Will You Snail?
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 10 reviews are negative (10%); after 5h it's 1 in 80 (1%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 91% of games we track.
- 40% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “1ST CHAPTER COMPLETE” (Beat the boss of the first chapter): only 76% of starters get there.
- 96% 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 2,883 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 8.3h for positive, 2.1h 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 (95.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- 1ST CHAPTER COMPLETE Beat the boss of the first chapter. Most players quit here 76% −24
- 2ND CHAPTER COMPLETE Beat the boss of the second chapter. 60% −15
- 3RD CHAPTER COMPLETE Beat the boss of the third chapter. 49% −11
- 4TH CHAPTER COMPLETE Beat the boss of the fourth chapter. 44% −5
- GAME COMPLETE Make it to the end game credits. 40% −4
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
- WELCOME TO MY SIMULATION Start the game. 100%
- THE SUFFERING BEGINS Make it to the first challenging level. 95%
- 100 DEATHS Die 100 times. 85%
- FIRST CHALLENGES COMPLETE Complete the 3rd "real" level. 83%
- KNOW YOUR LIMITS Manually change the difficulty. 82%
- WELCOME BACK Return for a 2nd play session. 76%
- 1ST CHAPTER COMPLETE Beat the boss of the first chapter. 76%
- NICE HAT Show Squid your new hat. 73%
- I'M FRUSTRATED Find the smily minigame. 68%
- 2ND CHAPTER COMPLETE Beat the boss of the second chapter. 60%
- INFINITELY EASY Collect one quarter of all difficulty points. 53%
- 3RD CHAPTER COMPLETE Beat the boss of the third chapter. 49%
- 4TH CHAPTER COMPLETE Beat the boss of the fourth chapter. 44%
- GLITCHED Use the glitch. 42%
- GAME COMPLETE Make it to the end game credits. 40%
- CURIOUS Find one third of all exploration points. 39%
- 1000 DEATHS Die 1000 times. 38%
- EXTREMELY EASY Collect half of all difficulty points. 31%
- ALTERNATIVE END Find the alternative ending of the game. 26%
- MESSED UP Mess up Squid's presentation slides. 23%
- EXPLORER Find two thirds of all exploration points. 18%
- YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL Find and visit every level. 14%
- VERY EASY Collect three quarters of all difficulty points. 13%
- SMILE LEVEL 100 Reach level 100 in the smily minigame. 12%
- GIGA BRAIN Find all exploration points. 11%
- SPEEDRUN Start a fresh game and reach the end in less than 30 minutes without using exploration mode. 7.9%
- EASY Collect all difficulty points. 5.9%
- WATERRUN Collect all water drops in every level while the pump is broken. 5.4%
- HUNDRED PERCENT Admire your beautiful 100% save file in the save slot selection. 3.8%
- ZERO DEATHS Make it to the end of the game with 0 deaths (without using exploration mode). 2.3%