HALF DEAD 3

HALF DEAD 3
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Metacritic
78
Steam
70.755
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Price
$4.99
Release date
9 September 2022
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Total
78 (416 votes)

Become a member of the highly anticipated sequel of the co-op sci-fi show. Gather a team of four friends. The more partners the more chances to survive. Find your way out in a deadly new room complex filled with even more sophisticated traps.

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HALF DEAD 3 system requirements

Minimum:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i3
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / AMD Radeon RX 460
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
  • Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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cheese-water
cheese-water

Got this as a gift, *not* free from the devs.

It's like Half Dead 2, but with awkward character movement, weird mouse acceleration in-game, the mouse movement speed in the main menu is tied to mouse look sensitivity and is way too fast, and less character customization. Just get Half Dead 2 instead.

Cap
Cap

It's like minecraft... with loot boxes

dumbsgaming
dumbsgaming

a more pessimistic half life 3

NONG K
NONG K

This game has so much potential. I love the concept but need more challenges. keep up good work and update!

gg mid game fr ong
gg mid game fr ong

So far it's pretty good, more trap variation than 2 so it's more interesting, but there isn't enough character customization, and not a lot of pickups, so it does get repetitive pretty quick, but it's promising for sure.

koRRupt[ed mInd
koRRupt[ed mInd

i dont even remember buying this game, but its based on a great movie afaik, and i thorougly enjoyed the first 2 games.

SluggKing
SluggKing

i like this game....but...

we NEED more options, we need the ability to rebind controller buttons, but more importantly we NEED host options when creating a game. i LITERALLY couldnt play with my friend after i bought us both the game because i started a game and when we died someone was just afk....and when they"came back" refused to even play and just sat there.

So we quit and i made an entirely new game with different settings and privacy now turned ON, but when i "started" it it reloaded us BACK into the game with the goddamn afk guy! no matter what we did we couldn't leave that game and start a new one, it would bring us right back. With no host options to kick him and APPARENTLY us ONLY being allowed to play in a game we made until every single player leaves, screwed our entire playing up and we had to stop with no way of fixing it.

we need more options for creating and controlling our games and please for the love of god, let me switch the buttons use should be (X) not (Y) lol

[LUBE] Comebox
[LUBE] Comebox

This is more of a mixed review than a negative one. I've played both HD1 and HD2 with friends and it has easily been one of the best games to just relax and have a good time with, or a game to get a good laugh out of. I knew what I was getting into going into this game, but I was genuinely surprised with how many things they've changed/added and it isn't all for the better. First off, while Half Dead 2's character customization left much to be desired, I was still very happy with the fact that we actually had customizable characters, but they got rid of that in place of 4 different characters to choose from with their own outfits to unlock and stuff. Right now the game feels like a shadow of what it once was, even with new traps and mechanics that make it stand out. They removed the bandages mechanic in place of health regeneration, which I think was also a bad move. Overall, this game has a ways to go but I was actually surprised when I was thinking that HD2 was actually better than this. If the devs stick to their promise of developing the game further and not abandoning the game outright, then I'll change my review.

kool_aid_man
kool_aid_man

Its fun but gets repetitive after a while.

Arden
Arden

Entertaining traps and improved graphics! Having a Mr. X type enemy to deal with is a nice addition. I look forward to seeing what gets added in the future. Fun to play with friends or strangers!

deadking264
deadking264

You know how they say ladies first well in this case shoe's first.

Jackikins
Jackikins

So far, this really just feels like an iteration and not a real new game. It's basically Half Dead 2 without the detail of being able to see your shoes come off your feet, less character customisation options. Now, it does have afew more things added to it that are nice, but they honestly could have been additions to Half Dead 2.

The more it's updated, the more I'll play because Half Dead is just a guilty pleasure of mine. It's still Half Dead, I'll still review it positively and I have confidence that alot of the issues I have with HD3 will be addressed overtime, but for now? Hell, it's still only £3.99, still worth picking up for it's price and what you get.

