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King of the Bridge

King of the Bridge

Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!

Released Mar 8, 2024 Developer Finn Schuuring Platforms Windows · Mac PuzzleStrategyChessComedyBoard Game
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

95.7%positive1,104 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“The game is simple and well designed. Isn't trying to be more than it is. You come to play bad chess with a troll and that's what you get. 10/10 game”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“If you love (or hate) standard chess, you'll love this game. Funny rules, cheating, scandals, lore, goose. This game has it all. On a serious note, this game is simple, but fun and I would highly endorse getting 100% of the achievements. Gave me a couple good laughs. It's not…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Having the troll cheat me and consistently insult me whilst doing so. 10/10 Could not stop laughing when the troll told me the, "the sequel will be harder, this game does not pander to casuals" after stomping me.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:07 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

13playing at last check
724-hour peak
126all-time peak
0 25 50 2025 2026 43 avg · May 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

37achievements
23.5%median completion
5.5%rarest: King of the Bridge
91.4% of players 90.6% of players 74.0% of players 65.8% of players 64.6% of players 51.7% of players 51.3% of players 50.0% of players 39.8% of players 38.3% of players 37.5% of players 35.9% of players 33.5% of players 31.5% of players 30.3% of players 28.3% of players 27.1% of players 26.1% of players 23.5% of players 22.8% of players 22.7% of players 21.0% of players 19.1% of players 19.0% of players 18.4% of players 14.9% of players 14.3% of players 11.9% of players 11.6% of players 11.0% of players 10.8% of players 9.6% of players 9.0% of players 8.9% of players 8.2% of players 6.3% of players 5.5% of players 91.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.4%Bookworm — Unveil ten rulebook pages.
90.6%Stickler — Successfully accuse the troll for the first time.
74.0%Junior Game Designer — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
5.5%King of the Bridge — Unlock all achievements.
6.3%Juggler — Win a match without consecutively moving the same piece twice.
8.2%Clairvoyance — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$2.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US2.99 USD
EU2.99 EUR
UK2.49 GBP
Australia4.50 AUD
Canada3.89 CAD
Japan350 JPY
Brazil10.49 BRL
China15.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.1 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$3.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 25, 2026
INK MAZE - REVEAL TRAILER

Hi everyone!It's been a while but I'm excited to share a first look at INK MAZE, a puzzle metroidvania about charting treasure maps! Check out the store page below and feel free to wishlist if it soun

Mar 19, 2024
Update Version 1.024 | Various fixes

Hi trolls! The game just reached 6000 copies sold! I would have never thought this to be possible but you all have been so incredible! Thank you for playing the game and for reporting bugs! Keep 'em c

Mar 16, 2024
Update Version 1.023 | The Gift Incident

Hello everyone! Wow we sure are having a lot of incidents in the first week! This week the gifts became really useful in speedruns due to an unforeseen bug caused by the previous patch. A lot of recor

Mar 12, 2024
Update Version 1.022 | The Goose Incident

Hi everyone! It seems rule 33 turned out to be referring to both the troll AND the speedrunners. That goose really is evil! I am referring to the funny exploit that was found by Phoenix Flare, where t

Mar 11, 2024
Mac Hotfix

Hi again, It seems the Mac build got broken after previous update. There seemed to be an issue with the troll dialog box being unable to load dialog from the localization system. After recompiling the

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsPuzzle · Strategy · Chess · Comedy · Board Game · Multiple Endings · Fantasy · 2.5D · Adventure · Souls-like · Mystery · Tactical RPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Dutch * *
Achievements37
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core I3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GT 710 1GB+ DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 150 MB available space Additional Notes: 1080p, 16:9 recommended