Psyvariar 3
May 20, 2026
Play as one of 7 pilots in this thrilling sequel to a SHMUP classic. The time has come for a new generation of Psyvariars to rise… and save humanity.
Critic Score
84.4
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Critic Reviews (10)
Graphics
81.0
Gameplay
86.0
Story
85.0
"Psyvariar 3 is an excellent shoot &s;em up that&s;s jam-packed with variety and challenges that&s;ll keep you blasting away for hours upon hours."
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83.0
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87.0
Story
98.0
"The Banana Bytes team managed to avoid giving the impression of pure homage in Psyvariar 3, instead creating a worthy sequel that maintains what gives the work its identity without being a mere copy that could be seen as a …"
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73.0
Gameplay
79.0
Story
88.0
"Psyvariar 3 is a fantastic new addition to the series and the shmup genre in general. It’s as close to a gateway game to the franchise as you’ll find outside of Angel at Dusk, and I mean that with all …"
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82.0
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88.0
Story
99.0
"Psyvariar 3 is a confident return for Success’ long-dormant shmup series, delivering a fast-paced bullet hell experience built around risk-reward gameplay and deep replayability."
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88.0
Gameplay
92.0
Story
81.0
"Psyvariar 3 is a fun and addictive bullet hell shmup. The game has a lot of depth and variety due to the diversity of characters to use and the myriad of game modes to choose from. A proper optional tutorial …"
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90.0
Gameplay
86.0
Story
80.0
"Psyvariar 3 is a very welcome return, a ferocious, technical and surprisingly generous shoot-&s;em-up in content, which demonstrates how the genre still has so much to say."
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89.0
Gameplay
93.0
Story
93.0
"Psyvariar 3 is a very solid return for a series that had been silent for over two decades, maintaining its identity based on constant risk and the buzz system, which remains as addictive as ever. Its enormous variety of modes, …"
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70.0
Gameplay
66.0
Story
73.0
"With bafflingly-deep lore and wild backgrounds that tend to distract from (or hinder) the foreground action, Psyvariar 3 is a committed to some odd choices"
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85.0
Gameplay
81.0
Story
72.0
"Psyvariar 3 is quite an ugly game, but it makes up for it with solid vertically-scrolling shooter gameplay and a wide range of playable characters and modes."
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82.0
Gameplay
90.0
Story
80.0
"Psyvariar 3 will remain installed on my Nintendo Switch 2 for quite a while simply because of its engaging, highly-difficult, yet highly-rewarding gameplay loop of grazing bullets and racking up high scores. It falls short in the graphical department, but …"
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