- Publisher: Headup Games
- Release Date: Mar 31, 2026
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
- Summary:
- Developer: Team Meat, Sluggerfly
- Genre(s): Action, Platformer, 3D
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 11
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Mixed: 6 out of 11
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Negative: 1 out of 11
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Mar 30, 2026For fans of brutally-tough platforming, this 3D incarnation of everyone’s favorite bloody glob of meat more than delivers, with plenty of variety, secrets, and maybe some periodic crying.
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Apr 3, 2026Super Meat Boy 3D may not be quite the same watershed moment for indie gaming as its respected predecessor, but there’s a lot to love about this one and would say that Sluggerfly and Team Meat have largely stuck the landing in the transition to a new dimension. Tight controls, tough, rewarding gameplay, and lots of replayability all stack up in its favour, even as frame rate and camera issues hold it back from being a flawless successor. If you’re looking for an addictive platformer that’ll push your skills to their absolute limit, I’d give this one a strong recommendation.
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May 13, 2026The camera occasionally lets you down, and the bosses and opening sequence are a bit too easy for the series, but it's still a highly addictive game. The worlds are diverse, there are tons of characters to unlock, and the new air dash is both a good mechanic for mastering levels and a simplification that skips entire sections.
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Mar 30, 2026It is these elements that kept me from enjoying Super Meat Boy 3D as much as I’d like. Yes, it is still a fun platformer. But it is also the modern embodiment of why ‘just make it 3D’ is still as challenging today as it was back on the Nintendo 64. At times, Super Meat Boy 3D gets to do its own thing and focus on what made that original game a modern classic. Great controls with tight level design that encourage the player to replay it over and over again to get the best time and find the collectibles. Yet, too many times I felt like the meat was left cooking too long. It’s bent into very specific ways to adhere to that original game, instead of standing on its own two meaty legs.
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Mar 30, 2026Super Meat Boy 3D has brief moments of fun, but messy controls make it feel a lot more frustrating than was initially intended.
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May 20, 2026Super Meat Boy 3D does some really cool stuff fantastically well, and it's incredibly satisfying, but unfortunately, the game is very unbalanced in this regard. It's a real shame, as with a bit of polishing, this title could easily be one of the best speed-based, skill challenge-style 3D platformers. For fans of Meat Boy, this game is a no-brainer; for others, it might be a little undercooked.
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May 4, 2026Super Meat Boy 3D is just a shadow of its original version; its visuals don't match the graphics, the soundtrack doesn't fit, and the controls are more frustrating than the game's difficulty itself.