2024, Puzzle, Adventure
WISE Score
Noor sails a small boat between impossible buildings to keep her village's lighthouse lit, in the third game of the calmest puzzle series around.
A calm, lovely puzzle game with no fail state, no timer and no ads, and an easy yes for kids from about 6.
It is shorter and gentler than Monument Valley 2. The main story takes two to three hours, and the free Garden of Life expansion adds four chapters. Kids who finished the first two games may want more challenge than it gives.
It is no longer a Netflix game. On phones and tablets the first two chapters are free and one $5.99 purchase unlocks the rest. On Steam it costs $14.99.
Good from about 6 with a parent nearby for the first chapters, and comfortable alone from about 8. Nothing in it is a content worry, and the App Store rates it 4+. Teens and adults enjoy it as much as kids do.
A gentle story about keeping a village's light burning, with kind characters, calm music and nothing frightening.
Impossible buildings and the new sailing sections make each chapter a small piece of art. It reuses ideas from the first two games more than it invents new ones.
No ads, no chat, no online play and no fail state. On mobile one purchase unlocks the whole game.
Every puzzle trains spatial reasoning and looking at a problem from another angle. It is short and easier than Monument Valley 2, so experienced players get less of a stretch.
You play Noor, a young apprentice whose village depends on a lighthouse. The light is fading and the water is rising, so she sets out to find what can keep it burning. Each chapter is a small world of impossible architecture. You turn cranks, slide walls and rotate whole buildings until a staircase that could not connect suddenly does, and Noor walks across.
Noor at the top of a pastel tower. Turning and shifting pieces of buildings like this one is how every path appears.
There is no way to lose. You cannot fall, and no timer runs. A stuck kid can tap around until something moves, and a younger kid can play with a parent pointing at the screen.
The new idea in this game is the sea. Noor sails a small boat between islands, and the tide and the boat both become part of the puzzles. It makes Monument Valley 3 feel more open than the first two games.
Open water, lily pads and a lighthouse: the sea between islands is new to the series.
The main story is ten chapters and takes about two to three hours. Reviewers found the puzzles easier than in Monument Valley 2 and the story more abstract, and Metacritic's critic average landed at 74. Players rate it higher: 93% of its 2,300+ Steam reviews are positive, and it averages 4.9 stars from about 4,700 ratings on the App Store.
The Garden of Life, a free expansion, adds four chapters in which Noor helps her village and its community garden grow, with more puzzles hidden along the way.
Monument Valley 3 started as a Netflix Games exclusive in December 2024 and left Netflix in July 2025. Ustwo games released it on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox on July 22, 2025, and as its own app on iPhone, iPad and Android in December 2025. On phones the first two chapters are free and one purchase ($5.99 on iPhone and iPad) unlocks everything. On Steam it costs $14.99, and that version includes color alternatives and a camera comfort setting.
If your kid is new to the series, the original Monument Valley is a good first stop. More like it in puzzle games that teach spatial reasoning and cozy games for kids.
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