Trover Saves the Universe
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 5h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “That went well...”: only 36% of starters get there.
- 81% of owners got the first achievement.
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 3,285 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 7.4h for positive, 4.4h 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 (81.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- That went well... Glorkon mixed the world! Wait, they get a trophy for that? It’s just a cut scene. They didn’t do anything... God, this is so dumb. Most players quit here 36% −64
- Trover ****s the Universe You beat the game! You can die a happy now, you slimy, little popsicle stick. 32% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (27)
story milestone ending side
- You Didn't Have To Do That You killed a NPC. That’s gonna affect the whole game! That’s right, your actions have consequences this game! 100%
- Pet Cemetery Kill all of Tony's pets... I'm tired of them pooping on my lawn. 82%
- BBALL IN THE BBALL HOLE IT'S BBALL TIME IN THE BBALL HOLE PLACE! MAKE ONE BBALL BASKET IN THE TELEPOD LIKE A GOOD LITTLE BBALL BOY OR BBALL GIRL! 59%
- Instant Clone Soup Collect the clone DNA in under 10 minutes. That's it? That's all they have to do? Man, we're just giving these things away. 52%
- Here's Donny! Witness Donny's death, then write an essay about it for your college application. 37%
- That went well... Glorkon mixed the world! Wait, they get a trophy for that? It’s just a cut scene. They didn’t do anything... God, this is so dumb. 36%
- WE <3 MURDER Kill every villager. That's right, we celebrate violence! What do you think about that mom and dad?! 34%
- You Almost Solved It! Keep Going! Press the buttons on the Puzzle Tree over 50 times, 'cause you don't know how to listen, you cute little popsicle stick. 34%
- Trover ****s the Universe You beat the game! You can die a happy now, you slimy, little popsicle stick. 32%
- Clone on Clone Crime Let the two arguing clones kill each other and then don't report it... This isn't game for snitches! 31%
- Bet You Can't Make 100 You made 10 baskets, now make 100! Come on, what else do you gotta do today? 29%
- Here's a damn trophy, now stop killing me! Jump Trover into the Acid Lake 5 times. How is this even a trophy? 27%
- No Winners In This Game! Beat Glorkon without getting killed by anyone... Including me. That’s right, I’ve been hunting you. 25%
- BALL FUN TIME Bounce a ball 25 times in the apartment, because apparently that's more fun than the actual game. 20%
- It's A Video Game, Kill Something! Don't kill any villagers, because God forbid you do something out of the ordinary! 20%
- Really? This Game's Not That Good Replay the game, instead of getting a real job. 16%
- Don't Get Dooped Escape Doopy without putting boxes in the garage, because charity work is lame and you're not lame. You're a cool little popsicle stick, aren't you? 15%
- The Ultimate Happy Ending Collect all Power Babies in the game. Then prepare to have your shnudler ringled! 12%
- Daddy Gotta Eat! Instead of feeding the poor, feed Gail's roommate in under 5 minutes! 11%
- Be Kind Rewind Hey, you watched a tape in the entertainment room. Was that clue clear enough for you? HUH!? All you little trophy hunters out there! God forbid you try and figure something out on your own! 11%
- Gorbin’s Lil’ Hole Slammer Oof! Hey, Gorbin here. I just got done eating a sleeping bag sized burrito and let me tell ya, I’m feeling pretty good about myself. I feel like I could even bring back my dead wife. I bet you’re feeling pretty good, too, after getting the high score in Space Slam. 9.7%
- Let’s Sling These Babies! You collected all the rare power babies, now let’s sell ‘em! My boy, T-Ham, knows a guy that knows a guy that knows a guy that has an Etsy account who’ll help flip these lil’ babies! 9.0%
- Jesus, Are You Still Listening To This? Listen to the entirety of Pop Up's introduction, and ignore the homeless man being murdered outside your door. 9.0%
- You Actually Did It?! What the hell is the matter with you?! You actually made 100 baskets?! What are you a sociopath?! How long did this take you?! 7.4%
- Final Upgrade! You got the final upgrade! You're all sticky, like a popsicle stick! 4.3%
- Worst Guest Ever You did it! You killed every killable NPC! You're certified, psychopathic killer! Someone should probably call the police... 3.6%
- Jopo Jopo Saves the Universe 3.6%