Super Meat Boy 3D Reviews
We were very impressed by our hands-on with Super Meat Boy 3D on the Nintendo Switch 2, as the game successfully builds on the first installment in the series and delivers exactly what it promises
Review in Greek | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D succeeds in the feat of translating all the hallmarks of an inherently two-dimensional series into a thrilling 3D platformer. Team Meat and Sluggerfly have created a new incarnation of the iconic indie game that debuted sixteen years ago, yet one that retains the same gritty, edgy identity. Once again, we’re faced with an extremely demanding title that requires high precision and Olympian calm, yet offers immense satisfaction thanks to its absolutely rich and satisfying content—even if there are a few inaccuracies in the spatial perception of this new iteration. At the same time, the franchise remains, as it always has, not for everyone: but if you’re among those who love being pushed to the limits of your skills (and your patience), this is the game for you.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D had a mountain of expectations to climb, and against all odds, it conquered them. While the autoscrolling boss fights are a frustrating misstep and the grotesque 3D art style will undoubtedly divide fans, the moment-to-moment gameplay is spectacular. Sluggerfly has successfully translated the unforgiving, blisteringly fast magic of 2010 into a new dimension. If you have the patience to die a few hundred times and the foresight to tweak the default control settings, this is a spectacular, bloody return to form. – Flare
Super Meat Boy 3D is the return of the king of pain. A worthy sequel to this indie icon. Minor stumbles in its presentation don't tarnish the franchise's reputation, especially with precise controls, the same charisma as always, and the progressive increase in difficulty, making this a great addition to the current platforming game scene.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
"Meat Boy's Journey from 2D to 3D" Super Meat Boy 3D successfully brings the Super Meat Boy experience to 3D without losing its core identity, with clever improvements to movement and pacing. The real strength lies in the precise controls and constant challenge, while camera and performance issues remain clear obstacles. Despite this, the experience remains enjoyable and challenging, especially for fans of challenging platformers.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D is a solid attempt to transition the series from a classic experience into a 3D one without losing its core identity. The game successfully preserves the challenging, precise, and fast-paced gameplay that defines the series, but it does lose part of its artistic identity in the process.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D does a great job of capturing the moments that made the original game so memorable. The same ingredients are very much here and cleverly designed in 3D. Attempting to wade through each level as quickly as possible is where the addictive gameplay seeps in. There are, however, the same levels of frustration as the original, and your enjoyment will very much depend on your personal patience levels. My eight-year-old son adored the aesthetics and the fact that it was ‘a bit like Astrobot’, but ultimately the difficulty turned him off almost immediately. That said, I don’t think this game is suited to the younger crowd, so you may want to try before you buy on Xbox Game Pass. If you do want to bag a copy for Xbox Series X/S with that lovely Xbox Play Anywhere functionality, then you can do so HERE.
Super Meat Boy 3D is a bold adaptation that successfully brings the essence of the original into three dimensions, retaining its speed, precision, and challenge. It doesn’t quite reach the level of the classic and suffers from obvious issues with the camera and depth, but it’s a thoroughly enjoyable experience for fans of the genre, especially if they’re looking for a demanding and straightforward challenge.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D manages to be an excellent new entry for those who want to start with the franchise. The cutscenes are beautiful, there's freedom to complete the levels in any order, and the kingdoms are so frantic and fun that, even after failing countless times, the experience remains engaging.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D stands as one of the boldest reinventions in the genre, successfully transitioning into a fully 3D experience and unlocking a level of potential that likely wouldn’t have been realized had the series remained in its original form.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
A hardcore 3D platformer where countless deaths and failures serve as the foundation for a single, perfect run. The transition to a 3D environment brings Z-axis depth and camera issues that occasionally cause unfair falls, leaving some room for improvement. However, the series' signature ultra-responsive controls and exquisite level design miraculously turn the pain of failure into a clear sense of accomplishment, delivering a brilliantly punishing challenge.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D is a pleasant surprise. Translating this famously brutal platformer into 3D could have gone badly, but the developers have done an impressive job keeping the tight controls and addictive gameplay intact. It’s still brutally difficult, still packed with hazards, and still built around repeated failure. That means it won’t be for everyone. But if you enjoy precision platformers and don’t mind dying dozens of times while learning a level, there’s a lot of fun to be found here. For the right audience, Meat Boy’s leap into 3D is a surprisingly successful one.
Super Meat Boy 3D is a wonderful take on the 2010 classic, with that same “one more try" hook that makes it impossible to put down.
Although not a perfect sequel to the original Super Meat Boy, its 3D version is a good enough evolution, and even with some missteps, it delivers a fun, challenging, and quite stressful (in a positive way) game.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D is much more than just a 3D retelling of a beloved title; it’s an exercise of mastery of platforming design, made in the image of a cube. Though far from accessible (despite its best efforts) and still somewhat similar to its predecessor, the inclusion of Dark World Levels and the design space opened by an entire new dimension of space gives it a platform to stand on. Best you load up on controllers, because Meat Boy’s back on the menu.
Super Meat Boy comes as advertised. A challenging 3D Platformer that you may want to throw your controller at a wall at times, but comes with a satisfying feeling in the end. To say it's not satisfying to complete levels or even boss fights is a crazy statement.
While the addition of the extra dimension brings a few niggles to the precision platforming that simply weren’t there in the original, overall Super Meat Boy 3D retains a lot of what made the original game great – with snappy restarts, generally tight controls, tricky challenges and a lot of reason to go back and beat personal records or find hidden secrets.
Does Super Meat Boy 3D reinvent the world of 3D platformers? No. But it doesn’t need to do that to be a solid adaptation of a beloved franchise into the third dimension. Super Meat Boy 3D is a great game to play in between other things when you feel like challenging yourself. As a somewhat mid-skilled gamer, did I sometimes get a little frustrated? Yes. Did I still have fun? Absolutely. So Super Meat Boy works very well in 3D, as the team at Sluggerfly has proven with this title. But I’ll probably leave completing the game to other players.
Review in German | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D is brutal yet addictive and genuinely fun platformer. However, I can’t help but think it would be even better if its spatial perception issues and somewhat shaky controls could be refined into better shape. It’s enjoyable as it is, but with the difficulty level soaring through the clouds, it would admittedly be nice if not quite so many attempts didn’t end in death due to slightly clunky gameplay. Be that as it may, the action is enjoyable, quirky and anarchic, and that alone earns it a lot of forgiveness in my eyes.
Review in Finnish | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D may lose a bit of its distinct look in the move to 3D, but the many tense and thrilling levels and the breadth of well-designed content make it a mostly worthy trip into the third dimension. I hope Meat Boy keeps getting weird and distinct new games going forward, as the little skinned fellow seems to have a lot of life left in him.