Rune Factory 3 Special

Bridge the divide of an ancient schism between humans and monsters in Rune Factory 3 Special as half-human, half-wooly protagonist Micah. Farm, fight and fall in love as you revisit a classic in the series that perfected the blend of RPG & Life-sim genres.

Rune Factory 3 Special is a rpg, farming sim and romance game developed by Marvelous Inc. and published by XSEED Games, Marvelous USA, Inc. and Marvelous.
Released on September 05th 2023 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 588 reviews of which 563 were positive and 25 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Rune Factory 3 Special into these genres:

RPG Farming Sim Romance Adventure Fantasy Action RPG Cute Magic Creature Collector Fishing Crafting Action Combat 3D Singleplayer JRPG Dating Sim Simulation Story Rich Agriculture

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Requirements

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Windows

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-1135G7
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Iris Xe Graphics
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 4 GB available space

Reviews

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Oct. 2024

I haven't powered through to end game yet and in fact hit a stopping point for the story (possibly a timegate) but I figured 20 something hours is probably a fair time to review. I think this is good but doesn't have the quality of life you would expect from later rune factory games. This is a visual upgrade to a ds game, I haven't played the original for a direct comparison, but the models definitely look really good, and the UI is crisp. I think they put more effort into the upgrade than they did with 4, but I feel like they probably didn't touch the core game at all. The characters and town is nice. I think the characters are all charming and have a lot of work put into them, and this is the only one where I was split between like three bachelorettes. On that note, you can only play male and romance the women, so it's a lot more restrictive on the sim life front than the other Rune Factory or Story of Seasons offerings on store, but there is actually a plot reason for this and they have relevance to the story, so I suppose you can view it as quality over quantity, but they still have all the cute boys as villagers so I'm sure a lot of the audience of this game was pretty bummed about it. You cannot immediately grow anything out of season, and item management is a lot more tedious. I think normal story of seasons games can get a pass for this because they're juggling a lot less, but it kinda gets under my skin in this? There is a metric ton of inventory management in these games. I wish they implemented the tabbed inventory and the ability to pull up the inventory at the shipping bin the same way it is in 4 and 5. Maybe late game will wow me, but I recommend this game on sale. Rune Factory 4 costs less, and much more fully featured in the quality of life, romance and farming aspects. 5 is less and while some consider it a weaker entry, it still retains a lot of the basic quality of life that 4 had, as well as letting you experience it from a more intimate angle. I recommend getting 4 or 5 first if you don't have them.

Aug. 2024

9.7/10 took off the 0.3 points cause they are scummy about the DLC a little over priced at 40$, would grab on sale 5$ for the Another Episode Pack WTF???? should be in the base game with all the other hardly worthless DLC's playing on steam deck and everything appears to work fine so far played every single RF game and this is the 1st one i played, my introduction to the franchise. got it for Nintendo DS and played the living hell out of it i can get rune factory 5 working on windows 7 but i cant get 3, it keeps crashing when i load up my saves

March 2024

I have enjoyed this game very much, more so than rf4 or rf5. The story is good, the characters enjoyable, and the aesthetic makes me happy

March 2024

The best game I've ever played on NDS. I spent days and nights for years in my childhood on NDS. Out of hundreds of games I played, Rune Factory is one of the six games I remember till this day, and I'd rate RF and Pokémon series my top 2 favourites. My childhood began when I discovered a Harvest Moon game on Gameboy Colour. I was 6 and the Gameboy was only powered by AA batteries that lasted half a day of gaming. I'd repeatedly farm from day 1 to just about to finish year 1, then the batteries died and there's no save option in the game. I grew into a fan of Japanese RPG when the NDS generation hits. One day I discovered Rune Factory 1.. farming, collecting, bonding with villagers, building a family, forging weapons, feeding animals, making meals, expanding my home, etc. ALL IN ONE. It's like finally I found my One Piece. The game system & design are dream comes true, there's no need to change anything other than maybe some new designs or small adjustments if they want to release new episode etc. I had only played RF1 on NDS and wasn't aware that they released 2,3,4. Luckily I found RF3 on steam and to my surprise the game feels like home to me but better. I got the deluxe version with no regrets because I'm just a huge fan of RF, but honestly it's not worth it as it only added the swimwear mode which I actually prefer the normal clothing for the villagers. This is my favourite game and I'm totally happy to pay just to have the game 'complete'. My little wish is if I could customise my character in the future.

Feb. 2024

My Favorite version of the Rune Factory Series, I love Raven (Tuna), I only miss the old Intro Music from Nintendo DS, would be cool if they also put the Old Intro.

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