I have a soft spot for arcade-style throwbacks, and I think this is a good one. Raindrop Sprinters feels like a more fleshed-out interpretation of Helmet, an old Game & Watch LCD game where you earn points by running from one building another while avoiding falling objects (or raindrops, in this case). This game adds enough mechanics to that formula to keep the game interesting for more than 5 minutes (in the way most G&W games feel to play nowadays, to be honest).

Such mechanics include the ability to slow the falling objects down, badges that give you extra bonuses and abilities after you unlock them by doing specific tasks within each run, and a 50% point bonus for reaching the goal without stopping once you cross the starting line. That last one seems small, but it significantly affects the way you end up playing the game, especially early on when raindrops are easier to avoid. There are also multiple modes to unlock over time that can massively change the way the game works, so there's a good amount to do for a game where the average run is probably about 90 seconds.

For me, this is a very good "Thing To Do With My Hands" kind of game. It's just a nice little game to mess around with while watching videos or streams, or when listening to music or a podcast. It's a type of game that lends itself well to this since there is little going on to distract me beyond the act of playing the game. A lot of old arcade games and puzzle games (in the Tetris sense, not so much the Myst sense) fit this bill for me as well. It's good to have a new one of these to throw into the rotation.