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2012 · ClockStone Studios · Indie · Puzzle

Bridge Constructor

Timed Xbox exclusive

Bridge Constructor put you into the role of an engineer in bridge building. In numerous different levels you'll design and create bridges over deep valleys, dangerous canyons, city streets and raging rivers. Once satisfied with your creation, send the trucks and cars to cross the bridge.

Released: 23 May 2012
Platforms: Android Linux PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 PlayStation Vita Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X/S iOS macOS
Genres: Indie Puzzle Simulation Strategy
Developers: ClockStone Studios
Publishers: Headup Games
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Educational
Age ratings: PEGI 3 ACB G ESRB E USK 0
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain) and 1 more
Time to beat: 4hmain story16hcompletionist

About

Bridge Constructor is a series of physics-based simulation-puzzle video games developed by ClockStone and published by Headup Games. While themes and elements change across the series, each game is based on planning out a bridge across a river or ravine using a number of parts, limited by the geometry of the space and the total cost of the parts. The goal for each scenario is to make sure that one or more vehicles driving across the bridge can reach the other side safely.

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Development

The first Bridge Constructor game, eponymous to the series, was released for Microsoft Windows on 1 December 2011. While it was generally successful in Europe and topped the app charts there, it was not popular in North America until after a Reddit post by a player of the game within the "GamePhysics" subforum in March 2014. The post showed a GIF-image of a truck barely crossing a bridge as it was collapsing underneath it. This created a large interest in the title, resulting it being the top paid iOS within 10 days of the image's posting.

Headup Games took initiative to offer sales on the game and cross-promote the other titles in the series. With the boost in North America, the game saw over 27 million free and paid downloads, and a "good seven-digit figure" in paid sales by March 2014, according to Gregor Ebert of Headup Games.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
iOS	23 May 2012	Worldwide
Android	31 December 2012	Worldwide
macOS	24 April 2013	Worldwide · North America 16 October 2013
Windows	16 October 2013	Worldwide · North America 16 October 2013 · Worldwide 31 December 2014
Linux	16 October 2013	Worldwide
Xbox One	21 August 2015	Worldwide · North America 21 August 2015
PlayStation 4	13 December 2016	Worldwide
PlayStation Vita	31 December 2016	Worldwide