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2023 · Dry Cactus · Indie · Puzzle

Poly Bridge 3

Timed Nintendo exclusive

The third installment in a series of puzzle-simulation games tasking us with designing and building bridges. Poly Bridge 3 features an expansive campaign, a sandbox mode and custom mod tools support.

Released: 30 May 2023
Platforms: Android Linux Nintendo Switch PlayStation 5 Windows macOS
Genres: Indie Puzzle Simulation
Developers: Dry Cactus
Publishers: Dry Cactus
Series: Poly Bridge
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Sandbox
Country: New Zealand
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 3
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Turkish
Time to beat: 10hmain story34hcompletionist

About

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.

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Gameplay

Poly Bridge 3 features a new campaign which consists of over 100 levels. The game also introduces another new material, foundation, which is expensive but effective at reducing stress. A sandbox mode has also been added, allowing players to build bridges without the limitation of budget and resources. Unlike previous games in the series, the "worlds" are not locked into being accessed in a linear order, instead you unlock worlds in a larger map that provides players with more options and allowing worlds to have specific focuses, including jumps, hydraulics, pre-built environments―where some bridge components are already built for you and locked in place, and generic environments akin to the previous games.

The game has weekly challenges and supports modding.

Development

The game was revealed on 16 March 2023 by the creator of the series, New Zealand-based video game developer Dry Cactus, who returned to develop and publish the game. The game was launched on 30 May 2023 for Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows platforms.