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Play OverviewPlay Overview

Spin Rhythm XD (2019) is a music-timing game where you match button presses and stick movement with music indicators on the screen. It's intuitive and fun. Once you get the hang of it it feels like making music.

You play the game with just two buttons. This allows you to tap as the note indicators scroll towards you. Blue and red notes are both activated with one button, while the green notes are assigned to another button.

you can also tap and hold the blue and red indicators to stretch a note. You can also slide the analogue stick left and right to bend the pitch. As you progress this pitch bending becomes an integral part of the game as you need to do this to spin the activator and reach the full range of notes.

It's much like playing a wind instrument, where you have only a few valves and must do the rest with how you direct your breath into the mouthpiece.

It creates a rare and lovely experience that really does make the player feel like they are making the music as much as pressing buttons in time to it. This is extended by the more nuanced aspects of the game, such as tracing the feinter notes with the dial to trigger the more musically dense parts of the songs.

"On the hardest difficulties, the tapping, sliding, gliding and tracing come together to create a musicality I haven’t experienced in other rhythm games. And to get there, I don’t have to go through the feeling of only playing “half” the song, which is what I get when playing most other music titles on easy or even medium difficulties." Said Polygon in its review.

Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Spin Rhythm XD 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 4 months ago.
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Play StylePlay Style

This is a Rhythm game. This is a single-player game.

DurationDuration

Play Time: It takes between 3 minutes and 5 minutes to play a round of this game. Songs take a few minutes to complete, although sessions will likely be a number of these songs.

Age RatingsAge Ratings

Content Rating

Rated PEGI 7 for Fear.
 
User-Generated Content: This game includes content created by other players, such as maps, outfits and items, that are not reflected in the game rating.

Rated for younger players in the US. Rated ESRB EVERYONE for Mild Fantasy Violence.

CostsCosts

Spin Rhythm XD usually costs £14.99 to £19.99. 

Spin Rhythm XD

Steam StoreSALE PC £14.99 £7.49 until 21/03/2024
Switch Store Switch £19.99
There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.

DetailsGame Details

Release Date: 22/10/2019, updated in 2023

Price: 50% off

Out Now: PC and Switch

Players: 1

Genres: Rhythm

Accessibility: 29 features

Components: 2D Side-On

Developer: Spin Rhythm Game (@SpinRhythmGame)


Taming Gaming Book Written by parents for parents, the database complements the in-depth discussion about video game addiction, violence, spending and online safety in the Taming Gaming book. We are an editorially independent, free resource without adverts that is supported by partnerships.

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