Super Meat Boy 3D Reviews
Super Meat Boy 3D on PS5 is a good follow-up. It keeps the franchise's history alive while making the core gameplay work in 3D in a way that feels natural and fun. It's worth getting if you liked the first one or challenging platformers in general. The game is punishingly fun, with fair progression and a playful look that makes failing over and over again funny instead of frustrating. It's a fun game with optional Dark World levels, character unlocks, and the excitement of mastering stage after stage. I highly recommend it.
Super Meat Boy 3D successfully translates the series’ signature precision platforming into a new dimension, delivering slick controls, inventive level design, and strong replay value through its Light and Dark World structure. While it does not quite reach the brutal highs of the original, its accessible difficulty curve and satisfying movement make it an engaging evolution that still captures the core spirit of the franchise.
Maintains all the charm and playability of the original games, but the move to 3D brings a whole new challenge. The levels are well designed, and the mechanics are simple but devastatingly painful to pull off. It is a very difficult game, so be warned, and it is very reflex-based. I had a lot of stressful fun, and it’s the type of game I come back to here and there when I feel like feeling like a failure. If you want a 3D platformer that rewards precision and punishes mistakes instantly, this is it.
Taking a beloved, precision-heavy 2D classic and transforming it into a 3D experience was a bit of a gamble, but damn, Super Meat Boy 3D pulls it off with some seriously satisfying style. It easily lives up to the original’s legendary status – it’s packed with a staggering amount of content, fluid movement that perfectly captures the action of the original game, and, perhaps most importantly, it’s just as satisfyingly challenging as before. Whether you’re a long-time Super Meat Boy fan chasing milliseconds on a speedrun or a glutton for punishment facing the grinder for the first time, Super Meat Boy 3D is a bloody brilliant platformer that you absolutely need to play.
Super Meat Boy 3D is precisely what it says it is: the gameplay of Super Meat Boy, in 3D. Sounds great to us.
Super Meat Boy 3D is a return to form for the cube of meat brought to life. The levels are exactly what you’d expect: challenging platforming sequences that demand your maximum effort as a gamer. The gameplay is smooth, and Meat Boy himself is a joy to control, with the addition of a dash being particularly notable, while the wall run feels somewhat underwhelming. The transition to 3D works well, supported by a vibrant visual style and strong level design, despite a lack of musical variety. If you enjoy demanding platformers, Super Meat Boy 3D might be the perfect torture device.
Super Meat Boy 3D marks a triumphant return for the little, battered meat-and-bone man. It’s a game that’s just as brutal as we expected – in some cases even too much so, due to a few shortcomings in the level design and perspective. Despite this, it’s a spectacular game: get ready to break a few controllers, because your patience will be put to the test right from the very first levels.
Review in Italian | Read full review
If you can get used to the controls, this is a reasonably competent platformer. However, I do recommend everyone play the demo first so you can judge for yourself.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
What's commendable about this 3D iteration of Super Meat Boy is just how similar it feels to the 2D original. It's addictive, visually appealing, and the leap to 3D offers new ways to approach levels that the original could never. But, this comes with some drawbacks like cheap deaths, less precise movement, and levels that feel far less challenging overall. That said, this is still easily the best SMB game outside the original, and well worth checking out for newcomers and SMB veterans alike.
Make no mistake, Super Meat Boy 3D is as pure a punishing speedrunning platformer as you'll get, just like it's predecessors. It's fast, tight, infuriating, hilarious, bloody and just outright white-knuckle fun. But yeah, f**k this game right off as well.
Super Meat Boy 3D is a bold and largely successful evolution of a beloved formula. It takes the core elements that made the original so compelling — tight controls, punishing difficulty, and clever level design — and translates them into 3D with great confidence. Its greatest strength lies in its identity. It’s not for everyone, and that’s also its selling point.
For 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…
The return to the original gameplay style, combined with its transition into the third dimension, works well and provided us with a lot of fun. Unfortunately, we didn’t always find the difficulty level well balanced, and some levels even felt a bit too easy, especially the boss fights. However, those who aim to complete all achievements and experience everything the game has to offer will still find enough challenge, even as hardcore fans.
Review in German | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D isn't a bad game, but it is an inferior one.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Super Meat Boy 3D is constantly challenging players with increasingly difficult levels. It does take some getting used to in the new dimension but with the adapted controls and dropshadow it works out way better than expected. While the boss fights relying on trial and error aren't necessarily the best moments, these are being kept to a minimum. The game represents a remarkable evolution of the core gameplay from 2010 and I really enjoyed it. Super Meat Boy 3D is Super Meat Boy. Only this time in 3D. And that's probably the highest praise one can give the game.
Review in German | Read full review
If you enjoy extreme challenges in games that will test your precision, reflexes, and patience to the limit, Super Meat Boy 3D masterfully maintains the essence of the Super Meat Boy franchise, delivering an intense, punishing, and extremely satisfying experience for those who like to overcome meticulously calculated obstacles.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
I screamed, I shouted, I cursed the developers’ mothers dozens of times. Super Meat Boy 3D did what it needed to do with honors. But I never wanted to quit in frustration. The game knew how to motivate me, to make me want to attempt one more try, even if some levels felt impossible, and the boss battles were the absolute bane of my existence. All in all, a mostly smooth transition from 2D side-scrolling, to a 3D, semi freeforming format.