Story

Story
Rhythm Doctor tells a story about a remote intern helping out in a hospital for patients with heart problems. The story is split into 4 acts excluding the final two levels Helping Hands and Art Exercise in the art room.

Act 1
The player is introduced to the first type of beat, Classic Beats. Ian and Ada explain to the player what they are doing in the hospital and start off with the level Samurai Techno.

Act 2
The player learns about Oneshots.

Act 3
The President makes his first occurrence threatening the doctors that, if they do not treat him right now, he will immediately release them from their duties as doctors. At the end of the chapter, in One Shift More, Ida shows the player the moral of the game: Doctors are often overworked, set under enormous pressure from the public and politics and often suffer from sleep deprivation and depression. All the work causes them to be unable to visit friends and family, which is why Ida apologizes to them and tells them that she would definetely want to catch up with all the missed events and regrets the decision to go to med school to become a doctor.

Act 4
Hailey asks Ian if she can leave the hospital for a day to bring her grandma a present. Ian sees this as a prime opportunity to test out the remote Defibrillation and allows her to leave for the day. On the train, the player sees her meet the Miner, who introduces the player to the Hold Beats. The player then finds out, that Cole Brew has also sneaked out of the hospital and is coming with the train, which adds the ignorance of patients to the list of morals of the game.

Art Room
The player plays the (official) last level of the game, Helping Hands that includes every character yet introduced (except the Janitor) and integrates the credits of the game into the level. No matter how many mistakes the player has made until the end, the |Rank Message is always "Thank you for everything". The player can then play the bonus level Art Exercise after which Ian will tell them that they have now completed every level in the early access.