Goat Simulator 3

 PC
Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Attack of the Fanboy
    Nov 17, 2022
    100
    Pilgor is back and better than ever. Goat Simulator 3 is the troll sequel no one asked for, but happy to get it, anyway. Help her defeat The Farmer and wreak as much havoc as possible on the residents of San Angora. The result is the punniest adventure you’ll ever go on.
  2. TouchArcade
    Mar 2, 2024
    80
    If you have access to a Steam Deck, especially an OLED model, Goat Simulator 3 is an easy recommendation. With how good it is here, I don’t need the Xbox or mobile versions anymore, and will be dipping into the game often to play on Steam Deck. Goat Simulator 3 on Steam Deck is not only my favorite portable version, but my favorite version of the game in general. It has a few issues like prior entries in the series, but is still worth your time regardless of if you are a fan of the series or a newcomer.
  3. Checkpoint Gaming
    Nov 20, 2022
    80
    All in all, Goat Simulator 3 is a wonderfully wacky experience that is sure to delight, whether you’re playing on your own or with friends. Its gameplay mechanics may get a bit old if you’re playing solo or looking for a layered gameplay story, but if you’re keen for a ridiculous and hilarious casual game to dip in and out of occasionally, Goat Simulator 3 will be an excellent fit for your library.
  5. IGN
    Nov 16, 2022
    80
    Goat Simulator 3 is the evolution in idiocy I’d hoped for from this iconically weird series. It almost certainly won’t wow you with its level of polish or a deep, meaningful narrative, but sometimes it’s a good idea to turn your brain off and buck your hooves into an old lady’s face while she fires a rocket launcher at you. With a larger map, more ridiculous references and hilarious jokes, and multiplayer that only enhances the ludicrous good times, I can easily recommend this to anyone with a taste for its silly sense of humor and a few hours to kill.
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  1. 3DJuegos
    Jan 20, 2023
    Goat Simulator 3 is fun and it looks like it was designed to be streamed.
  2. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Nov 16, 2022
    A catalogue of mini-objectives and quests gives the otherwise aimless sandbox a bit of a backbone too, and even though tasks can be broadly categorised into moving things from one place to another, or collecting stuff, or licking things, there’s variety and creativity to be found in each. Goat Simulator 3 has limited appeal baked right into it, but it’s unfair to dismiss the game as purely YouTube-baiting viral silliness. Underneath all of the goat nonsense and fart noises, there’s an intelligently constructed toy chest. Underneath that? More nonsense and fart noises.

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User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 7 out of 27
  1. Xcalibur
    Nov 22, 2022
    9
    Legit surprised by this game. I liked the original Goat Simulator. It was dumb fun, cool references, but also got old pretty quickly, was fullLegit surprised by this game. I liked the original Goat Simulator. It was dumb fun, cool references, but also got old pretty quickly, was full of glitches, performance wasn't great either.
    Goat Simulator 3 improved on every area. it runs better than the predecessor, it's less glitchy (though it still has some physics related issues), and most importantly, it's much more fun in long term. The original game kinda relied of it's jankiness, bad physics, this game actually has lots of content, a nice, relatively big open world, lots of exploration, silly stuffs, quests, progression, actual goals.
    They fixed the "gets boring quickly" issues, the goat customization is fun and some of the stuffs you can unlock are actually useful, gives you abilities. NPCs react to your wrong doing, some actually vengefully kick your butt. You can now drive cars, ride bikes (good luck with that!), unlock stuffs in your wonderful Goat Castle. The same silliness from the first games presents, but they made it even better. The quests are silly, some of them are annoying and boring, most of them are interesting and fun and you can do whatever you want if you don't wanna mess with a specific quest, you won't lose progress, you don't need to abort it.

    Controls are perfect, responsive, you goat can now wall run, climb, do the Mario 64 style multi-jump, where your 3rd jump is extra high. You can get temporary powers too.

    Sound design is decent, music is similar to the original game. It does its job

    Visuals! Well, it's pretty good! The map is large with nice view distance. Yes, there is pop-in many times, but not that distracting. Performance is surprisingly better than the previous game while it's much bigger in every aspect. Barely any stutters, stable framerates even on my old RX 570. I can run it on highest settings at 1080p with mostly 60 fps.

    As silly and dumb the game is, Coffee Stained North definitely spent a lot of time and talent on this one, it's better than the first game in every aspect. Since it's more polished (not perfect!) than the original, I can't wait to see DLCs with different themes. Waste of Space was fun for the first game even if it was a broken mess, something like that (with better performance and stability) would be a nice addition in the future.

    If you like Goat Simulator 1, you'll love this game.    … Full Review »
  2. Ratingss
    Feb 8, 2023
    7
    Great game to play split screen with those annoying kids that come visit out of nowhere
  3. Zentun
    Dec 29, 2022
    0
    Devs said to people that wanted to play their game using a controller they need to launch the game through Steam, their game is an epigDevs said to people that wanted to play their game using a controller they need to launch the game through Steam, their game is an epig exclusive yet they recommend to people to launch their game using steam, this is every thing that you need to know about this "game".… Full Review »
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