JuicerMaGooser
JuicerMaGooser

DO NOT BUY ONLINE COOP IS CURRENTLY BROKEN

HalfAmp
HalfAmp

Why can't I just get Sarah Red Dress Ultra Rare... I guess I'll need to pay for it...

josheyboo
josheyboo

Go into room maybe die maybe not or maybe chance of dying.

StormSurge
StormSurge

NOTE: THIS GAME SERIOUS IS EXTREMELY FUN WHEN PLAYED WITH FRIENDS, AND LOVE THE GAME AND THE CONCEPT, AND I AM ALSO WELL AWARE THAT THIS IS CURRENTLY IN EARLY ACCESS.

However...this particular edition in its current state is unfortunately not something I can recommend.
I love the content and I love the new changes to the game; but while playing the game, my laptop started overheating and immediately after closing the game my CPU temp dropped by 30 degrees.

DISCLAIMER: As stated, I attempted playing on a laptop; so on a higher quality desktop, it's likely that this issue may not be so bad. However, I was playing with a friend who was using a desktop and it was also giving her issues.
As for my actual hardware/software: running Windows10, intel core i7 cpu, RTX 3080 (laptop version, but still better than the recommended GTX 1080), and 16GB of ram...so my system shouldn't be an issue I think.

Hi I'm Ethan
Hi I'm Ethan

All I want in life is Sarah In Red Dress Ultra Rare, that's all I want anymore. Nothing else matters.

JANGOISM
JANGOISM

Significantly worse than HALF DEAD 2.

What's better in HD3?
Some of the game mechanics such as being able to escape dead rooms. (that's it)

What's worse in HD3?
Everything.
Character customization is limited to 4 characters that are premade with premade outfits. (Unlike 2 where you could create your own character and then unlock clothes from boxes)
Food rooms to restore health where one person can eat all the food. (Bandages in 2 were fine)
Giant HUD with names covering the entire bottom of the screen.
Game actually looks worse graphics wise

In the end HD3 took 1 step forward and 5 steps back. I never played HD1 but I would put money on it that it's better than this steaming pile of trash.

Syniix
Syniix

Only a cash grab just buy half dead 2

xXDANG3RDANXx
xXDANG3RDANXx

3rd game in the series and still no matchmaking lobby to find people to play with. I want to like it but playing alone is no fun

DaDirtyRedDemon
DaDirtyRedDemon

extremely fun, i just wish i had people to play with

𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖔
𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖔

im half dead just by playing this sh it

Dyemaster
Dyemaster

It was fun!

I cannot whole"-heartly" recommend this game for long term usage as of right now (sorry), but I do recommend this game for a short/decently long-term play with friends or a shorter one for single player - having said the latter, I have only played 3 rounds, so there's more to explore!

I'd like to point out for, the game is "alive" [recent (less than 1 month) updates have been shown since posted release date).

I suggested things and nitpicks to the Dev(s):

-Add a overlay when looking at the door for the first time - "Press F to open door"

-Same thing when it comes to a player's scenario requiring them to jump, and crouch to progress or dodge

-Have an obvious warning to single player start screen that they may not get out of a trapped room unless there is a built-in escape option in it.

-For the choice of the first and fourth character; it does not match the clothing of their picture - Please adjust that.

I love the "season rooms" - some ones that would fun to add are: Halloween, Christmas, Easter, Valentines, Beach, themed rooms (of course these would have monsters like the others do or traps in them as well).

-Two-five different monsters with a couple of new attacks from the elephant monster.

-A floaty jump (I suggest 2.5 secs more)

Bug Fix Suggestion:

-"Fixing" when you move the camera (fast), you can see yourself

Lord Bork
Lord Bork

HALF ASSED 3

A slight improvement over the previous title but did we really need another full game?

Just make FULL DEAD and be done. This entire game could have just been a big update for HALF DEAD 2.

foreskinwalker
foreskinwalker

the dragon has lava coming out of his doodle

horrorofspice
horrorofspice

Great game for your Cube series of movies. Great for group play and great laughs. Break the glass. wink wink

Stygian Shock
Stygian Shock

I'm still not quite sure how I feel about this game. I watched Markiplier play it and it looked like so much fun, so I immediately got it. I love the Minesweeper element to the game and also the ability to be rescued from a trap room.

