Girls Band Party!,[b] also known as Garupa or Bandori, is a mobile rhythm game developed by Craft Egg and published by Bushiroad for the Android and iOS platforms.

In the main story's first season, the player character is a self-named worker at the live house CiRCLE who is tasked by fellow staff member Marina Tsukishima with recruiting groups for the Girls Band Party event.

[3] Poppin'Party, the franchise's main band, assists the player in their scouting,[4] during which they enlist the groups Roselia, Afterglow, Pastel Palettes, and Hello, Happy World!.

[9][15] Roselia's creation is detailed in their first story "Bloom of the Blue Rose",[16] "Neo-Aspect" follows their efforts to rediscover their pride after a falling-out,[17] and the band ponders its future in "Sprechchor".

[27] In 2019, the game introduced a music video feature that replaces the in-game background with clips from the anime such as opening themes and performances.

[28][27] Some songs were created by the winning bands in the game's General Election, a series of voting contests based on a certain topic.

's first live concerts, with franchise creator Takaaki Kidani comparing them to the use of mainstream series in Bushiroad's Weiß Schwarz card game as "drops in momentum" are canceled out by "the addition of popular titles.

"[31] The international versions also have region-exclusive tracks: in 2018, the Korean server partnered with K-pop group GFriend to include their songs "Me Gustas Tu" and "Time for the Moon Night",[32] while the English game featured Pinkfong's "Baby Shark" and daniwellP's "Nyan Cat" for a limited time.

[33][34] Duet covers between the bands and the original artists, such as Poppin'Party performing "Days of Dash" with Konomi Suzuki, are categorized as "Extra" songs.

The Vocaloid project,[36] the video game series Persona,[37] and the anime Is the Order a Rabbit?,[38] Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World,[39] A Certain Scientific Railgun T,[40] Ojamajo Doremi,[41] Zombie Land Saga,[35] Tokyo Revengers, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Chainsaw Man and Oshi no Ko have partnered with Girls Band Party!, which includes covers by the bands and special character costumes.

[48] The following year, Raise A Suilen and Morfonica were added as playable bands, while new gameplay mechanics included Live2D animation during lives and a "rehearsal" mode that allows players to practice songs without fearing health depletion.

[49] The fourth anniversary introduced the Team Live mode, character birthday gacha cards, and sideways flick notes.

[47] Stage Challenge, a game mode in which players are restricted to certain band lineups and progress by attaining target scores, and multiplayer music video functionality were implemented in 2022.

[50] A "super-large update" took place for the six-year celebration with the addition of a third Main Story season, five star rarity, and 3D animated videos for fan-voted songs.

was formed in 2014 by Bushiroad head Takaaki Kidani, whose company had enjoyed success with the rhythm game Love Live!

from competing titles in the genre, Craft Egg included cover songs, which was inspired by Poppin'Party's usage of such music in its live concerts, and made it free to play.

[53] Development of the game ran from August to November 2016, with hopes of releasing it in coordination with the anime's broadcast in March 2017.

[55] The other vocalists Ayane Sakura (Afterglow's Ran), Ami Maeshima (Pastel Palettes' Aya Maruyama), and Miku Itō (Hello, Happy World!

's Kokoro Tsurumaki) were officially confirmed during a presentation on December 7 at Sunshine City, Tokyo,[56] while Afterglow's voice actresses revealed their involvement with the project on Twitter during the month.

[59] When Yurika Endō (Lisa Imai) and Satomi Akesaka (Rinko Shirokane) departed the franchise, their successors Yuki Nakashima and Kanon Shizaki re-recorded their characters' lines; conversely, Maeshima's voice acting for Aya remains in the game after her exit and replacement.

[60][61] Pre-registration opened on January 1, 2017;[62] Kidani heavily encouraged others to pre-register when the anime, which began airing that month, received mediocre reviews.

[62] Mobimon Inc. published a traditional Chinese-language version in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan which was released on October 19.

", an escape room-like game in which participants search for Kasumi Toyama's lost guitar by solving riddles located throughout the city.

[74] Actor Toshihiro Yashiba, actress Marie Iitoyo, and YouTubers Hikakin and Fischer's have also starred in advertisements for Girls Band Party!.

and the movie Ao-Natsu, the latter of which featured a cameo appearance from Aimi of Poppin'Party, aired in June 2018 and starred the film's lead roles Wakana Aoi and Hayano Sato.

partnered with Sega's arcade rhythm game Ongeki to include the vocalists as playable characters and opponents in the latter; songs from BanG Dream!

[95] According to Bushiroad executive Kazuhiko Hirose, the port was created to appeal to demographics outside the mobile gaming market.

has garnered positive reviews, with ComicsVerse's Jessica Liong regarding it as "arguably the most popular" animated aspect of the franchise.

[97] Speaking with Real Sound in 2018, Kidani remarked "everything just went through the roof" after the game's release, noting its "level of polish" was among the factors that helped the franchise gain popularity.

He also praised GBP for its "complex" but "rewarding and incredibly fun" gameplay, concluding that "the music and the girls are completely worth exploring.