Games Like Poly Bridge

The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!

Why similar: Building 23%, Physics 12.1%, Level Editor 8.6%, Difficult 6.9%, Sandbox 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel refines the original physics engine and adds new materials for even more complex bridge-building challenges.

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

Why similar: Building 25.1%, Physics 14.9%, Simulation 12.8%, Level Editor 12.3%, Puzzle 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: The latest entry in the series introduces new mechanics and a vast array of levels that push your engineering creativity to the limit.

Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.

Why similar: Building 25.7%, Physics 18.4%, Puzzle 13.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Level Editor 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines the satisfying structural engineering of bridge builders with the iconic humor and portal-based physics of the Aperture Science universe.

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Why similar: Building 28.2%, Physics 18.9%, Level Editor 18.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based sandbox game challenges you to build intricate medieval siege engines to destroy structures and complete objectives.

Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.

Why similar: Building 40.5%, Physics 27%, Sandbox 18.5%, Funny 8.8%, Strategy 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deep engineering simulator that allows you to design, build, and fly your own aircraft using realistic physics and aerodynamics.

Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.

Why similar: Building 30.8%, Physics 20.5%, Family Friendly 14.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Crafting 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox game where you build vehicles from modular blocks and test them in challenging physics-based environments.

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Building 38.9%, Physics 20.8%, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 12.2%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a robust creative mode where you can build complex machines, vehicles, and automated structures using a detailed physics engine.

Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!

Why similar: Building 30.3%, Physics 17.8%, Level Editor 13.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Sandbox 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game tasks you with building ski lifts and bridges that must withstand the weight of passengers while adhering to strict physics constraints.

You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.

Why similar: Building 31.5%, Physics 20.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12%, Education 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This robotics-focused engineering game lets you build custom machines and solve complex puzzles using a powerful visual programming system.

World of Contraptions is a physics-based building game in which you build the most varied contraptions to solve the most diverse types of puzzles. Win dozens of levels with different types of obstacles. Design the best contraption for each challenge using a giant collection of blocks.

Why similar: Building 25.9%, Physics 16.8%, Level Editor 13.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Education 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building game where you construct robots and machines to overcome various obstacles and puzzles.

Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!

Why similar: Building 26.6%, Physics 20.7%, Sandbox 16.2%, Difficult 8.7%, Puzzle 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous and challenging engineering simulator that focuses on the physics of construction and structural integrity.

Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.

Why similar: Physics 32.6%, Puzzle 17.8%, Simulation 16.3%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A Rube Goldberg-style puzzle game that uses a sophisticated physics engine to create intricate chain reactions.

Become an appraised bridge engineer and architect in Bridge Constructor. Create and design your own constructions and watch the cars and trucks pass over them - or see them fall and crash while your inferior creations collapse due to weight and the laws of physics!

Why similar: Building 34.4%, Physics 26.1%, Simulation 21.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: The classic bridge-building experience that focuses on material management and structural stability across various terrains.

In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

Why similar: Building 25.2%, Physics 23%, Sandbox 16.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Education 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A highly realistic space flight simulator that requires careful engineering and physics knowledge to successfully launch rockets into orbit.

Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.

Why similar: Building 37.8%, Puzzle 19%, Sandbox 14.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Difficult 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle game that focuses on building automated assembly lines to manufacture products, requiring spatial reasoning and logic.

Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!

Why similar: Building 25.9%, Physics 17.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Crafting 10%, Cartoon 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates physics-based mechanics, allowing you to stack and balance buildings to create a thriving miniature world.

A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.

Why similar: Building 27.5%, Level Editor 18.8%, Physics 18.7%, Education 10.8%, Puzzle 10%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal physics-based building game where you must construct bizarre machines to move objects across challenging landscapes.

Bridge! lets you be a structural engineer and a construction manager in one. Master the mystery to bridge with a limited budget and limited numbers of parts to divide and to ensure a smooth operation.

Why similar: Building 37.5%, Simulation 17.3%, Physics 14%, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward bridge-building simulator that emphasizes structural planning and resource management.

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic zombie universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Building 22.4%, Simulation 15.7%, Physics 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Puzzle 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This unique spin on the genre incorporates trap-building and zombie-survival elements into the classic bridge-construction formula.

