Bayonetta 3
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Bayonetta 3 is an adventure developed by PlatinumGames, released 28 October 2022 on Nintendo Switch.
What Bayonetta 3 is
Bayonetta 3 is an adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and released in 2022. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Bayonetta, the enchanting witch who’s dressed to kill with her hand-and-foot guns, dominates angel and demon alike with action that is, to put it simply, beautiful. Mysterious life forms appearing to be neither angel nor demon attack amid the ravaged streets of the Shibuya area of Tokyo, where Bayonetta then makes a graceful appearance. Why is she in Tokyo? And how far-reaching is the invasion of this new enemy? See new gameplay elements like Demon Masquerade, where Bayonetta fuses with an Infernal Demon to wield even more formidable magic power, and Demon Slave, which lets Bayonetta control Infernal Demons at will to obliterate enemies.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Bayonetta series
Bayonetta 3 is the 15th of 16 entries we hold in the Bayonetta series. It arrived 11 months after Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 Digital Bundle. The next entry was Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon in 2023. Its critic score of 90 is almost exactly the series average of 89. The highest-rated entry is Bayonetta at 91.
How it was received
Bayonetta 3 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 55 votes.
What it launched against
Bayonetta 3 launched on 28 October 2022, within three weeks of God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: God of War Ragnarök, A Plague Tale: Requiem, Scorn, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bayonetta 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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