Despite everyone's disappointment about the lack of character customization, I don't care what my character looks like, I just care about the gameplay. I think this was definitely a step up from the first two, but there are a couple problems. It does get repetitive pretty quickly, but as long as you have friends to play it with, it's always a good time. However, as a single player game, it is awful.

A major problem is the input delay. It isn't too bad, but the movement feels a bit off. You really notice it on the menu screen.

Overall, due to the slightly unfinished feel of the game as well as its repetitive nature, it is not worth $5. I think that if it was $2.50 I would feel much better about getting it. For example, Lunch Lady is a $5 game that feels like you definitely get your money's worth...but not so much with this game. But if you could care less about the price and you're looking for a fun game to play with a group of friends, I would recommend.

Raven Pearce
Raven Pearce

This game is definitely better than the first two games, but to be honest it feels like aside from new traps, a food table, and new room designs that these are all things that could have been done to improve the first and/or second game. If you don't already own the game I would recommend this one over others, but it doesn't really feel like anything new.

Devs, instead of later making a 'Half Dead 4' please don't let this game go and focus on improving this one. This game would be amazing if instead of making a game with new traps, adding more and more to this game. Half Dead 3 is definitely more graphically pleasing and love some of the new traps, but it doesn't feel any different from Half Dead 2. Please Devs, stick with Half Dead 3 and continue its future development.

Lastly, I would still recommend giving the game a try as it is different from most games.

nataku411
nataku411

The $5 price tag might entice you, but out of sheer principle I don't think anyone should buy this game.
There is absolutely NO REASON the developers made this game other than a shameless cash-grab. They could have simply added the features to HALF DEAD 2, and even worse they didn't bring all the traps from previous games.

Shame on you, devs. You could have shown an ounce of goodwill towards your fanbase but instead you try to push a slightly revamped game every few years and try to justify the cost.

Silk
Silk

very cool original game concept thank you very very original and very cool thank very

Storyteller
Storyteller

Crazy little game to play with friends, so all of you can die dramatically while questioning why is there pissing dragons.

Magic Pumpkin 🎃
Magic Pumpkin 🎃

Fun game, find the exit without dying, lots of deadly traps, co-operation helps but not required, getting 100% achievements is fair.

Darth Doctor
Darth Doctor

Fun game for group of friends, with lots of dying and being lost

MikaGaming
MikaGaming

Its a fun game. its more fun when you have friends. becomes boring quick when you play alone.
there are some loot boxes you can get by playing the game but for the rest there isnt alot to play for then just for fun ofcourse.

Vaglo
Vaglo

If you need a banta boost with your friends, play this game

SL1NXY
SL1NXY

Absolute tear jerking story and wiener jerking gameplay

ZeroBoostHero
ZeroBoostHero

Much of the same. Best with others. Mildly different to the previous 2 games

ChannoX
ChannoX

Nice game to play with friends and have a good laugh

Spud097
Spud097

definatly harder than the previous two but love the fact you can destory some trap and death rooms i play by myself atm on pyramid x8 on nightmare but keep losing all my shoes to the death rooms only to die in a death room myself

TableOne
TableOne

Scream at your friends. Don't get Minotaur'd.

Varkorah
Varkorah

Three words. Lava Pissing Dragon :D

Buy Towards the Sky
Buy Towards the Sky

Really great game to play with friends. No major bugs experienced during play, but did need to reset game the first time I loaded it up before being able to play multiplayer. This isn't specific to this game however.

AViciousNarwhal
AViciousNarwhal

I'm giving this a mostly recommend. It's a good game, and it's inexpensive. It's a decent update to Half Dead 2, but not really enough for a full game. I am looking forward to the new rooms that are in development, but if you have Half Dead 2, I'd only get this if your friends are getting HD3 and you want to play with them. :/

KEMS
KEMS

Premise more fun than the actual gameplay, played it once and will probably never touch it again.

MattLBK 
MattLBK 

Do the world a favour and don't make a 4th game.

