Poly Bridge

Poly Bridge

Released Jul 2016

Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!

91% positive · 19K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation

Poly Bridge launched on July 12, 2016 after a period of Early Access development. The game shipped as a complete, self-contained bridge-building puzzle game with a full campaign, sandbox mode, and Steam Workshop integration. There is only one DLC — the soundtrack, released March 11, 2016 — which is already available. No additional DLC has ever been listed or announced for this game. Developer communications after launch have focused entirely on new projects rather than new content for Poly Bridge itself. In May 2020, Dry Cactus announced and launched Poly Bridge 2 (a standalone sequel). In September 2022, they announced Plasma, an engineering sandbox game. In March 2023, they announced Poly Bridge 3. Most recently, in June 2025 they announced Poly Bricks, and in February 2026 released a demo for it. None of these announcements reference new content for the original Poly Bridge. The developer has clearly moved on to new projects while leaving Poly Bridge as a complete, finished product. The most recent news post on the Poly Bridge store page (February 20, 2026) is simply a cross-promotion for the Poly Bricks demo. There is no indication of any future content for Poly Bridge.
Evidence
Dry Cactus launched Poly Bridge 2, a full standalone sequel, on May 28, 2020 — signaling that future bridge-building content would be delivered via a new game rather than updates to the original.
news post · May 28, 2020 source development ending
high
Only one DLC exists — the game soundtrack, released March 11, 2016. No unreleased DLC is listed.
dlc listing · Mar 11, 2016 source content shipped
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Mar 2016

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Dry Cactus
Achievements
22
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles.

Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles.

Challenge friends and the rest of the Steam Workshop community to solve your puzzles and download more levels submitted by other players.

Enjoy hours of bridge-building fun with loads of levels to solve, ranging from simple light car bridges to multi-deck draw-bridges and jumps, just to name a few!

Levels get increasingly challenging from the engineering aspect and restrictions are also imposed on the resources you can use to build your bridge.

What would an awesome bridge-builder game be without an equally awesome Sandbox?

Go wild and create the most complex bridge the world has ever seen, or just an absurd creation that pushes the mechanics of the game in a new direction, and if you're feeling like it publish your design online as a puzzle level on the Workshop for everyone to try and solve!

Download hundreds of extra levels from the Workshop!

We'll also be featuring the most original and fun bridge designs that are submitted, making it easier for you to find the ones that are worth the challenge.

One of our favorite features of the game!

Save a super cool looking animated GIF of your bridge in all its glory (or failure!) and save it locally, upload it to the Poly Bridge Online Gallery and/or share it Twitter, Facebook, Reddit or Tumblr without ever leaving the game!

Unleash your true engineer using the advanced building and level designing tools in-game, such as:

  • Advanced Hydraulics

  • Multi-phase Hydraulics Controller (control which hydraulic piston activates when)

  • Node-base event system

  • Multiple types of checkpoints

  • Copy & Paste tools

  • Line Tracer tools (draw perfect arcs or straight lines and fill them in with your material of choice)

  • And much more...

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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