Pop'n music 3 is a rhythm game. It is the 3rd game in the Pop'n Music series and a part of Konami's BEMANI Franchise.

The game is played on a controller with 9 large coloured buttons, each button has a lane representation on the screen, along each lane similarly coloured icons (called pop-kun) move down the screen, when they reach the judgement line the player must press the corresponding button with correct timing.

pop'n music 3 introduces the Hyper mode, a mode where you play a course of 3 courses in they Hyper difficulty. The game has 24 songs returning from earlier entries in the series and 29 new songs, for a total of 53 songs.