Alice in Borderland Season 3 has landed on Netflix, and it’s delivered a thrilling array of games that test the limits of survival. While all the games pose significant challenges, not every game is created equal in terms of difficulty. If you’re curious about which game took the crown for the toughest this season, this ranking will provide clarity.
7. Possible Futures
Possible Futures stands as the climactic game that Arisu, Usagi, and the other players must survive. Spanning Episodes 5 and 6, this game unfolds across 25 interconnected rooms in Shibuya. With ten players involved, Usagi’s pregnancy counted her as two participants. The objective? Reach the exit door within 15 rounds, while the walls of each room depicted each player’s potential futures—both good and bad—impacting their decisions in profound ways.
Equipped with wristbands and explosive collars, participants rolled colorful dice on a central platform to determine movement through the rooms. Scoring involved gaining points for entering a new room or remaining behind, but be wary—some rooms are ‘minus’ zones that can deduct points from 1 to 8. Each player starts with 15 points, and hitting zero means death.
The emotional weight of this game makes it the toughest in Season 3. Watching alternate futures unfold before them, the players faced harrowing decisions, leading to devastating emotional consequences. In essence, this game outdoes the Queen of Hearts challenge from the previous season by a mile, leaving players, especially Arisu and Usagi, utterly broken.
6. Tokyo Bingo Tower
Tokyo Bingo Tower showcases Usagi’s team and presents one of the season’s most demanding physical trials. While Usagi’s experience as a mountain climber aided her, the obstacles en route to the top were daunting for others.
The challenge involves climbing the Tokyo Tower and triggering buzzers at strategic points to achieve bingo on a card. However, there’s a catch; pressing a buzzer triggers massive metal balls from above that threaten players’ lives, adding a perilous twist to this high-stakes game.
5. Runaway Train
Runaway Train offers a mix of luck and strategy. Set inside a driverless train, players are masked and given four canisters of a neutralizing agent. Their mission is to travel from the first to the eighth carriage, halting the train after hearing a siren. However, entering each carriage introduces the risk of inhaling either oxygen or toxic gas.
With only 30 minutes to decide whether to use their masks, making the wrong choice can lead to brutal outcomes, solidifying this game as one of the season’s goriest segments.
4. Zombie Hunt
Zombie Hunt, set in a virus research facility, is a complex card game requiring participants to forge alliances to stay alive. With 64 players divided into four teams, each starts with seven cards encompassing Zombie, Vaccine, and Shotgun. The game heavily weighs on strategy; those who play smart can either save teammates or eliminate threats.
This game primarily focuses on trust and alliance-building, with Rei making a notable entrance, forever impacting the storyline.
3. Kick the Can
Kick the Can unfolds over ten frantic rounds, with a can serving as a time bomb activated when held for the first time. Players must rapidly pass the can to escape elimination, and each pass shortens the countdown.
The tension mounts as players race to return the can to its designated spot before time runs out. Failure to do so results in explosive consequences, challenging the players’ speed and strategic thinking.
2. Sacred Fortunes
In a game rich with visually stunning elements, Sacred Fortunes takes players to Hikawa Shrine, where they must draw fortune slips featuring riddles over ten rounds. Missteps result in deadly consequences, with flaming arrows raining down on those who don’t answer correctly.
While many succumbed to the arrows, Arisu’s keen intellect led him to uncover an escape route, ensuring survival for the remaining players. This game stands out not only for its challenges but also for its memorable visuals and strategic depth.
1. Old Maid
Opening Season 3, Old Maid introduces seven players, including the mysterious Ryuji Matsuyama. Seated around a buzzing table, contestants aim to form pairs from a deck of cards, drawing from one another as they discard matched cards.
The twist? Holding the Joker card at the end leads to elimination. This game, based largely on chance, can be perceived as the easiest of the season, as players face elimination not through skill but through luck and clever misdirection.
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