Monument Valley 3

{{Short description|2024 puzzle video game}}

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{{Infobox video game

| title = Monument Valley 3

| image = File:Monument Valley 3 logotype.svg

| alt = Logotype of Monument Valley 3

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| developer = Ustwo Games

| publisher = Netflix Games

| series = Monument Valley

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| platforms = {{unbulleted list

| Android

| iOS

| Nintendo Switch

| Windows

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| released = 10 December 2024

| genre = Puzzle

| modes = Single-player

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Monument Valley 3 (stylized as Monument Valley III) is a 2024 indie puzzle video game developed by Ustwo Games published by Netflix Games for iOS and Android. It is the sequel to the 2017 game Monument Valley 2.

At Gamescom 2024, it was announced that Monument Valley 3 would launch exclusively on Netflix Games on 10 December 2024. It was also announced that the first two games were to be moved to Netflix Games. The game's producers cited lack of visibility as the primary reason for the move away from Apple's App Store. The game will be releasing onto Nintendo Switch and PC Steam in 2025.

Reception

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| MC = 74/100

| EuroG = 3/5

| SN = 8/10

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On the review aggregator site Metacritic, Monument Valley 3 received a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 based on nine critics' scores, indiciating "mixed or average" reviews.

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rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2025

| rowspan="3"|28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards

| Mobile Game of the Year

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/dice-awards-2025-winners-the-full-list|title=DICE Awards 2025 Winners: The Full List|first=Adam|last=Bankhurst|work=IGN|date=February 14, 2025|accessdate=February 14, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.interactive.org/awards/i92j428th_annual_dice_awards_results_93io35.asp |title=28th Annual DICE Awards Results |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |website=interactive.org |access-date=14 February 2025}}

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

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Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

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References

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{{cite web |title=Monument Valley 3 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/monument-valley-3/ |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=2024-12-13}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/monument-valley-3-finally-has-a-release-date-and-its-netflix-games-exclusive-gamescom-2024 |title=Monument Valley 3 finally has a release date, and it's Netflix Games exclusive |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=2024-08-20 |work=IGN |access-date=2024-08-22 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821135604/https://www.ign.com/articles/monument-valley-3-finally-has-a-release-date-and-its-netflix-games-exclusive-gamescom-2024 |url-status=live }}

{{Cite web |last=Kerr |first=Chris |date=28 August 2024 |title=Monument Valley 3 is heading to Netflix Games to avoid App Store 'compromise' |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/monument-valley-3-is-heading-to-netflix-games-to-avoid-app-store-compromise- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828151111/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/monument-valley-3-is-heading-to-netflix-games-to-avoid-app-store-compromise- |archive-date=28 August 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=Game Developer }}

{{cite news |last=Mejia |first=Ozzie |title=Monument Valley 3 review: a fresh perspective |work=Shacknews |date=2024-12-03 |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/142407/monument-valley-3-review-score |access-date=2024-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213181935/https://www.shacknews.com/article/142407/monument-valley-3-review-score |archive-date=2024-12-13 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |last=Donlan |first=Christian |title=Monument Valley 3 review – poise, beauty and just a little sense of progression |work=Eurogamer |date=2024-12-09 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/monument-valley-3-review |access-date=2024-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209211042/https://www.eurogamer.net/monument-valley-3-review |archive-date=2024-12-09 |url-status=live}}

{{cite web |last=McWhertor |first=Michael |title=Everything announced at Nintendo's new Switch 1 Nintendo Direct |website=Polygon |date=2025-03-27 |url=https://www.polygon.com/news/547591/nintendo-direct-march-2025-everything-announced-switch |access-date=2025-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327160709/https://www.polygon.com/news/547591/nintendo-direct-march-2025-everything-announced-switch |archive-date=2025-03-27 |url-status=live}}

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Further reading

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  • {{cite news |last=Colantonio |first=Giovanni |title=If Monument Valley 3 can't get eyes on Netflix Games, what can? |work=Digital Trends |date=2024-12-05 |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/monument-valley-3-and-the-netflix-problem/#dt-heading-a-lovely-threequel |access-date=2024-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209220305/https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/monument-valley-3-and-the-netflix-problem/#dt-heading-the-netflix-problem |archive-date=2024-12-09 |url-status=live}}
  • {{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Lewis |title=Monument Valley 3 comes to Netflix with an iconoclastic edge |work=The Verge |date=2024-12-09 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24317107/monument-valley-3-netflix-launch-ustwo-games-interview |access-date=2024-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209183822/https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24317107/monument-valley-3-netflix-launch-ustwo-games-interview |archive-date=2024-12-09 |url-status=live}}
  • {{cite news |last=Purchese |first=Robert |title=The future of Monument Valley is Netflix, whether we like it or not |work=Eurogamer |date=2024-12-03 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/the-future-of-monument-valley-is-netflix-whether-we-like-it-or-not |access-date=2024-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203140604/https://www.eurogamer.net/the-future-of-monument-valley-is-netflix-whether-we-like-it-or-not |archive-date=2024-12-03 |url-status=live}}
  • {{cite news |last=Totilo |first=Stephen |title=Monument Valley 3 was designed to (maybe) improve the world |website=Polygon |date=2024-12-05 |url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/491789/game-file-monument-valley-3-ustwo-interview |access-date=2024-12-09}}
  • {{cite news |last=Dealessandri |first=Marie|title=Making a Monument Valley for the Netflix generation|work=Gameindustry.biz |date=2024-12-10 |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/making-a-monument-valley-for-the-netflix-generation|access-date=2024-12-13}}

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