There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 5h it's 1 in 70 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 69% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “There's a bug in the soup” (Finish chapter 1) and “A soundly led quest” (Finish chapter 2): from 97% to 88% of starters.
- 95% 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 26,527 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.2h for positive, 3.5h 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 (95.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- There's a bug in the soup Finish chapter 1. 97% −3
- A soundly led quest Finish chapter 2. Most players quit here 88% −10
- Princess saver Finish chapter 3. 80% −7
- The end of the ordeal Finish chapter 4. 76% −4
- It's not over yet Finish chapter 5. 73% −3
- Home at last Finish chapter 6. 69% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- Private Detective Go through the trash. 100%
- Have you no shame? Find the naughty pictures. 100%
- Administrator Get past the computer security and gain the incredible power... to tell time. 99%
- There's a bug in the soup Finish chapter 1. 97%
- Conspiracy theorist Read all the messages that reveal the real truth! 95%
- A soundly led quest Finish chapter 2. 88%
- Raiders of the lost game "Snakes...Why did it have to be snakes?" 82%
- Princess saver Finish chapter 3. 80%
- Serial Clicker Click, click, click. More clicks. Even more clicks! 78%
- To infinity and beyond! Make some 600 lb armor fly. 78%
- One Punch Man Get rid of a super bad guy with a single hit. 76%
- The end of the ordeal Finish chapter 4. 76%
- A friend of the animals... or not. Demonstrate your love for animals using a bucket and some water. 74%
- Headshot Smash a skull in this happy, family-friendly game. 74%
- It's not over yet Finish chapter 5. 73%
- Outside the box Find the key to the underwater door. 71%
- Home at last Finish chapter 6. 69%
- I want to PLAY!! Make the wrong decision and risk the complete annihilation of the intergalactic universe. 63%
- Follow the guide! Find the squirrel hiding in the Verdant Landscape. 47%
- It's a trap! Blindly follow the arrows. 45%
- This is not a Beat'em up Beat up an innocent bystander. 37%
- Future of the planet, and all that... Make the right decision and go back to bed. 31%
- Roshambo Addict Become the world's worst 23%
- Life sentence Voluntarily drown the Hero. 22%
- Who you gonna call? Use a cell phone to call someone with magical powers. 20%
- Blue moon Get a blue moon... or almost. 20%
- Carmack junior Enter GiGi's code without making a single mistake. 20%
- Spam Harass Sherlock Holmes over the Telettrophone. 19%
- Serge Karamasov Jump over a chair. 18%
- Random luck! In the dimensional temple, find the combination without reading the runes. 17%
- Wrong Dimension Call "you know who" on the Telettrophone. 15%
- Honey, I blew up the Hero In the house, turn the Hero into a giant without using the monocle. 15%
- Better than Mr. Radar You've got to be a Spaceballs fan to find the solution. 14%
- Skeet shoot Destroy all the validation signs. 13%