Mother 3 is an Action, RPG, and Single-player video game developed by HAL Laboratory. It serves as the third main installment in the Mother series with offering some advanced features and similar gameplay to the last entries. Throughout the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a protagonist Lucas whose main mission is to stop a raiding army from ruining the world along with a crew of members.

The player can converse with the non-playable characters, grab all the items, and needs to encounter the enemies. To level up and increase the morale of party members, the player must get experience points by achieving victories. The character’s abilities level-ups permanently, such as defense, offense, hit power, weapons, and armor.

By collecting the hot springs, the player can recover the Health Points and PowerPoints of the characters. During the battles, the player views the enemies from a first-person perspective. The player loses battles if all the characters become unconscious but can continue to battle if one of the characters becomes unconscious. The significant features of the game are NPC Intercommunication, Experience Points, Abilities, Hot Springs, and First-person Perspective.