American Arcadia
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 7h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 64% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Man on the Run” (Complete Chapter 1) and “Checkout” (Complete Chapter 2): from 92% to 81% of starters.
- 91% 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 4,349 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 7.9h for positive, 6.8h 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 (91.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Arcadian Way of Life Complete the Prologue 100%
- Man on the Run Complete Chapter 1 92% −8
- Checkout Complete Chapter 2 Most players quit here 81% −10
- Roll on Down the Highway Complete Chapter 3 76% −5
- Intercepted Complete Chapter 4 74% −2
- Jailbreak Complete Chapter 5 71% −3
- Local Hero Complete Chapter 6 69% −1
- Leave me the f*ck alone! Complete Chapter 7 69%
- Stalemate Complete the game. 64% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- The Arcadian Way of Life Complete the Prologue 100%
- Intrincate Lies Watch a TV show 97%
- Man on the Run Complete Chapter 1 92%
- It wasn't worth the wait anyway... Go on dark ride 85%
- Checkout Complete Chapter 2 81%
- Roll on Down the Highway Complete Chapter 3 76%
- Car Crash Crash a car. 75%
- Intercepted Complete Chapter 4 74%
- Jailbreak Complete Chapter 5 71%
- Make your own kind of music Play the piano. 70%
- Local Hero Complete Chapter 6 69%
- Car Crash: Part Deux Crash a car. Again 69%
- Leave me the f*ck alone! Complete Chapter 7 69%
- Wrong Tourist Be confused with another person. 66%
- Stalemate Complete the game. 64%
- Comin' right up! Clean up your house and open the door to an unexpected guest. 40%
- An Inconvenient Truth Disobey a direct order. 28%
- TPK Get even. 26%
- What a Trip! Monitor Trevor. 22%
- Occupational Hazards Worry about someone's physical wellbeing. 21%
- Dear old pals Find a lost couple. 18%
- Masterplan Discover Number Six secret identity. 15%
- Frogger Cross the road without any help. 14%
- Overexplanation Take your time getting out of bed. 13%
- DunGene's and Dragons Snoop on a colleague's computer. 11%
- Destination: Nowhere Be back after the break. 11%
- Meta-Reference Get a fancy key. 10%
- Klutziest Activist Fail a test miserably. 9.5%
- Crazy Cat Lady Isn't she a beauty? 8.8%