Splatoon 3: Side Order
Challenge yourself to a new single-player campaign, Side Order! As Agent 8, you wake up to discover Inkopolis Square has been drained of color and its residents have gone missing. Looming over the city is the…
Splatoon 3: Side Order is a platform developed by Nintendo, released 22 February 2024 on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
What Splatoon 3: Side Order is
Splatoon 3: Side Order is a platform game developed by Nintendo and released in 2024. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Challenge yourself to a new single-player campaign, Side Order! As Agent 8, you wake up to discover Inkopolis Square has been drained of color and its residents have gone missing. Looming over the city is the ominous Spire of Order. Alongside a drone who claims to be Off the Hook member Pearl, Agent 8 must fight off waves of enemies in floor after floor of challenges on their way to the top of the Spire and learn its secrets. Use color chips to boost your abilities in this experience that’s designed to be replayed over and over.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Splatoon series
Splatoon 3: Side Order is the 20th of 21 entries we hold in the Splatoon series. It arrived 12 months after Splatoon 3: Inkopolis. The next entry was Splatoon Raiders in 2026.
What it launched against
Splatoon 3: Side Order launched on 22 February 2024, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Helldivers 2 and Persona 3 Reload. It arrived 7 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, Helldivers 2, Persona 3 Reload.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Splatoon 3: Side Order yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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