Twisted Metal 3 is a vehicular combat video game developed by SingleTrac and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. Players compete in a tournament using armed vehicles to eliminate opponents with an array of weapons while collecting pickups throughout the arenas. The game features a story mode against AI and a split-screen mode for up to four players. The objective is to be the last vehicle standing.
In this tournament, players are to engage in battle with opponents using various ballistic projectiles such as rockets. Players are also able to obtain various pick-ups strewn across the map to use to their advantage. The game sets down a survival of the fittest objective, in which the last man standing wins. Players can choose to either play against bots in a series of matches in story mode, or battle up to four friends in a split screen versus mode.