The Bridge

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%2013

$9.99

US Steam price, checked 2 h ago

The verdict

A stylish Escher-inspired gravity-rotation puzzler with great art and clever early levels. Skip it if you dislike slow controls and trial-and-error precision in the harder second half.

Great for

Puzzle fans who love Escher, Braid-style design and slow, contemplative brain-teasers

Main risk

Later and mirrored levels become slow, pixel-precise trial and error instead of logic

What players love

Clever, mind-bending gravity puzzles

Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews

“A mind-bending puzzle that requires you to change the way you thnk about space to beat.”
Steam review · 16.1 h played ↗

“New mechanics are introduced gradually so the player has a chance to get used to how they work, and every time you think you have seen everything the game has to offer they throw a new twist at you!”
Steam review · 35.7 h played ↗

Stunning Escher-style hand-drawn art

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews

“Has not aged a day since its release, as the monochrome, hand-drawn graphics with amazing Escher-like structures are so good that they are almost timeless.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗

“It's like stepping into an Escher painting that's also a puzzle.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗

“This game is like an interactive Escher painting gallery.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗

Atmospheric, relaxing sound and mood

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Music is relaxing and art is very unigue and beatiful.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗

Mirrored levels add replay value

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“Then once you've completed all the levels, there's still the expert challenge of a mirror mode, adding to the replay value.”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗

Helpful rewind mechanic

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews

“the mechanic of going backwards is so convenient for completing the puzzles.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗

“The rewind feature is a unique ability that adds to the gameplay value, reducing the frustration you'll undoubtedly experience.”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗

What players complain about

Slow movement and world rotation

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“All actions, especially moving your character or rotating the world, feel extremely sluggish, and it makes the basic act of controlling the game extremely tedious.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“The game is based on rotating the screen to make things happen, but it turns so slowly it's painful to play.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

“An unbelievably stuffy game. Movement and rotation are slow, yet everything rolls and falls fast.”
Steam review · translated · 1.5 h played ↗

Precision and trial-and-error in late levels

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Instead of thinking your way through, you end up rotating and repositioning endlessly, just to land on the one exact pixel that works.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗

“The first half is a solid puzzle, the second half is an awkward physics-based action platformer with a grain of puzzle”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗

“The game turns from a tricky puzzle into a hardcore platformer demanding finger dexterity rather than brainpower.”
Steam review · translated · 6.7 h played ↗

Repetitive and boring over time

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Interesting at first, but quickly gets boring because of the monotony.”
Steam review · translated · 1.6 h played ↗

“it quickly became very repetitive. The visuals, the music, the gameplay.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

Clunky, floaty physics and controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“It also doesn't help that your character slips and slides on even the barest incline, making him feel more like another marble on the map than an actual character.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

“Your rotation controls get hijacked every time you go on curved area, which is often, very disorienting”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗

Mechanics poorly explained, difficulty spikes

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“thumbs down for puzzle rules that are not clearly explained.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗

“Why the sudden spike in difficulty?”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗

Nausea and nag screens

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“every time I had to quit after 10 minutes because I got way to motion sick.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗

“I was greeted with a screen of text asking me to review the game, and that was followed with another screen of text asking me to try their new game.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

Processor1.0 GHz

Memory512 MB RAM

Storage400 MB HD space

Processor1.0 GHz

Memory512 MB RAM

Storage400 MB HD space

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