What story does Attack on Titan 3 tell?

On PC it is sold digitally only, through Steam. On consoles there are physical and digital editions. It is not announced for PS4, Xbox One or the original Nintendo Switch.

Koei Tecmo presents it as the culmination of the series: the game runs from the beginnings in the Survey Corps to the ending. It is the first one to do so. The earlier releases stopped short: Attack on Titan 2 with its Final Battle expansion reached the third season, and the final season had never been playable in the main series.

The player does not only control the main characters. As in Attack on Titan 2, you create your own character, who joins the Survey Corps and lives through the events of the series alongside the familiar cast, starting with the three friends the story opens with.

• EEren YeagerCadet Corps
• MMikasaCadet Corps
• AArmin ArlertCadet Corps

Combat

The ODM gear returns with more precise aerial movement, and the titans have new attacks and behaviours.

Exterior Scouting Missions

A new mode outside the walls: you form your squad, build supply bases, take down dangerous titans and expand humanity's territory.

Regimental HQ

The base between missions, where you talk to characters, organise your squad and unlock new stories.

To follow the game, no: it tells the story from the beginning, as the earlier releases did. The problem is the order of the surprises. This series is built on what the viewer does not know yet, and a game that goes all the way to the end tells you all of it at a different pace and with different cuts.

If you plan to watch the anime at some point, the safest choice is to watch it first. It is four seasons and about 36 hours, and the watch order guide says where every extra fits without giving anything away. If you are halfway through the series, the game can wait until you finish.

The same goes for many of the reviews and guides that will come out with the launch: talking about the whole game means talking about the ending. This page will not.

No. Every game in the series starts the story over, so Attack on Titan 3 takes nothing for granted. What there is, though, is a bonus for returning players: Koei Tecmo has announced extra in-game content for anyone with Attack on Titan 2 or Final Battle save data, as long as it is on the same console. The details have not been published yet.

If you want to see which game covers which stretch of the story, the guide to the Attack on Titan games in order goes through all of them, with dates and platforms.

Standard Edition

The base game, physical or digital.

SteelBook Launch Edition

A limited physical edition: the game in a steel case, a reversible art print and bonus in-game items.

Digital Deluxe Edition

The game with a digital art book (in Japanese), outfits for the three leads, customisation items, an equipment pack and a starter item pack. Pre-order it and you can play 72 hours before launch, except on Switch 2.

There are two more bonuses: digital pre-orders get the Wings of Freedom Earrings, and anyone who buys the game before 23 December 2026 gets the Wings of Freedom Hoodie.

If you want to practise first, this codex has a free ODM gear training in your browser: one button to hook on, limited gas and titans in the street. And if you are watching the series, the episode selector at the top trims the whole site to what you have already seen, so you can check who is who without running into the ending.