CasualIndie
Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 40% of owners
Steam reviews 99% positive of 2,258
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 12 reviews are negative (8%); after 10h it's 1 in 370 (0%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 93% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 40% 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 2,283 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 13.8h for positive, 1.6h 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 (39.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (10)
- Lovable Schmuck. Get Randy's good ending! 100%
- Fezzed Plaid-man. Get Oliver's good ending! 97%
- Beyond Desperate. Date a sock. 95%
- Artsy Printer. Get Karen's good ending! 74%
- Fuzzy Boy. Get Bigfoot's good ending! 73%
- (Formerly) Spiteful Cowboy. Get Norm's good ending! 48%
- Thanks for Dreaming with Me! Get to the 'Thank You' screen. 48%
- Casual Apocalypse. Complete Dietown. 36%
- Avid Socializer. Meet every non-datable around town. 33%
- Actual Degenerate. Get all of the '[Poop] yourself and die' endings 18%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.