Virtual Pool 3

The game can be played in single-player mode against the computer (Career Mode, Tournament or Quick Play), or against other human opponents on the Internet or locally through a LAN.

The game features eight billiard venues the player can choose from, which include six pool tables, a snooker table, and a carom table for cushion caroms or three-cushion billiards. There are three preset table configurations available for all games (championship, professional, and amateur), but any table can be customized for roll speed and pocket dimensions.

Virtual Pool 3 was mostly very well received by critics, with an average score of 85% at GameRankings, which makes it the highest rated billiards game on Windows, as of 2007. industry standard video game aggregator website Metacritic also scored the game well, at another franchise high rating of 82 out of 100.

GameSpot rated the game highly, with an 8.7 out of 10 rating, particularly citing the "gorgeous" visuals as well as the "better ball physics and better online support" than the previous titles in the series. However, GameSpot did find that it was "disappointing" that the players were (as with all Virtual Pool games) invisible instead of fully rendered. GameSpot's review concluded that "you can't find a pool sim that looks and plays as much like the real thing as Virtual Pool 3 does."