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The Bridge

The Bridge

The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

Released Feb 22, 2013 Developer Ty Taylor, Vega Castañeda Publisher The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Puzzle-PlatformerHand-drawnSurrealPhysics2D
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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.

87.1%positive4,304 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The concept is fascinating: you explore Escher-style drawings in all their non-Euclidean glory in order to get keys, avoid danger, and reach the exit door. To match it, the art style is top-notch and the puzzles have a lot of care put into their design. On the other hand, some…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“One of the earlier puzzle games that got me to explore the genre. At its heart this is quite a simple game, mechanically there isn't too much for you to control and it is quite easy to understand the mechanics and proceed with playing it. The real feather in the game's cap is…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“This is a bit of a middle-of-the-road review. I really want to like this game - I enjoy puzzle games and adore the M.C. Escher stylization of the whole piece, but while playing this I just don't find myself having [i]fun[/i]. I think the biggest drawback is the simplicity -…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:52 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
224-hour peak
970all-time peak
0 50 100 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 69 avg · Feb 2013

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.

20achievements
6.6%median completion
3.2%rarest: Collector
62.2% of players 43.3% of players 32.4% of players 22.6% of players 11.5% of players 11.3% of players 11.2% of players 9.3% of players 7.4% of players 6.9% of players 6.6% of players 5.7% of players 5.2% of players 4.7% of players 4.7% of players 4.6% of players 4.2% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 62.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
62.2%Thinker — Finish Chapter I.
43.3%Academic — Finish Chapter II.
32.4%Scholar — Finish Chapter III.
Rarest badges of honor
3.2%Collector — Collect all hidden wisps.
3.6%Garden-Inverter — Complete The Mirrored Garden with 5 inversions.
3.7%Slider — Complete The Intersection without walking.

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK6.99 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada10.99 CAD
Japan980 JPY
Brazil19.99 BRL
China36.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$3.9 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$11

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

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 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.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsPuzzle-Platformer · Hand-drawn · Surreal · Physics · 2D · Puzzle · Singleplayer · Emotional · Logic · Indie · Strategy · Platformer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Danish, Finnish, No…
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://TheBridgeIsBlackAndWhite.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Processor: 1.0 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM DirectX®: 9.0 Hard Drive: 400 MB HD space