Garten of Banban 3

Rate it

Go further down under Banban's Kindergarten to find your child.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Mostly Positive on Steam (73% of 2,990 reviews); 4.27 of 5 from 1,496 PlayStation Store ratings, 4.4 on the App Store and 4.1 on Google Play
Players: 1
Made by: Euphoric Brothers
Released: 2023

Get it on Steam PlayStation Store Xbox Nintendo Switch App Store Google Play

What frightens You go down through the many floors built under Banban's Kindergarten, an establishment left suspiciously empty, solving the mascots' tasks while some of them chase you and you keep searching for your child.
Content: jumpscares, mild blood, fantasy violence.

Garten of Banban 3 is the third chapter of Euphoric Brothers' first-person mascot horror series. The kindergarten turns out to have many floors beneath it, and you keep going down to find your child, doing the mascots' strange tasks with the help of a drone while some of them chase you.

About Garten of Banban 3

Garten of Banban 3 is a first-person horror game by Euphoric Brothers, released on Steam for Windows on 5 May 2023. Feardemic brought it to PlayStation 4 and 5 in May 2024 and to Xbox and Nintendo Switch in June 2024, and it is also sold on iPhone, iPad and Android. It is the third chapter of the series that begins with Garten of Banban and runs to Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil.

The store explains that Banban's Kindergarten is far bigger than anyone thought: many floors were built under the seemingly innocent kindergarten of the first game. You are still searching for your child, so you have no choice but to keep going deeper.

The story starts straight after Garten of Banban 2. Banban turns up again, helpful one moment and not the next, and a new mascot, the orange octopus-like Stinger Flynn, warns you to give up the search. For some stretches you play as Stinger Flynn, firing small bolts of lightning from his tentacles. You also have a drone to press buttons out of reach, and the console store promises three times as many puzzles as before.

The tasks are the core of it. A review describes riding the Opila Bird, solving a light puzzle while Banban chases you, sending googly-eyed buckets to Toadster's Jail and injecting a hurt mascot while keeping a wall of lights green. Several of these sections are built to catch you out and end in a jumpscare.

The rooms stay bright and childish, with mascot murals in empty canteens, a beach room and a hall of tree roots far below the surface, and between them large stretches of darkness. TheXboxHub found the atmosphere unsettling but gave it 2.5 of 5, saying the chapter adds a lot of lore and new characters without moving the story much. Steam players are kinder: it is rated Mostly Positive there.

It suits players following the series who want the next piece of the mystery. Play the first two chapters first, since the story continues directly.

How to play Garten of Banban 3

Buy it on Steam for Windows, or from the PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, App Store or Google Play store.
Play the first two chapters first if you want the story so far.
Explore the lower floors of the kindergarten in first person.
Use your drone to reach buttons and places you cannot reach yourself.
Do the tasks the mascots set you, and run when one of them gives chase.
Keep going down in search of your child.

Screenshots

An empty canteen of folding tables under a mural of the kindergarten's cartoon mascots, spiky figures at either side

A beach-themed room with parasols and palm trees, four black cannons aimed at a small box and orange arms reaching in

A green hall of giant tree roots and pink flowers with a sign for Toadster's Jail, a pink googly-eyed bucket in front

An orange car and a yellow blob creature on a sandy beach, a giant pale curved pillar rising from the sea

An empty room with orange walls and blue carpet, black tables and chairs before a small stage, a horn speaker on the wall

Pale concrete platforms with railings and barred arched gates in near total darkness, a red light on a pillar

An empty green-floored room with a railed platform of chairs and security cameras beside a huge brown pillar

Tips

The chapters carry on from each other, so play them in order.
Look at the murals and signs; the series introduces its characters through them.
Many tasks are built to trip you up and end in a jumpscare, so expect to retry a section a few times.
On the timed injection task, watch every gauge at once rather than one at a time; players on PlayStation report that it drains quickly.

Questions

Do I need to play Garten of Banban 1 and 2 first?

It is best to: this chapter starts straight after the end of Garten of Banban 2 and carries on the search for your child.

What platforms is Garten of Banban 3 on?

Windows PC on Steam, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, iPhone and iPad, and Android.

Is Garten of Banban 3 suitable for younger players?

The ESRB rates it Teen for mild blood and fantasy violence, Google Play shows PEGI 12 and the App Store 13+. Its frights are mostly jumpscares in brightly coloured rooms.

How is Garten of Banban 3 rated?

Mostly Positive on Steam, with 73% of 2,990 reviews positive, and 4.27 of 5 from 1,496 ratings on the PlayStation Store. TheXboxHub gave it 2.5 of 5.