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Splatoon 3
Released On: Sep 9, 2022
83
7.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 115 Critic Reviews
83
93% Positive
107 Reviews
107 Reviews
7% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 115 Critic Reviews
83
93% Positive
107 Reviews
107 Reviews
7% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Oct 11, 2022
Splatoon 3 has something to offer everybody, regardless of what type of games you usually play. It excludes no one and keeps on giving long after the credits have rolled on its chaotic shooter action.
Sep 15, 2022
Nintendo finally managed to make a true "online shooter" with the third game of the series. If you thought Splatoon 2 was inadequate as a "second game", I can guarantee that you will not think the same for Splatoon 3.
User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 802 User Ratings
7.2
66% Positive
533 Ratings
533 Ratings
15% Mixed
118 Ratings
118 Ratings
19% Negative
151 Ratings
151 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 802 User Ratings
7.2
66% Positive
533 Ratings
533 Ratings
15% Mixed
118 Ratings
118 Ratings
19% Negative
151 Ratings
151 Ratings
Sep 7, 2025
Everything in this game is totally perfect. The graphics, the gameplay, the cosmetics, everything is absolutely gorgeous
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Nintendo Switch Aug 29, 2025
Splatoon 3 could be one of the best games of all time. This game is for some reason so fun to play and yeah it is kinda hard, but who cares this game is goated!
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Nintendo Switch Sep 7, 2022
Nintendo perfectly knows how to take to the next level their traditional formulae, and Splatoon 3 is a clear example of this. It is one of the best multiplayer online games on the Nintendo Switch and a must-have for all of the fans of this colorful franchise.
Sep 7, 2022
Splatoon 3 is the culmination of its own formula with a more complete experience than ever. Inspired by the Octo Expansion, this new episode offers a fun story mode with the diversity of its levels and its pleasant hub to explore. The title does not forget its fundamentals with an effective multiplayer, as usual, which benefits from new subtle movements and new weapons. And if the Salmon Run is still as nice as ever, what it offers is very similar to what we experienced in Splatoon 2. And if its close proximity to its predecessor is the main criticism that we can make of this third opus , it's still a great new exclusive for the Nintendo Switch.
Sep 15, 2022
As Nintendo's unique Splatoon series reaches its third installment, the addictive online mode is accompanied by a single player mode that is at least as good. With levels filled with clever and varied ideas, this is Nintendo at its best. Online, much is the same as before - but why fix something that still works well?
Sep 12, 2022
With a sizable single-player campaign, enhanced multiplayer modes, as well as an expanded arsenal of whimsical weapons, Nintendo has yet again proven why Splatoon is now one of its most valuable properties. Its core mechanics remain brilliant, only elevated by the superb soundtrack that helps keep things fresh. While nothing revolutionary, Splatoon 3 refines everything that players love about the series for what is its best entry yet.
Sep 13, 2022
Splatoon 3 adds nothing of significance to the series, which is quite disappointing considering that it, as a whole, was bursting with originality when it first launched.
Aug 5, 2025
This is my favorite game ever.Battle is very fresh and a lot of weapons to **** hero mode is easy for some people
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Nintendo Switch Nov 22, 2025
O jogo é ótimo, diversas armas, roupas e muito mais, mas... há uma falta de modos, entre aspas, pois tem bastante modos mas tipo... quase todos sao quase iguais, tipo... queria modos diferentes que nem o Salmon Run é diferente do Modo basico (não sei o nome), e o modo historia... éum motivo de ele não receber 8, pois o modo historia é muito ruim comparado ao do Splatoon 2, não sei sobre o Splatoon 1 pois eu nunca joguei, mas o modo historia é triste de se ver, os chefes, por mais que carismaticos, so tem 5 chefes e com 6 partes/mundos... então tipo... um mundo fica sem chefe e é isso. Além de um sistema de passar de faze conseguindo um poder tal pra desbloquea tal parte é entediante, ainda sim vale a pena joga mas... nãoigual ao do 2
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Nintendo Switch Jul 26, 2025
I appreciate this game but the maps are something else, they **** so bad that it made me stop playing Splatoon, and I love this franchise, look at what they did to my boy Mahi Mahi Resort. If the maps were good, then this would be an easy 10.
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Nintendo Switch Aug 7, 2025
I’ve been playing for around 6 years. Both Splatoon 2 and 3 but recently my WiFi bugs out and I get a “communication error”, and I’m generously given a loss ALTHOUGH the game knows it was my WiFi and not me quitting the game, or leaving out of spite towards my team. If this persists It’ll probably assist in the games overall downfall; along with that just punishing people for having buggy WiFi is a terrible thing implemented into the game, I used to love the game but it's just gotten trash with balance changes too. Finally changing all the maps and weapon kits are making old players leave and never come back, the game has no nostalgia or connection towards the others in any way. 4/10
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Nintendo Switch Sep 16, 2024
Now that major updates are done for splatoon 3, it’s safe to say this is the worst game in the series. As a stand alone game, splatoon 3 is a 7/10, maybe an 8/10, but as the 3rd game in the series and the 2nd one in the same console, this game is a 4/10 maybe even less. Splatoon 3 fails in almost every aspect as a sequel, my main problems being the atrocious map design, the new lackluster update cycle, boring and stale balance patches, almost no new modes, the new modes that were added were either time limited, poorly balanced, or boring, the main attraction since splatoon 1 (splatfests) were completely butchered, side order getting old very fast, etc… This game had the potential to be the best game in the series, we had the best at launch story mode, better special design, but the negatives FAR outweigh the positives.
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Nintendo Switch Summary Ink up the Splatlands in the next Splatoon game. Enter the Splatlands, a sun-scorched desert inhabited by battle-hardened Inklings and Octolings. Splatsville, the city of chaos, is the adrenaline-fueled heart of this dusty wasteland. Even in this desolate environment, Turf War reigns supreme and battles rage in new stages located in the ...
Rated E +10 for Everyone +10
Platforms:
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Sep 9, 2022
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