Players control the "Vibrant Chords", a rock band duo, as they traverse side-scrolling stages while avoiding enemies and hazards.

Fret Nice is a side-scrolling platform game where the player controls the "Vibrant Chords", a rock band duo, either in single-player or in co-op, and moves from left to right to reach the end of the level.

[2] The player can achieve a combo by strumming notes together while undergoing a single leap and defeating multiple enemies.

[4] Fret Nice was created by Swedish video game developer Mårten Brüggemann as his college thesis at the University of Skövde.

[5] Brüggemann was inspired by Donkey Kong Jungle Beat to create a game that used a guitar controller to control characters in a platform game; Brüggemann intentionally made Fret Nice play differently from Jungle Beat to differentiate it.

"[4] 1Up's Cole Jones said that the jump mechanic that requires the player to raise their guitar stem makes the control scheme feel "immediately broken.

[2] Jones, with an overall positive review, disagreed and compared the game favorably to LocoRoco, and said that Fret Nice is "a quirky platformer with an awesome aesthetic, a humorous story, and a ton of collectibles" as long as the player uses the standard control scheme.