AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy
Death and Taxes
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 33% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 8,614
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 4h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- At least 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- 97% 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 8,740 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 4.5h for positive, 2.2h 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 (97.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I'll Be Back Witness the end of the world ≥33% −67
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- Lemons Start the game 100%
- Make It Rain Get a raise 77%
- Curious Grim Asked all questions in first lore Hub 68%
- Oink Chunk up the Oink Bank 62%
- This Is Fine Drop a single world parameter value at least 2 levels in one day 61%
- Benefactor Increase a single world parameter value at least 2 levels in one day 57%
- Deathbringer Doom everyone on a single day 51%
- Balancer Score a vague personality in Cerri’s quiz 47%
- Lifegiver Spare everyone on a single day 46%
- Begin Again Start a New Game+ 40%
- The Sacrifice Appeased the boss' cat with a gift 34%
- I'll Be Back Witness the end of the world 33%
- I Scream Say that you like ice-cream 31%
- War Changes Finish the game with lowest chaos in Peace 31%
- Pineapple Hater Doom the guy who likes pineapple on pizza 29%
- KILLDOZER 9000 Score an aggressive personality in Cerri’s quiz 28%
- To Be Or Not To Be Spend 10 minutes behind your desk without marking any profiles 25%
- Meat Your Unmaker Suggest that the afterlife is an eldritch monster dating show 23%
- Talemaster Spin a good story for Mortimer 22%
- Global Warming Finish the game with highest chaos in Ecology 21%
- Plague Doctor Finish the game with highest chaos in Health 20%
- Goodest Ending Get the most positive ending imaginable 20%
- Classical Change your look to regular skull and cape 19%
- Ouroboros Relieve Fate of their duties and ascend as the new Fate 19%
- Misery Guts Score a grouchy personality in Cerri’s quiz 19%
- Feline Fury Pissed off the boss' cat 18%
- Back To The Roots Finish the game with highest chaos in Prosperity 18%
- Insubordinate Get Fired 17%
- Utopia Reach Utopian level on all world parameters simultaneously 17%
- Treehugger Finish the game with lowest chaos in Ecology 16%
- R.I.P. Fashion Collect all clothes and visages 15%
- Let It RIP Get the fidget spinner to go up in flames 15%
- Long Live The King Usurp Fate and take over as the new Fate 13%
- What does the cactus say? Get the cactus to meow 12%
- Much Love Spare all developers in credits 12%
- Desk Jockey Cram all of your stuff into your desk drawers 12%
- Yot Press the Discord button 11%
- Necropimp Hold over 5000 darksouls 11%
- Booty Obsession Buy all the items from the Shop 9.7%
- Cure Cancer Finish the game with lowest chaos in Health 9.6%
- Stonks Finish the game with lowest chaos in Prosperity 8.1%
- Pineapple Lover Spare the guy who likes pineapple on pizza 8.0%
- Total War Finish the game with highest chaos in Peace 7.8%
- Two-Face Flip the Decision Coin 100 times 7.3%
- Yarr! Visit Mortimer every day 6.5%
- Mirror Lover Choose your appearance for more than 15 minutes straight 5.9%
- Armageddon Reach critical level on all world parameters simultaneously 5.4%
- Fate's Pet Revealed Fate's Plot through loyalty 5.4%
- Development Hell Kill all the developers in credits 5.0%
- Demon Hunter Find the Immortal 3.9%
- The Great Dying Knowingly fulfill Fate's plan to end the world 3.7%
- Darwin Award Stop existing prematurely 3.4%
- Squeaky Clean Use the Eraser 10 times 2.1%
- Non Sequitur Spin a nonsensical story for Mortimer 2.0%
- EGG Find the ultimate Easter Egg 1.6%
- Infinitarium Get all endings 1.6%
- Rulebender Never fully abide by Fate's instructions 1.2%
- Phastmatological Zoologist Collect all Desk Spirits 1.1%
- Posthumous Spiritualism Try all the drinks served at Cerberus' Den 1.0%
- Ears of Steel Listen to all of Mortimer’s bar stories 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.