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Poly Bridge 3

Dry Cactus · 2023-05-30

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 23, 2024 (Android), Jul 03, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), May 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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

Poly Bridge 3 is a Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 2137 reviews).

39
playing now
96%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Poly Bridge 3 is a simulation-puzzle game developed and published by Dry Cactus. It is the third installment in the Poly Bridge series, and the sequel to Poly Bridge 2. The game was released for Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows on 30 May 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 39 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 286 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 16,992 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 43k–96k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,137 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-09-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30630620232026Week of 2023-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

185332026-09-16 08:00 — 100 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 136 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 101 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 91 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 109 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 62 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 44 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 83 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 92 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 41 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 39 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 71 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 63 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 98 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 127 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 64 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 48 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 97 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 63 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 65 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 70 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 54 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
43140Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 431 · peak 1,028Jul 2023 — avg 220 · peak 423Aug 2023 — avg 152 · peak 265Sep 2023 — avg 106 · peak 209Oct 2023 — avg 68 · peak 152Nov 2023 — avg 77 · peak 184Dec 2023 — avg 57 · peak 112Jan 2024 — avg 54 · peak 102Feb 2024 — avg 48 · peak 89Mar 2024 — avg 48 · peak 82Apr 2024 — avg 57 · peak 108May 2024 — avg 93 · peak 320Jun 2024 — avg 73 · peak 138Jul 2024 — avg 83 · peak 141Aug 2024 — avg 76 · peak 149Sep 2024 — avg 70 · peak 146Oct 2024 — avg 59 · peak 137Nov 2024 — avg 61 · peak 124Dec 2024 — avg 64 · peak 121Jan 2025 — avg 64 · peak 124Feb 2025 — avg 101 · peak 362Mar 2025 — avg 68 · peak 147Apr 2025 — avg 48 · peak 87May 2025 — avg 51 · peak 94Jun 2025 — avg 78 · peak 198Jul 2025 — avg 64 · peak 117Aug 2025 — avg 63 · peak 119Sep 2025 — avg 58 · peak 142Oct 2025 — avg 58 · peak 133Nov 2025 — avg 71 · peak 171Dec 2025 — avg 74 · peak 137Jan 2026 — avg 62 · peak 134Feb 2026 — avg 50 · peak 98Mar 2026 — avg 49 · peak 106Apr 2026 — avg 42 · peak 71May 2026 — avg 42 · peak 78Jun 2026 — avg 45 · peak 109Jul 2026 — avg 53 · peak 108Aug 2026 — avg 40 · peak 68
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.992023-05-302026-07-092023-05-30 — best price $17.992023-06-06 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $17.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $15.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-11-09 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-13 — best price $11.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-10-14 — best price $11.992024-10-21 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-08 — best price $9.992025-02-22 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-15 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-22 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-23 — best price $7.992025-12-07 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1912026-05-30 — 6 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 14 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 10 pageviews2026-09-11 — 13 pageviews2026-09-15 — 3 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2 pageviews2026-09-27 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 19 pageviews2026-10-05 — 18 pageviews2026-10-08 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
95.7%
earned "First Try"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-11-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1172%28
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DFunnyPuzzleCartoonPhysicsSandboxBuildingColorfulCraftingModdable

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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