ActionAdventureIndie
Pumpkin Jack
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 24% of players who started
Started playing 84% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 9,923
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 5h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Brand New Body” (Finish the tutorial) and “Curse of the Scarecrow”: from 98% to 74% of starters.
- 84% 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 10,053 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 5.9h for positive, 3.8h 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 (84.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Brand New Body Finish the tutorial 98% −2
- Curse of the Scarecrow Kill the tyrannical Scarecrow and liberate the crows Most players quit here 74% −24
- License to Drive Pass your abandoned minecart driving test 61% −13
- Ghostbuster Kill the Phantom guarding the ancient mines 49% −12
- Ghost Rider Ride the ghost horse all the way to the end 40% −8
- Cruel Tea Ruin the Witch and Merchant's cruelty-free dinner 35% −5
- Formula Ugh Beat the gate guards to the gate they guard on guard carts 32% −3
- The Bigger They Are... Be the David to Dhor's Goliath (i.e. kill the big guy) 30% −2
- High Flyer Go for a nice walk with Abelard the Gargoyle 28% −1
- Hunger Killer Solve world hunger (by killing Gluttony) 27% −1
- You'll Float, Too Reach the end of the vortex like a paper boat down a drain 26% −1
- The Baddest Bad Guy Kill the Wizard + Get the Amulet = Profit 24% −1
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
- Prying Eyes Pick up a crow skull 100%
- Brand New Body Finish the tutorial 98%
- Shovel Face Equip the Legendary Holy Glory Shovel 98%
- Skull Breaker Send a monster back to the grave 95%
- Crash Boo-ndicoot Smash all the crates in the fields 85%
- Curse of the Scarecrow Kill the tyrannical Scarecrow and liberate the crows 74%
- Bomberman Complete all the underground bomb-bouncing courses 63%
- License to Drive Pass your abandoned minecart driving test 61%
- Boogie-Man Wonderland Find a gramophone and DANCE, DANCE, DANCE! 58%
- Ghostbuster Kill the Phantom guarding the ancient mines 49%
- De-Composer Make some magic mushroom music! 41%
- Ghost Rider Ride the ghost horse all the way to the end 40%
- Cruel Tea Ruin the Witch and Merchant's cruelty-free dinner 35%
- Whack-a-Mole Win the game of Conveniently-Placed Hydraulic-Operated Underground Whack-a-Mole (patent pending) 32%
- Formula Ugh Beat the gate guards to the gate they guard on guard carts 32%
- The Bigger They Are... Be the David to Dhor's Goliath (i.e. kill the big guy) 30%
- High Flyer Go for a nice walk with Abelard the Gargoyle 28%
- Ain't no rest for the wicked Clear away all those headstones cluttering up the graveyard 28%
- Hunger Killer Solve world hunger (by killing Gluttony) 27%
- The Worst Achievement Possible Get on Santa's Super-Duper-Duper-Naughty List 26%
- You'll Float, Too Reach the end of the vortex like a paper boat down a drain 26%
- The Baddest Bad Guy Kill the Wizard + Get the Amulet = Profit 24%
- Skull Hobbyist Find all crow skulls in the ancient mines 16%
- Skull Finder Collect all crow skulls in the fields 15%
- Skull Collector Collect all crow skulls in the swamp 13%
- Disk Jockey Make vinyls cool again. ...Actually, that's impossible, even as a joke. Just find all the gramophones. 11%
- Skull Fanatic Collect all crow skulls in the graveyard 11%
- Skull Aficionado Collect all crow skulls in Skeletown 9.6%
- Official Groupie Give in to your inner completionist 8.6%
- Full Closet Fill out your wardrobe 8.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.