Evil West
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Ticks & Leeches” (Defeat The Parasiter): only 53% of starters get there.
- 72% 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 13,892 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 11.4h for positive, 9.9h 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 (72.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Ticks & Leeches Defeat The Parasiter Most players quit here 53% −47
- Adapt or Die Defeat the Bruch 40% −13
- Drop of Blood Defeat William Rentier 32% −8
- Ancient Blood Defeat Felicity D'Abano 30% −2
- Novice Beat the game on Novice difficulty or higher 30%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Pointless Violence Perform 15 finishers 100%
- In the Feels Hit 45 weakspots 81%
- Spark of Hope Activate the Supercharged Mode for the first time 79%
- Calico Visit Calico for the first time 79%
- Mighty Mitten Kill 10 enemies in a row using only Gauntlet after obtaining the Revolver 77%
- E-Rodeo Kill 20 enemies using the E-Combo 70%
- Chewing Volts Use 15 Energy charges 67%
- Monsterball Cannonball enemies 50 times 66%
- Ticks & Leeches Defeat The Parasiter 53%
- Adapt or Die Defeat the Bruch 40%
- Drop of Blood Defeat William Rentier 32%
- Ancient Blood Defeat Felicity D'Abano 30%
- Novice Beat the game on Novice difficulty or higher 30%
- Sever Forever Tear off 100 limbs from enemies 27%
- Adept Beat the game on Normal difficulty or higher 25%
- Father's Day Defeat William Rentier in less than 6 minutes 13%
- Expert Beat the game on Hard difficulty or higher 6.8%
- Minor Deity Defeat The Parasiter on Evil difficulty 6.6%
- Bio Friendly Defeat The Parasiter without killing any of the minions 6.2%
- Weren't You Listening? Defeat the Bruch on Evil difficulty 5.4%
- Best the Beast Defeat Felicity D'Abano without using the HP dispenser 5.0%
- Boys'n'Toys Have all Weapon Upgrades activated at the same time 4.8%
- Bleed You Out Defeat the Bruch without letting it heal. 4.8%
- Slam Champion Slam enemies 100 times 4.8%
- Then You Died Defeat William Rentier on Evil difficulty 4.7%
- Field Agent Find all hidden perks 4.6%
- Weird West Superhero Beat the game on Evil difficulty 3.6%
- Chest Nuts Pick up all cash on all missions 3.0%
- Pew Pew Die Kill at least 30 enemies with each electrically-augmented firearm 2.8%
- Sanguis Aeternus All Trophies unlocked. The Weird West is a better place now. 2.3%