History VideoGame / GoatSimulator3

''Goat Simulator 3''[[labelnote:*]]There is no ''Goat Simulator 2''.[[/labelnote]] is the sequel to ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'' developed by Creator/CoffeeStainStudios. It was announced at the 2022 Summer Game Fest, and was released five months later on November 17th on Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and PC via the Epic Games Store. It would later get a release on Platform/{{Steam}} on February 15th, 2024.

''Goat Simulator 3''[[labelnote:*]]There is no ''Goat Simulator 2''.[[/labelnote]] is the sequel to ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'' developed by Creator/CoffeeStainStudios. It was announced at the 2022 Summer Game Fest, and was released five months later on November 17th on Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and PC via the Epic Games Store.

''Goat Simulator 3''[[labelnote:*]]There is no ''Goat Simulator 2''.[[/labelnote]] is the sequel to ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'' developed by Creator/CoffeeStainStudios. It was announced at the 2022 Summer Game Fest, and was released five months later on November 17th on UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and PC via the Epic Games Store.

* ContinuityNod: In the intro, the farmer mentions Pilgor’s chaos in Goatville, Goat City Bay, and even space, the settings of the previous installment and it’s sci-fi themed expansion.

* ContinuityNod: In the intro, the farmer mention’s Pilgor’s chaos in Goatville, Goat City Bay, and even space, the settings of the previous installment and it’s sci-fi themed expansion.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Over the course of the final boss fight, The Farmer tries to tell the goat to move along while he finishes the actual final boss. When the goat butts him off the edge, he later emerges, angry at the player for not waiting patiently for a perfect boss fight. He later gets angrier over the goat defeating him, even in a Retraux platformer level before exasperatedly trying to tell the goat to not damage the servers while he tries to fix them. And then he panics after the goat disobeys his instructions.]]

* {{Buttmonkey}}: Rosie the Rhino. Kidnapped from the zoo by poachers, and then after being returned there's an instinct to run her over with a rhino-themed tractor. The flavor text for that instinct says it best: "It is not a good day to be Rosie the Rhino."

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Over the course of the final boss fight, The Farmer tries to tell the goat to move along while he finishes the actual final boss. When the goat butts him off the edge, he later emerges, angry at the player for not waiting patiently for a perfect boss fight. He later gets angrier over the goat defeating him, even in a Retraux platformer level before exasperatedly trying to tell the goat to not damage the servers while he tries to fix them. And then he panics after the goat disobeys his instructions.]]

* UnInstallment: The game is called "Goat Simulator '''3'''", despite there being no "Goat Simulator 2" (the DLC of the original game doesn't count as a sequel, either).

* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: The plight of Billy the Blue Whale, the mascot of the San Angora Zoo. He's been squished into a tank so small that his body's been deformed into a cube, which the Zoo's merchandise of him reflects, and his exhibit sign saying [[BlatantLies it's perfectly fine, he likes it in there]].

* NotQuiteTheRightThing: You want to be [[VideoGameCaringPotential actually helpful]]? Too bad; something will usually go wrong.
** Fixing the Harvester in the beginning of the game without moving the person already working on it out of the way first will get that person caught in the blades.
** If you free Billy the Blue Whale from his cruel enclosure, [[spoiler:he's immediately eaten by a bigger whale]].
* PromotedToPlayable: [[spoiler:The Farmer becomes a playable "Goat" after the ending.]]

* SequelNumberSnarl: The game is called "Goat Simulator '''3'''", despite there being no "Goat Simulator 2" (the DLC of the original game doesn't count as a sequel, either).

* GoshDangItToHeck: {{Zig-Zagg|ingTrope}}ed. One moment, characters will react to Pilgor's destruction with "Oh, shit!" and "Goddammit!", and the next they'll react with "What the frog?!" and "Music/JudasPriest!"

* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:Both the game's intro and end credits have the player in a cart being driven by a tractor in a ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''-esque sequence. The only difference is who's driving the tractor: the Farmer's taking the cart in the intro and the goat's driving the tractor in the end credits.]]

* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:Both the game's intro and end credits have the player in a cart being driven by a tractor in a ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''-esque sequence.]]

* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:The final boss against The Farmer starts by having you dodge various attacks before he makes himself vulnerable by landing in the middle of the arena. Then, after losing enough health, he takes you into a smaller arena to play hide-and-seek. After that, he sticks you into a Retraux platformer level, before finally ending with you destroying the servers in a dev room to disintegrate him.]]

* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler:Both the game's intro and end credits have the player being driven in a cart being driven by a tractor in a ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''-esque sequence.]]

* RagdollPhysics: The janky ragdoll physics from the previous game are back, allowing characters to violently stretch or crumple when knocked over or launched.

* Bookends: [[spoiler:Both the game's intro and end credits have the player being driven in a cart being driven by a tractor in a ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''-esque sequence.]]

* RagdollPhysics: The janky ragdoll physics from the previous game are back, allowing characters to violently stretch or crumple when knocked over or launched.
* VersionExclusiveContent: Purchasing ''Goat Simulator 3'' on Epic Games Store at any time prior to September 29th, 2023, will unlock Pilgor as an outfit in ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''.

* VersionExclusiveContent: Purchasing ''Goat Simulator 3'' on Epic Games Store at any time prior to September 29th, 2023, will unlock Pilgor as an outfit in ''VideoGame/Fortnite''.

* RagdollPhysics: The janky ragdoll physics from the previous game are back, allowing characters to violently stretch or crumple when knocked over or launched.

* PreOrderBonus: Pre-ordering the game via the "Pre Udder" edition would unlock an exclusive body cosmetic: The Pre Udder, which gives Pilgor (or whatever you're playing as) a pair of jiggly udders.