, unique charting in places too.

cutscenes/dialogue make me wanna tear my hair out, difficulty isn't very consistent, weirdly little customisation options.

A great and fun rhythm game with an addicting soundstrack, charming story and funny visuals. Only real downside is how the game suddenly gets very hard.

My thoughts:
(+ = (mostly) positive; - = (mostly) negative)
+ Gameplay;
Addicting and fun. Caught myself replaying some levels because of how nice the beat felt with the notes you had to tap. As mentioned before, sadly the game suddenly gets very hard when you're at the halfway point. it gets so hard (for me atleast), that it took away a lot of the joy I had. The first half of the game is like 9/10, second half 3/10.

++ Music;
The music is very good, which is very important for a game like this. Almost all levels have fun tunes you want to listen to again and again. it also has a nice variation of songs. I'd recommend not listening to it before playing the game.

+- Graphics;
I like the visuals, it fits my taste. Other than that it's not really something special. Skins could be better.

+ Story/Characters;
Game has an actual funny story and funny characters. lots of visual gags and silly faces. Game might be a bit on the short side.

Recommend?
Yes if you're into rhythm games. If you're not into them yet I'd recommend playing rhythm paradise first.

The gameplay itself is fantastic - just 3 inputs means you're testing your agility straight away rather than just getting used to the controls. The charts are pretty good as well - there are some oddities, but it's a nice balance between sticking to enjoyable basics and finger twisters.

The music sometimes dips too far into goofy territory and it changes gears way too much without proper setup (like moving to another key without transition chords), but it's generally good and even when I didn't love it, it still did its best to hit hard, which is the most important in a rhythm game.

The main problem with the game is that it just doesn't get hard enough, and it's especially easy at the start. Sure, you do unlock a Turbo mode (and a random note modifier), but the game doesn't give you any motivation to play through all of the songs in that mode, so you won't even be able to tell which songs you've 100%ed on Turbo from the stats in the menu. Big waste.

Second issue is that it feels a little short. I think it's still tied to difficulty - the game starts off too easy, but when it throws some challenges towards you, it runs out of content. It took me 5.5 - 6 hours to 100% it including all but two achievements. I skipped the last pair because they're tied to repeatedly watching the cutscenes.

I know it's not a simple conversion, but I wish the cinematics were mostly cut in favour of at least a few more extra tough songs.

These are "I wish the game was great" gripes, not "the game isn't very good" type complaints. It's still fun and worth playing if it's your vibe, including people who aren't experienced with rhythm games.
Works better with a keyboard than a gamepad, but the latter is still fine with the possible exception of a couple of levels in turbo mode.

Feels like Parappa's Scandinavian zoomer son with a Beatmania influence.
Notably the only rhythm game I've ever played where the track is sequenced to loop if you don't FC which is rly interesting and makes a lot more sense for the bosses but makes actual stages end pretty anticlimactically.

The humor is very "love it or hate it" depending on your tolerance for what feels like a mildly modernized version of the late 00s-early 2010s let's play scene, the charm of it alone never made it cringeworthy though and there are some legit good bits in there.

For a game that looks this newcomer-friendly though, the skill ceiling does extend pretty far, about on par with Parappa 2 when you factor in the unlockable harder difficulty. It's incredibly generous with its health system but making mistakes at all (including any inputs that aren't on a note) obstructs your view and it's probably very easy to panic if you're not used to games like this.

This and the prequel sidestory took a swift 2.5 hours which if it appeals to you enough I'd say it's worth the full $15, 100% would def take at least 10 hours assuming you're more consistent with your fixation on rhythm games than me lol