Rosewater

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 425 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 277 reviews: 14h for positive, 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 (53.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (65)

• The Journey Begins Set off across Western Vespuccia 100%
• Sneaky Picked Nadine's plan for the wagon raid 92%
• Heck of A Hangover Stop the bar brawl by smashing a bottle over the thug's head 83%
• Exorcised the Demons Successfully helped Captain Boylan 78%
• Heck of a Show Fully helped Miss Hatomi's troupe 76%
• Off the Mountain Escaped New Bethel 73%
• I Left My Heart in El Presidio Arrive in El Presidio 73%
• Flor Silvestre A campfire is always nicer with music 73%
• Duck, You Sucker! Knock Jem out 71%
• Once Upon A Time In Western Vespuccia Complete the game 66%
• Outsmarted the Trickster Got the stick back from the coyote 66%
• Tables Turned Outsmart the scammer 64%
• In Rain, Sleet, or Snow... Saved the post office 61%
• Loose-Lipped Get the Fortuyn family to open up 53%
• Heroic Save the kid at the river 49%
• Burn It To The Ground Blew up Dr. Clark's lab 47%
• Moving On Help Danny with the memorial 46%
• Not in the Cards Expose Lady Tyché's operation 44%
• The Last Traitor Deal with Hernandez 43%
• Crackshot Beat Marisol at shooting 41%
• Rough Justice Enter the Jolly Good Club with Danny's help 39%
• A Great Man Meet Lieutenant Morales 38%
• Tradition Observer Write something on the boulder 38%
• Potion Master Nadine helped get rid of the guard 33%
• Oil's Well That Ends Well Saved Cormac 32%
• Theatrical Picked Jake's plan for the wagon raid 31%
• Bullet Time Danny helped get rid of the guard 30%
• Dr. Redbird: Medicine Woman Enter the Jolly Good Club with Nadine's help 27%
• Straight and Narrow Convinced Jem to give up his criminal ways 27%
• The Sign of the Coyote Help the sick coyote 26%
• Good Samaritan Warned the labor union about the bomb 26%
• Desperate Times Pawned one of your companions' belongings 24%
• Gunslinger Beat Marisol at shooting on your first try 23%
• Fish Story Catch all the fish 22%
• Master Bluffer Keep Jake's bluff going as long as possible 19%
• Gratuitous Nudity Convince everyone to pose for Mr. Treadway 19%
• Say That Again What a literal turn of mind you have 18%
• Special Delivery Return all of Dr. Clark's belongings 18%
• Good Listener Let Martha handle Mr. Sirkas 16%
• Close Call Phil disarmed the bomb 15%
• Woman of Many Hats Tried on all the hats in the game in a single playthrough 14%
• Ghost of a Chance Phil helped get rid of the guard 13%
• Union Man Enter the Jolly Good Club with Phil's help 13%
• Fossil Hunter Successfully tagged 5 fossils 11%
• Teetotaler Just said no 11%
• Initiate Perform the labor union initiation correctly on your first try 9.2%
• Stinky Offer soap to your companions 8.2%
• Bloodthirsty Picked Phil's plan for the wagon raid 8.1%
• The Good, The Bad, and the Fluffy Pet Leeza Lou 5 times 7.9%
• Cat Nap Drugged the wildcat 6.7%
• Tongue Twister You succeeded at Phil's challenge 6.4%
• Jokester Phil appreciates your sense of humor 5.8%
• Some Hard Feelings You punched Jake 5.4%
• Sharpshooter Beat Marisol at shooting on your first try...with a perfect score (and without practicing) 5.2%
• Buzzkill Got the bandits to leave by shooting the wasp nest 4.1%
• Master Hunter Shoot all the pheasants 3.6%
• Time and Punishment Spite Jem 3.6%
• Brute Force Get into LaPorte's room on your first try without finding any clues 3.4%
• A Fistful of Crowns Earned 200 crowns or more in one playthrough 2.6%
• Locksmith Pick every lock in the game in a single playthrough 2.6%
• Wily Coyote, Super Genius He's not very bright 2.6%
• Stargazer Correctly identify all constellations without any mistakes 2.4%
• Confession Told Lola the truth about her stolen watch 1.7%
• The Magnificent Six Get all high relationship companion excursions in one playthrough 1.7%
• "Current" Events Show 25 people the Aetheric Expo article 1.5%