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I Wanna Maker
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 4% of players who started
Started playing 36% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 5,121
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (12%); after 7h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 4% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “A Morning Stroll” (Clear World 1 of the campaign): only 15% of starters get there.
- Only 36% 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 5,169 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 16.9h for positive, 9.3h 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 (35.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Morning Stroll Clear World 1 of the campaign Most players quit here 15% −85
- Urban Explorer Clear World 2 of the campaign 9% −6
- Knight in Snowy Armor Clear World 3 of the campaign 7% −2
- Space Cadet Clear World 4 of the campaign 6% −1
- Sandy Shoes Clear World 5 of the campaign 5% −1
- Ghost Buster Clear World 6 of the campaign 4% −1
- Campaign Clear Clear the campaign 4%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- A Walk in the Park Clear the tutorial 100%
- Ooh, Shiny! Collect 5 gems 34%
- Gamer Clear 5 levels 29%
- Epic Gamer Clear 25 levels 15%
- A Morning Stroll Clear World 1 of the campaign 15%
- My Precious Collect 25 gems 12%
- Scribbler Beat Mr. Scribble's Quest on any difficulty 11%
- Maker Upload your first level 9.3%
- Urban Explorer Clear World 2 of the campaign 8.7%
- World Record! Get the fastest clear time on a level 7.3%
- Knight in Snowy Armor Clear World 3 of the campaign 7.0%
- Positive Feedback Receive 5 likes on your level 7.0%
- World Tourist Clear levels by makers from 20 different countries 6.8%
- Press R To Restart Die 5000 times 6.2%
- Space Cadet Clear World 4 of the campaign 5.9%
- Cannon Cannon Shoot a cannon out of a cannon in the editor 5.9%
- Clear Collector Clear 200 levels 5.6%
- Grass Master Collect all gems in World 1 of the campaign 5.6%
- Early Bird Be the first person to clear a level 5.4%
- Gem Aficionado Collect 100 gems 5.1%
- Sandy Shoes Clear World 5 of the campaign 4.5%
- Proper New Yorker Collect all gems in World 2 of the campaign 4.5%
- Impressive Feat Clear a level with a clear rate of less than 15% and at least 5 ratings 4.2%
- Santa Claus is in Another Castle Collect all gems in World 3 of the campaign 4.2%
- 100% World Record! Get the fastest full clear time on a level 4.2%
- The Maker Makers Watch the entire game credits without touching the scroll bar or speeding up 4.2%
- Ghost Buster Clear World 6 of the campaign 3.9%
- Campaign Clear Clear the campaign 3.7%
- Above And Beyond Collect all gems in World 4 of the campaign 3.7%
- Picasso Place every object in the editor 3.1%
- Crusher Achaeologist Collect all gems in World 5 of the campaign 3.1%
- Couch Clear Collect all gems in World 6 of the campaign 3.1%
- Campaign Completionist Collect all gems in the entire campaign 2.8%
- There's No Way Clear a level with a clear rate of less than 5% and at least 5 ratings 2.3%
- Custom Order Clear a Custom challenge 2.3%
- Explorer Explore 10 levels in Explorer 2.3%
- Full Course Fully clear ANY Weekly Mix playlist 1.4%
- Deathless Scribbler Beat Mr. Scribble's Quest without dying on any difficulty 1.4%
- Survivor Clear 100 levels in Endurance on any difficulty 1.4%
- Spelunker Explore 50 levels in Explorer 1.4%
- Fearless Adventurer Explore 200 levels in Explorer 1.4%
- Expert Scribbler Beat Mr. Scribble's Quest on Impossible difficulty 1.1%
- Against All Odds Clear 10 levels in Endurance on Impossible difficulty 1.1%
- Outscribbled Clear the final boss of the campaign without losing any lives or restarting 1.1%
- Dice Whisperer Get a 100 level streak in Hardcore Roulette 1.1%
- Jackpot Get a 100 level streak in Roulette 1.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.