The Bridge

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

The Bridge is a singleplayer side view puzzle and platform game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Purchase via Humble Widget.
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.^[4]^[3]
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store
Steam
Amazon.com (unavailable)

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

General settings

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SavedGames\The Bridge\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild/The Bridge/
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild\The Bridge\settingssave.sav HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild\The Bridge\

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SavedGames\The Bridge\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild/The Bridge/
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild\The Bridge\thebridgesave.sav
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/204240/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Predefined set of 16:9 resolutions.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		16:9 resolutions only.
4K Ultra HD		Maximum available resolution is 1920x1080.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Set Window Border - Off. If monitor resolution is not supported by the game, window will be in the center of desktop.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard mapping menu

Xbox controller scheme

Touch control scheme

Keyboard, mouse, and touch	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Game has no mouse support.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen support
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		On-screen button prompts constantly switch between input devices.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound.
Surround sound		2.0
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Fan - #1
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese				Shown as available on Steam but not supported.
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.7 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible	Shader model 2.0 support

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 4.6.0b19^[2]
↑ Unity engine build: 5.6.2f1^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Code Mystics Inc. - Games - last accessed on 2016-05-08
↑ Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-07-19
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-01-23
↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2024-03-14
Ran the game for ten minutes away from EGS and offline, with no issues.

[3] Unity engine build: 4.6.0b19^[2]

[5] Unity engine build: 5.6.2f1^[3]

[osxlinux.2Bporter-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Code Mystics Inc. - Games - last accessed on 2016-05-08

[engineversion-2] Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-07-19

[baronsmoki_refcheck-4] 3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2020-01-23

[6] Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2024-03-14
Ran the game for ten minutes away from EGS and offline, with no issues.

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[Note 2]

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Developers

	The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
macOS (OS X)	Code Mystics^[1]
Linux	Code Mystics^[1]
Engines
Windows	XNA
OS X, Linux	Unity 4^{[Note 1]}
Epic Games Store	Unity 5^{[Note 2]}
Release dates
Windows	February 22, 2013
macOS (OS X)	May 16, 2014
Linux	May 16, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	74
OpenCritic	74
IGDB	69
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Puzzle, Platform
Art styles	Cartoon