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Poly Bridge cover art

Poly Bridge

Dry Cactus · 2016-07-12

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 17, 2018 (Android), Jul 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 13, 2017 (iOS), Dec 14, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 12, 2016 (Mac), Jul 12, 2016 (Linux)

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!

103
playing now
91%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (51 ratings)
31h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

103 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Poly Bridge is a bridge-building simulation-puzzle game, developed by New Zealand–based indie studio Dry Cactus with music by Canadian composer Adrian Talens, where players build bridges for vehicles to cross. Poly Bridge was released for Microsoft Windows on July 12, 2016, iOS on June 13, 2017. Steel, wood, rope, and cable can be combined and used to strengthen a designed bridge and "hydraulics" are used to move pieces of the bridge. The game is made more difficult with the availability of different building materials of different prices. A sequel to the game titled Poly Bridge 2 was released on May 28, 2020 for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 103 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 672 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~84/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 472k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,899 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57057020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

432832026-08-06 22:00 — 276 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 209 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 403 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 300 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 230 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 370 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 315 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 248 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 432 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 273 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 191 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 274 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 214 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 161 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 234 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 187 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 109 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 180 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 155 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 83 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 149 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 147 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 109 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 121 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 110 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 87 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 111 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 107 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 103 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.992015-07-012026-08-092015-07-01 — best price $11.992015-09-14 — best price $11.992015-12-08 — best price $9.592016-01-29 — best price $11.992016-07-12 — best price $8.992016-09-22 — best price $11.992016-12-22 — best price $7.792017-03-08 — best price $11.992017-06-13 — best price $7.192017-09-01 — best price $11.992017-11-22 — best price $5.992018-01-29 — best price $11.992018-06-21 — best price $3.592018-11-21 — best price $2.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-09-09 — best price $2.002019-11-12 — best price $9.992020-03-27 — best price $1.502020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492021-03-14 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-08-18 — best price $0.992022-11-13 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-10-14 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-09-22 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-07-26 — best price $0.992026-08-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6042026-05-30 — 15 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-11 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-20 — 17 pageviews2026-06-23 — 60 pageviews2026-06-26 — 20 pageviews2026-06-29 — 13 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-05 — 25 pageviews2026-07-08 — 14 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 14 pageviews2026-07-17 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 24 pageviews2026-07-29 — 27 pageviews2026-08-01 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 24 pageviews2026-08-07 — 28 pageviews2026-08-10 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 16 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
63.3%
earned "Tutorial Completed"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41,9942%22
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Player tags

FunnyIndiePuzzleCartoonPhysicsSandboxBuildingCraftingDifficultEducation

Census log

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

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