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Progress Bar Simulator

Progress Bar Simulator

Ever wanted to accelerate the progress bar of your download, slow installation, Windows update or just to kill some time until something else has finished? Then here comes the game you never asked for: Progress Bar: The Game

Released Apr 4, 2019 Developer SpielmannSpiel, bison Publisher SpielmannSpiel Platforms Windows · Linux Immersive SimSatireSimulationAuto BattlerClicker
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

88.2%positive102 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Games okay, only refunded because mostly i got told it was a screensaver type game rather then button masher, but i dont want to be mean and rate it badly. just personally not what i was looking for.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

38achievements
11.9%median completion
3.3%rarest: BANKRUPT
97.7% of players 85.5% of players 85.0% of players 79.9% of players 78.8% of players 67.4% of players 66.5% of players 54.7% of players 50.0% of players 49.4% of players 45.1% of players 36.9% of players 36.8% of players 35.7% of players 25.8% of players 23.1% of players 14.5% of players 14.2% of players 14.2% of players 11.9% of players 11.8% of players 11.2% of players 11.0% of players 10.3% of players 10.2% of players 10.1% of players 10.0% of players 9.4% of players 8.8% of players 8.8% of players 8.2% of players 8.0% of players 7.7% of players 7.6% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.7% of players 3.3% of players 97.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.7%BOOT UP — Hidden achievement
85.5%8 BIT — Reach level 8
85.0%Walk 500 Miles — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
3.3%BANKRUPT — Unity wanted to introduce a fee that would had bankrupt us now. More: spielmannspiel.com/blog/statement_unity
4.7%A BYTE FOR YOUR THOUGHTS — Hidden achievement
4.7%ADDICTED — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

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

Mar 04, 2025
🦙 NEW BAR: Spitfire - Moonpie´s Mission 🚀🌖

Hello progressing people, today we have the cutest progress you will ever make! From our friend Rennsemmel81 / Sculptyfix we have a new progress bar for you with Moonpie, the cutest pixel-alpaca ever

Dec 04, 2024
Update & DLC-Release

Hello progressing people, New DLC we have a new DLC for you to progress with: The HergornTV DLC Never progress alone ever again with your favorite unknown streamer DLC! Visit HergornTV; https://www.tw

Nov 16, 2024
HergornTV DLC 📺

In cooperation with your favorite UNKNOWN streamer, HergornTV, comes a new DLC for you to never progress alone ever again! Wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3276020/Progress_Bar_Simulat

Oct 27, 2024
GOLDI

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Oct 26, 2024
Last Stance

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsImmersive Sim · Satire · Simulation · Auto Battler · Clicker · Idler · Surreal · Parody · Time Management · Life Sim · Funny · Historical (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements38
Official sitehttps://spielmannspiel.com/progressbarsimulator
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i3 / AMD A6-9500 Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 / AMD Radeon R5 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Recommended