diff --git a/osu.Game/Configuration/SessionStatics.cs b/osu.Game/Configuration/SessionStatics.cs
index 1548b781a7..225f209380 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Configuration/SessionStatics.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Configuration/SessionStatics.cs
@@ -80,5 +80,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
         /// Stores the local user's last score (can be completed or aborted).
         /// </summary>
         LastLocalUserScore,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether the intro animation for the daily challenge screen has been played once.
+        /// This is reset when a new challenge is up.
+        /// </summary>
+        DailyChallengeIntroPlayed,
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/DailyChallengeButton.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/DailyChallengeButton.cs
index e6593c9b0d..d47866ef73 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/DailyChallengeButton.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/DailyChallengeButton.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Framework.Threading;
 using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Localisation;
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
         [Resolved]
         private INotificationOverlay? notificationOverlay { get; set; }
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private SessionStatics statics { get; set; } = null!;
+
         public DailyChallengeButton(string sampleName, Color4 colour, Action<MainMenuButton>? clickAction = null, params Key[] triggerKeys)
             : base(ButtonSystemStrings.DailyChallenge, sampleName, OsuIcon.DailyChallenge, colour, clickAction, triggerKeys)
         {
@@ -148,6 +152,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
 
                 roomRequest.Success += room =>
                 {
+                    // force showing intro on the first time when a new daily challenge is up.
+                    statics.SetValue(Static.DailyChallengeIntroPlayed, false);
+
                     Room = room;
                     cover.OnlineInfo = TooltipContent = room.Playlist.FirstOrDefault()?.Beatmap.BeatmapSet as APIBeatmapSet;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
index dfe5460aee..64a173e088 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
                             OnPlaylists = () => this.Push(new Playlists()),
                             OnDailyChallenge = room =>
                             {
-                                this.Push(new DailyChallengeIntro(room));
+                                if (statics.Get<bool>(Static.DailyChallengeIntroPlayed))
+                                    this.Push(new DailyChallenge(room));
+                                else
+                                    this.Push(new DailyChallengeIntro(room));
                             },
                             OnExit = () =>
                             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/DailyChallenge/DailyChallengeIntro.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/DailyChallenge/DailyChallengeIntro.cs
index e59031f663..619e7c1e42 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/DailyChallenge/DailyChallengeIntro.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/DailyChallenge/DailyChallengeIntro.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay.DailyChallenge
         [Resolved]
         private MusicController musicController { get; set; } = null!;
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private SessionStatics statics { get; set; } = null!;
+
         private Sample? dateWindupSample;
         private Sample? dateImpactSample;
         private Sample? beatmapWindupSample;
@@ -461,6 +464,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay.DailyChallenge
                         {
                             Schedule(() =>
                             {
+                                statics.SetValue(Static.DailyChallengeIntroPlayed, true);
+
                                 if (this.IsCurrentScreen())
                                     this.Push(new DailyChallenge(room));
                             });