Xenoblade Chronicles 3
A vast world awaits in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the next game in the acclaimed RPG series from developer Monolithsoft. Players will step into the roles of protagonists Noah and Mio amid turmoil between the…
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is an adventure developed by Monolith Soft, released 29 July 2022 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 92 hrs to finish.
What Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is an adventure game developed by Monolith Soft and released in 2022. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The story unfolds in Aionios, a world locked in endless war between the rival nations of Keves and Agnus. Their armies are made up of engineered soldiers granted only ten years of life, who fight and die to keep their colonies' Flame Clocks burning. Among them are off-seers, soldiers entrusted with playing flutes to send off the fallen. Two such off-seers stand at the heart of the tale: Noah of Keves and Mio of Agnus, each traveling with their own squad of comrades. When the two enemy groups clash and are then caught in a deadly attack, a mysterious power called Ouroboros binds their fates together. Forced to become allies and hunted by both nations, Noah, Mio, and their companions set out…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Xeno series
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the 23rd of 35 entries we hold in the Xeno series. It arrived 2 years after Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected. The next entry was Xenoblade Chronicles 3: DLC Wave 1 in 2022. Its critic score of 90 is 3 points above the series average of 87. The highest-rated entry is Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition at 100.
How it was received
Xenoblade Chronicles 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 88, across 70 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 92 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 219.5 hrs, roughly 2.4 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 launched on 29 July 2022, within three weeks of Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls and Lost in Play. 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: Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls, Lost in Play.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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