Vex 3 Xmas is a winter holiday version of the highly loved Vex series. In this labyrinth-style side-scrolling platformer, the player directs a stickman wearing a Santa hat through the various snow-covered levels, or Acts, of the game. Their goal is to reach the end of each level. The game offers all the vexing fun and horror of the original with deadly challenges and obstacles, including spikes, blades and falling pathways. If the player does well with standard and hardcore play and completion of tasks, they win trophies.