The Nintendo eShop listing for the Switch version of Super Meat Boy 3D shows a release date of March 31, 2026, suggesting the game could arrive at the end of this month. Nintendo’s store page is currently the source of the date.
Team Meat first revealed Super Meat Boy 3D during the Xbox Games Showcase last year and confirmed the title would land in 2026 on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC. The announcement included a trailer that showed 3D-perspective gameplay, new stages and obstacles. Some players have pointed out that March 31 is a common placeholder date because it’s the final day of the month; a Reddit thread collects that speculation. Others think the date may have surfaced accidentally ahead of the Future Games Show scheduled for March 12, 2026.
Super Meat Boy 3D Releases March 31st 2026 According to The US Nintendo E-Shop
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Super Meat Boy 3D casts you as an animated cube of meat trying to save his girlfriend, who is made of bandages, from what the listing describes as “an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux.” The game promises the old-school difficulty of the original with “tough-as-nails precision platforming,” and stages that include burning forests, waste-filled dumps, and high-tech forges full of traps. If the March 31 date holds, players on Switch would see the game arrive at the end of March; Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC release timing would remain aligned with Team Meat’s broader 2026 window unless the developer specifies otherwise.
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Super Meat Boy 3D
Developed by Team Meat
Super Meat Boy 3D is a tough as nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend (who happens to be made of bandages) from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux – IN 3D! Our meaty hero will leap from walls, over seas of buzz saws, through crumbling caves and pools of old trash sacrificing his own well-being to save his damsel in distress – IN 3D. Super Meat Boy 3D brings the old school difficulty of classic retro titles we all know and love and streamlines them down to the essential no bull straight forward twitch reflex platforming. Ramping up in difficulty from hard to soul crushing Meat Boy will brave lush (but also on fire) forests, vast dumps filled with the waste of mankind, and high-tech forges producing the very traps that will inevitably kill Meat Boy over and over and over - IN 3D! And if a bunch of levels weren't enough, we also have epic boss fights and tons of unlockable secrets – IN 3D!
- Genre: Platform, Indie, Arcade
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Modes: Single player
- Release: 2026-12-31
- Publisher: Headup Games
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Age Rating:
PEGI 12 / PEGI 16