BustyPot
BustyPot

ALL 3 OF THESE GAMES SUCK AND ARE BORING :) NEVER EVER MAKE A HALF DEAD 4

cool guy cole
cool guy cole

There is no feeling more satisfying or rewarding than the one I experience when the music plays when you win a round. I have spent every day since launch searching for another game that can even come close to capturing the sheer elation and ecstasy felt during the victory dance. At this rate I find it hard to even fathom that such a game exists and if it does it is Half Dead 1 and Half Dead 2 respectively. This is the greatest rhythm game I have ever played.

YourDaddy
YourDaddy

Hahahaha Pissing Dragon go BRRRRRRRR

2kool4you
2kool4you

Amazing! Awesome! Dance moves!

Bra⁧⁧zman
Bra⁧⁧zman

Fun initially but after a round or two it gets incredibly repetitive.

Smoke~Gasface
Smoke~Gasface

Solo or Co-op i spent time tossing shoes at traps,running from Mr elephant, or desperately looking for skeletons to collect spare shoes,eventually, just to be trapped in a death trap, which can be opened(breaking the blue vials that power the locking mechanism with a simple toss of 2 of shoes). Many, many foodies will be consumed.

Snarf the Pantleg
Snarf the Pantleg

The game wont even load up for me. It immediately crashes upon startup.

Adam [RAT]
Adam [RAT]

Great game to just mess around with friends in, and carry them when they decide to not gaf about using their shoes, causing them to either die from normal traps, or die from a room they get locked in

ZeroM-ich47
ZeroM-ich47

We need more traps, characters and need to work on character animations! But how early access is great work!
Another one great "Cube-game"!

Nycphi
Nycphi

Love the new rooms, traps, etc! Wish there were more character customization options aside from crates

GameShelf91
GameShelf91

Good early access game, love the updates and I own all 3 games. The only thing I hate is the limited characters, I wish it was a real custom option and not presets.

AllanWongX
AllanWongX

1. Not enough gore elements compare to HD and HD2. We had fire and acid that can burn the characters to the bones. Now it's just their skin turn dark? I hope the devs come up with something other than this.
2. There is no "Play Again" button after entering spectating mode. You'd have to go back to the main menu to start again. It seems like a design failure to me.
3. There is no "try on" option for the character costumes. How can I be incentivized to get the costumes AKA your lootboxes if I can't see how they look on my characters?

Juice On The Loose
Juice On The Loose

Find mindless game with your friends

Elrenia
Elrenia

Fun but not as many rewards as the second one.

Sergio
Sergio

So, compared to the previous part, this one is frankly inferior to it. There are plenty of new traps, but it's not much use, in the sense that they obviously haven't become any more complicated. You can get the hang of it in half an hour and just run "on the shifter" all the rooms, except that the boot tossed on just in case, so as not to run into a closing death trap. However, even this gets around, the main thing to have two boots and knock out the "mini generators" on the doors, so that they open. True, the next such trap you will not survive with such an "emergency" and ill-considered method of solving problems. With such mechanics by the way you can knock out most of the traps, just throw a shoe at any generator and that's it... But there's no obvious need for that, it's always better to save your shoes for a premature opening of a death trap. And in fact, there's no problem at all with the game. And almost all of the achievements will open in less than 4 hours... The game is certainly in early access, but the already mentioned second part is superior to this not quite appropriate sequel. But here there are four characters instead of two. As in Half Dead 2 there are saleable items on Steam, so I paid for myself a half of the cost of a lucky chest, for the game is still fresh and the prices of items from it are high. There seems to be nothing more to add. Its standard price it will basically pay off for those who are not familiar with, I repeat, the second part, but so... At this point the verdict is more of a no than a yes. The "battle royale" mode is gone for good, although it was quite well implemented, however, hardly ever a lot of people played the game in this series.

Mummy Pipple
Mummy Pipple

This game is a lot of fun, especially with friends. Definitely worth the money!

Vortex
Vortex

great maze game. lots of interesting traps. a couple of wtf rooms but good game to play with friends

Briigz
Briigz

Nice! More rooms, more deaths, more everything!

