South Park Fans Should Be Excited for March 26

Highlights

• South Park: Snow Day launches on March 26 as a co-op 3D action-adventure game, a departure from previous South Park games.
• Snow day emphasizes co-op play.
• Supported by South Park Digital Studios, Snow Day offers online and local co-op on PC, PS5, Switch, and Xbox Series X.

A brand-new South Park video game, South Park: Snow Day, is set to launch on Tuesday, March 26. South Park: Snow Day is the latest in a long line of South Park games that have been released over the years, and it’s quite a departure from previous games in the franchise.

South Park games have represented a huge variety of genres over the years. The first South Park video game, originally released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998, was a first-person shooter game where players flung snowballs at each other. That was followed up by the party game Chef’s Luv Shack, kart racer South Park Rally, tower defense game South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play, and the platformer Tenorman’s Revenge before creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker took a more active role in the games with the critically-acclaimed RPGs The Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole.

The next major South Park console game is South Park: Snow Day, a 3D action-adventure game with a focus on co-op that has drawn comparisons to roguelikes and Diablo. Players once again take on the role of The New Kid, the main character from Stick of Truth and Fractured But Whole, and can team up with friends, randoms through matchmaking, or bots to explore the titular town of South Park after it’s been ravaged by a blizzard.

South Park: Snow Day Release Date and Platforms

• Release Date: March 26, 2024
• Platforms: PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X

South Park: Snow Day marks yet another time that South Park has embraced an entirely new genre with a video game, and it will be exciting to see how it turns out. With the other major South Park console games largely single-player affairs or PvP-focused in the case of the older games, Snow Day‘s co-op support should go a long way in helping it stand apart from the titles that preceded it.

With direct involvement from South Park Digital Studios, South Park: Snow Day has a ton of potential. It has both online and local co-op support, so it should be on the radar for anyone looking for a new game to play with their friends. Beyond that, it’s launching for PC, PS5, Switch, and Xbox Series X when its March 26 release date rolls around, so South Park fans have the chance to play it regardless of their platform of choice.

There’s been a lot of buzz for South Park: Snow Day since THQ Nordic first teased the game years ago, and soon the wait to play it will be over. South Park fans should be sure to keep an eye on March 26.