Super Meat Boy 3D

Strong · 72 reviews · 9 articles · Mar 31, 2026

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Super Meat Boy 3D makes suffering fun

The original Super Meat Boy is one of the best-known indie games of all time. Released in 2010, it's a brutally difficult 2D platformer, but so fun to play: The short levels almost feel like speedrunning puzzles, and even though they're filled with traps and buzzsaws, dying isn't so bad because you revive nearly instantly. Super Meat Boy 3D has much of the same spirit; it's just as infuriating, and just as satisfying. Moving around as Meat Boy in 3D feels very similar to 2D, particularly his rea

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Review: Super Meat Boy 3D (Switch 2) - Not The Finest Cut, But Still Tasty

A real meat grinder. In many ways, the gaming landscape was radically different in 2010, and one difference was a relative lack of indie releases. Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for games like Balatro or Hollow Knight: Silksong to have equal sales, attention, and excitement behind them as major AAA releases, and it can be easy to forget that such success stories were once largely unheard of. Super Meat Boy was one of the first games to contribute to the change in that narrative, showcasing the mass

Nintendo Life

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Super Meat Boy 3D Review - A Divisive New Dimension

Filled with secrets and creativity, Super Meat Boy 3D is ultimately betrayed by slippery controls that cause a much less fun frustration than its predecessor.

TechRaptor / Parker Johnson

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Super Meat Boy 3D Review

Super Meat Boy 3D proves that Meat Boy can work in three dimensions, even if some perspective-related issues keep it from reaching the heights of the 2010 classic.

IGN / Mitchell Saltzman

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Super Meat Boy 3D has no vibe

The move to 3D feels pretty good in the hand, but the original's distinctive visual qualities are emphatically lost.

PC Gamer / Shaun Prescott

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Round Up: First Super Meat Boy 3D Reviews Make It Sound as Brutal as Ever

An 80 on Metacritic. It has been a relatively fast turnaround from announcement to release date reveal to launch for Super Meat Boy 3D; the brutal platformer is due out tomorrow for PS5. A selection of reviews for the game are live now, covering the PC, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 versions. Interestingly, there are no critic reviews for the PS5 version, which would explain why we don't have access to the tough title yet. Regardless, you can find a selection of industry opinions below.

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Super Meat Boy 3D Reviews Go Live Ahead Of Xbox Game Pass Launch

"I screamed, I shouted, I cursed the developers’ mothers". As we mentioned earlier today in our "final Xbox Game Pass additions for March 2026" roundup, Super Meat Boy 3D is launching day one for the service on Tuesday (March 31st), and the reviews have therefore gone live already. It's generally good news as well! Plenty of the critics are enjoying their time with this 3D take on the series, with a lot of 7/10 and 8/10 scores being dished out in particular, along with a few more disappointing o

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Super Meat Boy 3D physical editions announced for PS5, Switch 2

Meridiem will release physical editions of Headup-published and Sluggerfly- and Team Meat-developed 3D platformer Super … Source

Gematsu / Sal Romano

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How Super Meat Boy 3D captures the series’ identity, out March 31

When Super Meat Boy first released, it quickly became a landmark for indie games. It wasn’t just a great platformer, but a figurehead for indie gaming, defined by lightning-fast gameplay and brutal difficulty. So, when we began working on Super Meat Boy 3D, our biggest goal was simple: it had to feel like Meat Boy. […]

PlayStation Blog / Dominik Plaßmann

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