Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is a skateboarding action game built around tricks, exploration, and score challenges. Each level gives you two minutes to complete objectives and find routes through ramps, rails, gaps, and other obstacles. The timer pushes you to spot useful lines quickly and choose which goals to tackle in a run.
You can link obstacles together to build stronger runs. A ramp can start a combo, and a nearby rail or gap can extend it. The level layout rewards finding routes that connect tricks rather than treating each obstacle as a separate challenge.
Tricks and Goals
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 lets you explore each level. Skate around to find ramps, rails, and good spots to launch tricks. Career Mode sets objectives that unlock more content when you complete them. Before starting a long run, learn how the level connects; it can save time once the timer starts.
- Build your score: Link flip tricks, grabs, grinds, spins, Manuals, and Reverts into longer combos. A single trick can start a run, but several linked moves give you more chances to raise your score. Choose moves that suit the terrain ahead; you only keep the combo if you land it.
- Collect objectives: Search for the S-K-A-T-E letters, hidden tape, and level-specific objectives. Reaching them may take you off your usual line, so plan a route that avoids wasting time. Check nearby ramps and gaps as you cross the level.
- Use the environment: Rails, half-pipes, ramps, and gaps give you different ways to extend a combo. Grind on rails, or use ramps to set up jumps and landings that lead into more tricks. Watch your speed and direction, since a promising route can still end in a bad landing.
- Protect your combo: A poor landing or a fall ends your combo and costs you the points you built. The landing matters as much as the tricks before it. Take a shorter line and bank a clean result when you already have a strong score.
Chain Tricks
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 lets you carry a combo through transitions with a Revert. After landing on a ramp, Revert into a Manual or another trick to keep the combo going. Watch your timing and the terrain, and leave yourself a clear route to land.
A full Special meter unlocks Special Tricks, which can add a high-value move to your combo. Use one when you have room to recover and land. If the meter isn’t full, keep linking regular tricks and stay balanced.
Controls
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 controls on PlayStation:
- D-pad: Move the skater.
- X: Ollie or launch off a ramp.
- Square: Perform flip tricks.
- Circle: Perform grab tricks.
- Triangle: Grind on rails and other edges.
- R2: Switch stance.
- L1: Nollie or spin left.
- R1: Spin right.
Related Games
These games also involve skating, movement, or obstacles, though their settings and controls differ from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3.
- Skate Dash
- Skate Xmas
- Surf GO: CS 2 Parkour and Case Simulator
How to play
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Keyboard
Arrow keys or W A S D to move, Space to jump, Shift to slide or dash.
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Touch
Swipe left, right, up or down to move, jump and slide.
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Tips
Look ahead rather than at your character, and keep a steady rhythm — perfect timing beats panic.
Best score is saved locally in your browser. No download or registration required.