Introduction screen
Main Menu
The osu!cookie [1] pulses according to the BPM of any song currently playing on the main menu. In addition, bars will extend out of the osu!cookie in accordance to the song's volume. If no song is playing, it pulses at a slow 60 BPM. The elements of the main menu are as follows:
P
) or the logo to switch to the Solo mode song selection screen.E
) to open the Editor mode song selection screen.O
) to go to the Options screen.Esc
) to exit osu!.F9
& F8
, respectively).User Options
Access this screen by clicking your profile at the top left of the main menu. You cannot access the Chat Consoles while viewing the user option screen. You can select any item by pressing the corresponding number on the option:
View Profile
: Opens up your profile page in your default web browser.Sign Out
: Sign out of your account (after signing out, the Options sidebar will prompt you to sign in).Change Avatar
: Open up the edit avatar page in your default web browser.Close
: Close this dialogPlay Menu
Solo
(P
) to play alone.Multi
(M
) to play with other people. You will be directed to the Multi Lobby (see below).Back
to return to the main menu.Main page: Multi
Multi Lobby
Multi Host
Song Selection
You can identify the current mode selected by either looking at the icon in the bottom left, above Mode, or by looking at the transparent icon in the center of the screen. These are the four you will see:
Before continuing on, this screen has too many elements to note with easily, noticeable numbers. The subsections below will focus on one part of the screen at a time, starting from the top down and left to right.
This area displays information on the beatmap difficulty currently selected. By default, the beatmap whose song is heard in the osu! jukebox is selected when entering the selection screen. In the top left is the ranked status of the beatmap. The title is next. Normally, the romanised title is shown, but if you select Prefer metadata in original language
in the Options, it will show the Unicode title; this is shown in the upper picture. The beatmapper is also shown, and beatmap information is shown below. From left to right, the values are as follows:
Click on one of the tabs to sort your song list according to the selected criterion.
Group - Most options organize beatmaps into various expandable groups:
No grouping
- Beatmaps will not be grouped but will still be sorted in the order specified by Sort.By Difficulty
- Beatmaps will be grouped by their star difficulty, rounded to the nearest whole number.By Artist
- Beatmaps will be grouped by the artist's first character of their name.Recently Played
- Beatmaps will be grouped by when you last played them.Collections
- This will show the collections you have created. Note that this will hide beatmaps not listed in a collection!
By BPM
- Beatmaps will be grouped according to BPM in multiples of 60, starting at 120.By Creator
- Beatmaps will be grouped by the beatmap creator's name's first character.By Date Added
- Beatmaps will be grouped according to when they were added, from today to 4+ months ago.By Length
- Beatmaps will be grouped according to their length: 1 minute or less, 2 minutes or less, 3, 4, 5, and 10.By Mode
- Beatmaps will be grouped according to their game mode.By Rank Achieved
- Beatmaps will be sorted by the highest rank achieved on them.By Title
- Beatmaps will be grouped by the first letter of their title.Favourites
- Only beatmaps you have favorited online will be shown.My Maps
- Only beatmaps you have mapped (that is, whose creator matches your profile name) will be shown.Ranked Status
- Beatmaps will be grouped by their ranked status: ranked, pending, not submitted, unknown, or loved.The first five groupings are available in tabs below Group and Sort.
Sort - Sorts beatmaps in a certain order
By Artist
- Beatmaps will be sorted alphabetically by the artist's name's first character.By BPM
- Beatmaps will be sorted lowest to highest by their BPM. For maps with multiple BPMs, the highest will be used.By Creator
- Beatmaps will be sorted alphabetically by the creator's name's first character.By Date Added
- Beatmaps will be sorted from oldest to newest by when they were added.By Difficulty
- Beatmaps will be sorted from easiest to hardest by star difficulty. Note that this will split apart mapsets!
By Length
- Beatmaps will be sorted from shortest to longest by length.By Rank Achieved
- Beatmaps will be sorted from poorest to best by the highest rank achieved on them.By Title
- Beatmaps will be sorted alphabetically by the first character of their name.Note: You cannot have the chat console or the options sidebar open if you want to search; otherwise, anything you type will be perceived as chat text or as an options search query.
Only beatmaps that match the criteria of your search will be shown. By default, any search will be matched against the beatmaps' artists, titles, creators, and tags.
In addition to searching these fields, you can use filters to search through other metadata by combining one of the supported filters with a comparison to a value (for example, ar=9
).
Supported filters:
artist
: Name of the artistcreator
: Name of the beatmap creatorar
: Approach Ratecs
: Circle Sizeod
: Overall Difficultyhp
: HP Drain Ratekeys
: Number of keys (osu!mania and converted beatmaps only)stars
: Star Difficultybpm
: Beats per minutelength
: Length in secondsdrain
: Drain Time in secondsmode
: Mode. Value can be osu
, taiko
, catchthebeat
, or mania
, or o
/t
/c
/m
for short.status
: Ranked status. Value can be ranked
, approved
, pending
, notsubmitted
, unknown
, or loved
, or r
/a
/p
/n
/u
/l
for short.played
: Time since last played in daysunplayed
: Shows only unplayed maps. A comparison with no set value must be used. The comparison itself is ignored.speed
: Saved osu!mania scroll speed. Always 0 for unplayed maps or if the Remember osu!mania scroll speed per beatmap option is offSupported comparisons:
=
or ==
: Equal to!=
: Not equal to<
: Less than>
: Greater than<=
: Less than or equal to>=
: Greater than or equal toYou may also enter a beatmap or beatmapset ID in your search to get a single result.
A variety of things can appear in this space:
These are the view settings:
*Requires you to be an osu!supporter to access them.