Build A Bridge... and Get Over It!The Bridge Project is the successor to the original and award-winning Bridge Builder simulation, all amateur designers and structural engineers finally have a new challenge on their PC.

Why similar: Building 48.8%, Simulation 25.3%, Physics 18.5%, Puzzle 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation game offers a variety of bridge-building scenarios that test your ability to handle different environmental factors.

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.

Why similar: Physics 35.8%, Puzzle 23.6%, Family Friendly 10.5%, Level Editor 6.6%, Sandbox 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming puzzle game where you draw objects that come to life with realistic physics to solve creative challenges.

Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?

Why similar: Puzzle 24.1%, Building 20.3%, Simulation 19.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game that focuses on the logistics and efficiency of building a subway network, sharing the puzzle-solving appeal of bridge builders.

Bridge Constructor Medieval turns back the clock a few centuries to the time of knights and castles. Build sturdy bridges to supply your city with provisions - or cunningly constructed bridges that collapse under the weight of attacking troops, sending the horde of enemies into the abyss below.

Why similar: Building 46.3%, Simulation 26%, Physics 13.5%, Puzzle 9.1%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A thematic take on the bridge-building genre that adds medieval siege elements and structural defense mechanics.

A stunning, beautiful world awaits as you take on the challenge of bridging the chasm. Can you solve the puzzles and avert disaster?

Why similar: Building 46.1%, Simulation 26.1%, Physics 20.6%, Puzzle 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic bridge-building simulator that focuses on realistic structural analysis and material stress testing.

With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.

Why similar: Building 32.4%, Physics 22.5%, Puzzle 12.4%, Family Friendly 9.2%, Funny 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle game that focuses on stacking blocks to build stable towers while competing against others.

Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

Why similar: Physics 36.5%, Sandbox 23.8%, Puzzle 19.9%, Funny 15%, Simulation 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based puzzle platformer where you must manipulate the environment and your character's movement to overcome obstacles.

Bridge Constructor Playground offers people of all ages an introduction to the topic of “bridge building”. This game gives you the freedom to let your creative side run riot – nothing is impossible. Across 30 innovative levels you have to build bridges over deep valleys, canals or rivers.

Why similar: Simulation 65%, Puzzle 20.6%, Indie 14.4%

Why You'll Like It: A more accessible entry in the bridge-building genre that focuses on experimentation and learning the basics of structural engineering.

Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!

Why similar: Building 39.6%, Puzzle 15.1%, Simulation 13.2%, Family Friendly 11.9%, Cute 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A management puzzle game where you must build railway tracks and manage train traffic to ensure efficient transport.

Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.

Why similar: Physics 34.9%, Sandbox 23.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Funny 13.7%, Cute 7%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic physics-based game where you must transport packages using poorly controlled vehicles and machinery.

Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

Why similar: Building 39.7%, Sandbox 13.8%, Simulation 13.3%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Family Friendly 8.9%

Toxtronyx have now realised their game “Bridge2!” on the powerful Unity engine. Very realistic visuals and lots of new features as well as the possibility to create one’s own levels helped create a completely new game.

Why similar: Building 32.4%, Physics 20.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Family Friendly 7%

Why You'll Like It: An updated version of the original bridge builder with improved graphics and more challenging construction puzzles.

Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

Why similar: Simulation 48.8%, Strategy 30.2%, Singleplayer 12.6%, Indie 8.4%

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

Why similar: Building 49.5%, Simulation 18.3%, Sandbox 15.5%, Strategy 5.5%, Great Soundtrack 4.6%

Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

Why similar: Building 30.3%, Simulation 20.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%

Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds. Watch them fight in simulations made with the wobbliest physics system ever created, make your own wobblers in the unit creator and send your army off to fight your friends in multiplayer.

Why similar: Physics 25.5%, Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 15.2%, Funny 12.1%, Family Friendly 6.1%

The original physics building game is now on PC! Use minimal tools to build an infinite variety of puzzle-solving machines. Featuring over 70 THOUSAND user-generated levels, and includes the sequel Fantastic Contraption Classic 2!

