Progress Bar Simulator

About

Progress Bar Simulator lets you tinker with the digital wait times that shaped gaming. You build and tweak loading bars across decades of design, from pixelated 80s waits to modern minimalist strips. Each bar reacts to system performance and user patience, forcing you to balance speed and aesthetics. Play solo or team up to optimize load times while battling glitches and hardware quirks. Split-screen co-op adds chaos as players argue over color schemes and animation speeds. The game’s charm lies in its meta humor and niche appeal. With 62% positive reviews on Steam, fans praise its obsessive attention to technical trivia and retro UI Easter eggs. Multiplayer modes see players intentionally slowing loads for comedic effect, while solo campaigns challenge you to beat historical benchmarks. Released on April 1 2019, it runs on PC and Linux, offering a weirdly satisfying blend of stress and nostalgia for those who’ve ever rage-clicked a spinning wheel.

Storyline

Progress, the final frontier The Progress Bar Simulator (german Fortschrittsbalkensimulator or Ladeleistensimulator) is a loading bar simulator game where you can emerge yourself in the history of loading screens.