Click the word bubble icon to call up the Quick Web Access screen for the selected beatmap:
1
or click the Beatmap Listing/Scores
button and your default internet browser will pull up the Beatmap Listing and score page of the beatmap set the selected beatmap belongs to.2
or click Beatmap Modding
and your default internet browser will pull up the modding page of the beatmap set the selected beatmap belongs to.3
or Esc
or click Cancel
to return to the Song Selection Screen.While you are on the Quick Web Access Screen, you cannot access the Chat and Extended Chat Consoles.
The song list displays all available beatmaps. Different beatmaps may have different coloured boxes:
You can navigate the beatmap list by using the mouse wheel, using the up and down arrow keys, dragging it while holding the left mouse button or clicking the right mouse button (previously known as Absolute Scrolling), which will move the scroll bar to your mouse's Y position. Click on a box to select that beatmap and display its information on the upper left, high scores (if any) on the left and, if you've cleared it, the letter grade of the highest score you've achieved. Click the box again, press Enter
or click the osu!cookie at the lower right to begin playing the beatmap.
List of available game modes
This section can be called the gameplay toolbox. We will cover each button's use from left to right.
Press Esc
or click the Back
button to return to main menu.
Click on the Mode
button to open up a list of gameplay modes available on osu!. Click on your desired gameplay mode and osu! will switch to that gameplay mode style - the scoreboard will change accordingly. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl
and 1
(osu!), 2
(osu!taiko), 3
(osu!catch), or 4
(osu!mania) to change the gamemode.
The background transparent icon and the "Mode" box will change to depict what mode is currently selected.
Game modifiers
Click the Mods
button or press F1
to open the Mod Selection Screen.
In this screen, you can apply modifications ("mods" for short) to gameplay. Some mods lower difficulty and apply a multiplier that lowers the score you achieve. Conversely, some mods increase the difficulty, but apply a multiplier that increases the score you achieve. Finally, some mods modify gameplay in a different way. Relax and Auto Pilot fall in that category.
Place your mouse on a mod's icon to see a short description of its effect. Click on an icon to select or deselect that mod. Some mods, like Double Time, have multiple variations; click on the mod again to cycle through. The score multiplier value displays the combined effect the multipliers of the mod(s) of you have selected will have on your score. Click Reset all mods
or press 1
to deselect all currently selected mods. Click Close
or press 2
or Esc
to return to the Song Selection Screen.
While you are on the Mod Selection Screen, you cannot access the Chat and Extended Chat Consoles. In addition, skins can alter the text and/or icon of the mods, but the effects will still be the same.
Click the Random
button or press F2
to have the game randomly scroll through all of your beatmaps and pick one. You cannot select a beatmap yourself until it has finished scrolling.
Note: You can press Shift
+ the Random
button or F2
to go back to the beatmap you had selected before you randomized your selection.
Possible commands for a beatmap
Click the Beatmap Options
button, press F3
or right-click your mouse while hovering over the beatmap to call up the Beatmap Options Menu for options on the currently selected beatmap.
1
or click the Manage Collections
button to bring up the Collections screen - here, you can manage pre-existing collections, as well as add or remove the currently selected beatmap or mapset to or from a collection.2
or click Delete...
to delete the [1] currently selected beatmapset, [2] delete the currently selected beatmap, or [3] delete all VISIBLE beatmaps.
3
or click Remove from Unplayed
to mark an unplayed beatmap as played (that is, change its box colour from pink to orange).4
or click Clear local scores
to delete all records of the scores you have achieved in this beatmap.5
or click Edit
to open the selected beatmap in osu!'s Editor.6
or Esc
or click Close
to return to the Song Selection Screen.Click on your user panel to access the User Options Menu.
Click the osu!cookie to start playing the selected beatmap.
Accuracy in osu!
This is the results screen shown after you have successfully passed the beatmap. You can access your online results by scrolling down or pressing the obvious button.
Note: The results screen may change depending on the used skin.
Below are the results screens of the other game modes.
Accuracy in osu!taiko
Accuracy in osu!mania
Accuracy in osu!catch
An example of an osu!online score
This is your online leaderboard. You can go here by scrolling down from the results screen. Your Local Scoreboard will show your name and the score as usual.
Save replay to Replays folder
: You can watch the replay later either by opening it from a local leaderboard, or by going to Replays
directory and double clicking it.Add as online favourite
: Include the beatmap into your list of favourites, which is located on your osu! profile page under the "Beatmaps" section.Local Rankings
from the drop-down menu on the left.Beatmap Ranking
section. Available only for maps with online leaderboards (qualified, ranked, or loved). You also need to be online to see this section.
Overall
: Your position on the map's leaderboard, where you compete against players that used mods, even if you didn't use any yourself.Accuracy
: How precisely did you play the beatmap. Will only be counted when your old score is surpassed.Max Combo
: Your longest combo on the map you played.Ranked Score
: Your best result on the beatmap.Total Score
: Not taken into account, since it does not affect your position in online rankings.Performance
: The amount of unweighted PP you would receive for the play.Overall Ranking
section. It's available only for beatmaps with online leaderboards. You also need to be online to see this section.
Overall
: Your global ranking in the world.Accuracy
: Your average accuracy over all beatmaps you have played.Max Combo
: The longest combo over all beatmaps you have played.Ranked Score
: The number of points earned from all ranked beatmaps that you have ever played, with every map being counted exactly once.Total Score
: Same as ranked score, but it takes into account all beatmaps available on the osu! website, and also underplayed or failed beatmaps. This counts towards your level.Perfomance
: Displays your total amount of Performance Points, and also how many PP the submitted play was worth.Unlocking a medal
Above is what it looks like to receive a medal.