Why similar: Building 28.3%, Physics 21.5%, Simulation 11%, Education 9.4%, Puzzle 9.3%

Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

Why similar: Building 38.8%, Sandbox 17.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Family Friendly 9.8%, Stylized 7.4%

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Simulation 51.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Sandbox 10.4%, Indie 7.3%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%

This mind-bending game will challenge you to create complex structures to get your woodland creatures over vast chasms. In a bridge-builder first, you'll guide your creatures and construct your bridges in real time. Use the weight of various creatures to balance your structures as you build them.

Why similar: Building 31.6%, Physics 21.9%, Puzzle 18.7%, Family Friendly 8.9%, Simulation 6.7%

Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.

Why similar: Building 35.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Puzzle 14.3%, Funny 9%, Simulation 8.9%

Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Why similar: Building 32.9%, Physics 23%, Level Editor 16.7%, Sandbox 13%, Funny 6%

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Why similar: Difficult 43.8%, Physics 34.7%, Funny 7.8%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Puzzle 20.9%, Difficult 18%, Education 16.7%, Simulation 13.6%, Building 13.3%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Physics 29.1%, Simulation 27.2%, Sandbox 20.5%, Funny 17%, Indie 2.5%

Build amazing marble contraptions with IncrediMarble! Enjoy idle incremental tycoon sandbox simulation gameplay with the best physics Unity can offer. It's like that old toy you had as a kid!

Why similar: Building 37.6%, Physics 21.8%, Sandbox 18.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Colorful 4.3%

shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

Why similar: Building 31.3%, Sandbox 20.5%, Crafting 17%, Puzzle 8.8%, Simulation 6.9%

Build bridges, grow towers, terraform terrain, and fuel flying machines in the stunning followup to the multi-award winning World of Goo. The world is beautiful, dangerous, and evolving.

Why similar: Building 35.1%, Physics 24.9%, Puzzle 12.7%, Cartoon 8.1%, Family Friendly 7.8%

Marble Run - is a fantastic educational toy that provides hours of fun while combining basic learning skills with coordination and organizational skill.

Why similar: Building 32.1%, Physics 20.1%, Level Editor 17.2%, Sandbox 15%, Simulation 8.4%

Stuntman and engineer in one? No problem with Bridge Constructor Stunts! Build imposing ramps and loops to reach your goal in the diverse stages. But building structures alone isn't enough this time: you sit behind the wheel of the vehicles yourself and have to maneuver them skillfully to the goal.

Why similar: Simulation 52.9%, Building 47.1%

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, Difficult 28.6%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Level Editor 7.4%, Cute 6.9%

One of the best games from acclaimed Tycoon series, with well designed gameplay mechanics, appealing graphics, and really high re-playability value. There’s no limit to what you can create so design and build the most thrilling roller coaster the world has ever seen!

Why similar: Building 34.7%, Simulation 25%, Sandbox 20.6%, Strategy 6.4%, Funny 3.2%

Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

Why similar: Building 56.5%, Simulation 20.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.

Why similar: Building 31.9%, Education 25.8%, Simulation 16.4%, Sandbox 11.1%, Puzzle 6.9%

Jump into the ultimate toy sandbox and build the train set of your dreams! Create colourful railway systems, decorate beautiful towns, transport commuting passengers, and even ride your train in first-person.

Why similar: Building 35.1%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 12.6%, Physics 12.3%, Crafting 7.8%

Step into the boots of a medieval engineer and master the art of siege warfare. In Medieval Machines Builder, you design, build, and operate powerful war machines capable of bringing down even the strongest fortress walls.

Why similar: Building 26%, Physics 17.5%, Education 12.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 8.7%

The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.

Why similar: Building 21.5%, Level Editor 19.4%, Physics 15.5%, Sandbox 11.4%, Puzzle 9.9%

Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!

Why similar: Building 33.3%, Level Editor 24.3%, Puzzle 12.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Family Friendly 9.8%

A hero thing, a monster thing, a robo thing… in Mini Maker, you can make any ‘thing’! Use an arsenal of plastic limbs, wonky tools, rainbow stickers and googly eyes to assemble creations, please demanding clients, and laugh in the face of perfectionism.

Why similar: Building 33.3%, Sandbox 16.3%, Physics 10.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Family Friendly 9.2%

Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!

Why similar: Building 26.3%, Physics 14.8%, Education 14.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Puzzle 8.8%

Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!

Why similar: Building 36.9%, Physics 21.5%, Sandbox 18.8%, Family Friendly 9.1%, Simulation 7.1%