Games Like Skate 3
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The closest games to Skate 3 are Session: Skate Sim, Skater XL, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Skate 3, and what does not.
What Made Skate 3 Work
Skate's flick-it control scheme moved tricks off the face buttons and onto the right stick, so a kickflip is a gesture rather than a combination. That one decision made the whole series feel like skating instead of like a combo game, and Skate 3 added co-op and a park builder on top.
9 Games Like Skate 3
1.Session: Skate Sim
The most committed successor — a stick per foot, and no score at all.
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The other philosophy entirely: combos, timers and score.
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How These Picks Match Skate 3
Skate 3 is catalogued here as a sports game on the PlayStation 3. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — nine sports games and four arcade games among them.
Two of the picks have their own list on this site, catalogued under the PlayStation 2 and the Sega Dreamcast. Session: Skate Sim, Skater XL, OlliOlli World, Rollerdrome, Descenders and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk are from small or self-published studios.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Skate 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Session: Skate Sim | Sports, Simulation, Indie | Sports |
| Skater XL | Sports, Simulation, Indie | Sports |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 | Sports, Arcade | Sports, Arcade |
| OlliOlli World | Sports, Platformer, Indie, Arcade | Sports, Arcade |
| Rollerdrome | Shooter, Sports, Indie | Sports |
| Descenders | Sports, Racing, Indie | Sports |
| SSX Tricky | Sports, Arcade | Sports, Arcade |
| Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | Action, Sports, Indie | Sports |
| Jet Set Radio | Action, Sports, Arcade | Sports, Arcade |
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