Voidion
Voidion

its a good game but the delayed walking can get annoying and the fact that it took me 30 minutes to get into a 3x3x3 or 3x3 match is honestly so bad until thats fixed i wouldnt buy the game

mr. crane
mr. crane

The 20 minutes i played with friends was fun. Time to refund.

Bigman Swank
Bigman Swank

multiplayer does not work, constant desyncing and relogging and crashing ew gross

CeDanGaR
CeDanGaR

Very -= Hot =- even better when people join.

Teenykaz
Teenykaz

~ DIFFICULTY ~

🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it.
🔲 Easy.
✅ Normal.
🔲 Hard.
🔲 Rage Quit.

~ GRAPHICS ~

🔲 Actually MS Paint.
✅ Not great.
🔲 Moderate.
🔲 Beautiful.
🔲 * Chef Kiss *

~ MUSIC ~

✅ Muted it.
🔲 I kept the music to a minimal volume.
🔲 Pretty good.
🔲 Atmospheric.

~ AUDIENCE ~

🔲 Kids.
✅ Teens.
✅ Adults.
✅ Play with friends.
✅ Play with your partner.

~ STORYLINE ~

✅ There wasn’t really one.
🔲 Hated it.
🔲 Okay, but didn’t pay much attention.
🔲 Moderate.
🔲 So engaging!

~ FUN ~

🔲 I won’t be playing it again.
🔲 Annoyingly grindy.
✅ Only fun with friends.
🔲 Super fun solo.
🔲 Grindy but fun.
🔲 Could play this for hours.

~ BUGS ~

✅ None that I’ve found.
🔲 Minor bugs but nothing major or game-breaking.
🔲 Can get annoying.
🔲 Get the weed killer, FULL of bugs.

~ PRICE / WORTH BUYING ~

✅ Wait for a sale.
🔲 Worth the price.
🔲 Not worth the price.
🔲 Complete waste of money.

MuRkanism_
MuRkanism_

New MAJOR UPDATE WITH NEW GAME BREAKING CRASHING ISSUES!!! A MUST BUY!!!

<3
<3

I would recommend it only if you have friends to play with. I've tried about 30 times to be matched with other players and only gotten in a game with someone else twice.
I bought all three games, but I think I'm going to return the first and second, because at least this one doesn't have poor graphics..
I really want to like this game and it has a lot of potential, I'll definitely keep playing and I hope it gets more updates. If you're going to buy it, wait till its on sale.

Aemaeth
Aemaeth

Don't buy this unless you really understand what you're getting yourself into. It's half baked, early access, full of loot-boxes, and absurd. I can't in good conscience give this game a good review. With friends, the game currently maybe has an hour of funny stuff before it gets stale. I had fun with it with a friend for a little bit laughing at the absurdity and also how bad it was. I almost can not believe that this game inexplicably has loot boxes despite being what it is. If it had many more rooms and mechanics and had no loot boxes, I would have recommended it

Syrion023
Syrion023

Fun little The Cube-esque game. Fast paced and full of hilarity it's sure to get the blood pumping.

KHROMAGNUM_HD
KHROMAGNUM_HD

Half Dead 2 was better with the character customization, I liked all the new traps and stuff. but local co op was completely broken for using 2 controllers. I'd reconsider if it was more like Half Dead 2. Thank you for reading!

Ânon
Ânon

I thought it would have better control than Half Dead 3
But the lobby issue makes the game cant even be played, hard to rejoin the lobby
Keep crashes when try to reconnect

Aegis219
Aegis219

its just a good time killer, and it can be really fun with friends

Mustafa
Mustafa

Speedruning this game is so fucking easy.
The best method to winning this game is called speedrun.

Drone_To_Dust
Drone_To_Dust

Best Half-Dead game yet. Recent updates have added very creative and visually pleasing rooms to navigate through. The challenge aspect is definitely fair and the added details / polish are noticeable throughout the entire playing experience.

However, I do miss the easy UI for character customization present in Half Dead 2. In addition, there is a glitch where turning your camera too fast will swivel the camera to point directly into the emotionless dead-pan face of your character who will flash on the screen briefly before the game adjusts to the camera change. Appears very much like a jump-scare and startled the half-dead doo-doo out of me mid-game.

Give this game a try!