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Please Fix The Road cover art

Please Fix The Road

ARIELEK · 2022-06-10

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 10, 2022 (Linux), Jun 10, 2022 (Mac), Jun 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 16, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), May 16, 2024 (PlayStation 4), May 16, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!

Please Fix The Road is a Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $9.99, with Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 286 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

78%
positive of 289 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
3.79★
PlayStation Store rating (81 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)
Please Fix the Road is a 2022 puzzle video game developed by Polish studio Arielek and published by Silesia Games. It was released in June 2022 for Windows; the game is unique in that a compromised version is also offered free-to-play for players who would rather pirate video games through a torrent. It was available in May 2024 for Nintendo Switch. The game received a positive reception, with praise for its calm atmosphere and graphics, but criticism for its gameplay.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.8k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 289 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$1.99-80%
GOG$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2026-08-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 77 of 104 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420222026Week of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.992022-06-102026-10-142022-06-10 — best price $8.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $6.992023-06-29 — best price $6.692023-10-09 — best price $9.992023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-01-15 — best price $5.992024-03-04 — best price $9.992024-04-30 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-08-26 — best price $5.992024-10-22 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-20 — best price $4.992025-03-08 — best price $9.992025-04-23 — best price $3.992025-06-04 — best price $9.992025-07-26 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $3.392025-11-10 — best price $3.992026-01-03 — best price $3.392026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-05-18 — best price $9.992026-07-17 — best price $3.392026-08-24 — best price $2.492026-09-01 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-10-03 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 0 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-19 — 0 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 0 pageviews2026-07-05 — 0 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 0 pageviews2026-07-25 — 0 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2 pageviews2026-08-10 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 0 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 0 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 1 pageviews2026-09-08 — 0 pageviews2026-09-12 — 1 pageviews2026-09-16 — 4 pageviews2026-09-20 — 1 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 2 pageviews2026-10-02 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 0 pageviews2026-10-10 — 1 pageviews2026-10-12 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
97.6%
earned "Big Brain"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2219%10
PS5 (PlayStation)42437%19
Xbox One (Xbox)34726%10
PS4 (PlayStation)7247%19
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteIndieCasualNaturePuzzleBuildingColorfulRelaxingStylizedTop-Down

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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