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Poly Bridge 3

Poly Bridge 3

Dry Cactus · released May 29, 2023

SimulationPCNintendo Switch

The best just got better! Rediscover your engineering creativity in this genre-defining bridge engineering and puzzle solving masterpiece.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 8.3 ↗
88
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Patch 1.5.6” (1y ago)

89%
At launch
96%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
97%
Recent sentiment

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Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews96%911000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)97%93519
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 91.2, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 2,135 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 8, 2025) · 300 reviews sampled · 519 total reviews in window · weighted 220.7 up / 6.3 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (2)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 50
    KeenGamerKeenGamer
    trust 53Jul 18, 2023

    “Poly Bridge 3 is a perfectly serviceable game for the niche audience it is aimed toward, though probably won't find much success outside of that. It's a game in an expansive genre that turns regular jobs into entertaining video games, though leans more into comedy and exaggeration for added fun, which definitely helps its cause over others in the genre.”

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  • 75
    MeriStationMeriStation
    trust 45Jul 7, 2023

    “Poly Bridge 3 is a fun and relaxing physics-based puzzle game about building bridges, with easy execution and infinite depth if that's what we're looking for. We miss more and better tutorials, and more playable mechanics, but its entertaining proposal and its wonderful online community will offer us hundreds of hours of fun.”

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Patch history

  1. Patch 1.5.17
    Aug 19, 2026
  2. Patch 1.5.16
    Aug 18, 2026
  3. Patch 1.5.15
    Jun 24, 2026
  4. Patch 1.5.14
    Jun 7, 2026
  5. Patch 1.5.13
    May 25, 2026
  6. Patch 1.5.12
    May 25, 2026
  7. Patch 1.5.11
    May 20, 2026
  8. Patch 1.5.10
    Nov 18, 2025
  9. Patch 1.5.9
    Oct 5, 2025
  10. Patch 1.5.8
    Aug 10, 2025
  11. Patch 1.5.7
    Aug 6, 2025
  12. Patch 1.5.6
    Jun 8, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  13. Patch 1.5.5
    Feb 3, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  14. Patch 1.5.4
    Dec 20, 2024
  15. Patch 1.5.3
    Dec 17, 2024
  16. Patch 1.5.2
    Dec 1, 2024
  17. Patch 1.5.1
    Nov 26, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  18. 1.5.0 Update
    Nov 20, 2024
  19. Patch 1.3.4
    Jan 15, 2024
  20. Patch 1.3.3
    Jan 8, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  21. Patch 1.3.2
    Nov 7, 2023
  22. Patch 1.3.1
    Nov 1, 2023
  23. 1.3.0 Update
    Oct 30, 2023
  24. Patch 1.2.6
    Sep 17, 2023
  25. Patch 1.2.5
    Sep 11, 2023
  26. Patch 1.2.4
    Aug 18, 2023
  27. Patch 1.2.3
    Aug 16, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  28. Patch 1.2.2
    Aug 8, 2023
  29. Patch 1.2.1
    Jul 27, 2023
  30. Patch 1.2.0
    Jul 26, 2023
  31. Patch 1.1.1
    Jul 11, 2023
  32. Patch 1.1.0
    Jul 9, 2023
  33. Patch 1.0.17
    Jul 6, 2023
  34. Patch 1.0.16
    Jul 2, 2023
  35. Patch 1.0.15
    Jun 24, 2023
  36. Patch 1.0.14
    Jun 22, 2023
  37. Patch 1.0.13
    Jun 21, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  38. Patch 1.0.12
    Jun 20, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  39. Patch 1.0.11
    Jun 17, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  40. Patch 1.0.10
    Jun 15, 2023

…and 9 earlier patch announcements.