The Bridge
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 5h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Scholar” (Finish Chapter III) and “Challenger” (Finish Chapter IV): from 52% to 18% of starters.
- Only 62% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,399 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 5h for positive, 3.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (62.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Thinker Finish Chapter I. 100%
- Academic Finish Chapter II. 70% −30
- Scholar Finish Chapter III. 52% −17
- Challenger Finish Chapter IV. Most players quit here 19% −34
- Bridgewalker Cross The Bridge. 18%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- Thinker Finish Chapter I. 100%
- Academic Finish Chapter II. 70%
- Scholar Finish Chapter III. 52%
- Aftermath-Inverter Complete The Aftermath with 2 inversions. 36%
- Challenger Finish Chapter IV. 19%
- Bridgewalker Cross The Bridge. 18%
- Runner Complete The Timepiece in less than 1 minute. 18%
- Plummeter Fall for 30 seconds. 15%
- Catcher Catch the unchained key in The Mirrored Courtyard. 12%
- Corridor-Inverter Complete The Corridor with 3 inversions. 11%
- Heretic Finish Mirrored Chapter I. 11%
- Outcast Finish Mirrored Chapter II. 9.3%
- Hermit Finish Mirrored Chapter III. 8.4%
- Visionary Complete all mirrored worlds. 7.6%
- Genius Finish Mirrored Chapter IV. 7.6%
- Refrainer Complete The Precipice without rotating. 7.4%
- Whisperer Complete The Library being no louder than a whisper. 6.8%
- Garden-Inverter Complete The Mirrored Garden with 5 inversions. 5.9%
- Slider Complete The Intersection without walking. 5.9%
- Collector Collect all hidden wisps. 5.1%