Stray
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 5h it's 1 in 60 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 89% of games we track.
- 42% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Not Alone” (Meet B-12) and “Catwalk” (Reach Midtown): from 88% to 48% of starters.
- 93% 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 181,226 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 5,020 reviews: 7.6h for positive, 4.8h 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 (92.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Missed Jump Fall inside the city. 100%
- Not Alone Meet B-12. 88% −12
- Catwalk Reach Midtown. Most players quit here 48% −39
- Al-Cat-Raz Go to jail. 43% −5
- Eye Opener Complete the game and open the city. 42% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by hand.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- Missed Jump Fall inside the city. 100%
- Not Alone Meet B-12. 88%
- Cat Got Your Tongue? Have B-12 translate a robot. 82%
- Curiosity Killed the Cat Wear the paper bag. 75%
- Cat-a-Pult Jump 500 times. 70%
- A Little Chatty Meow 100 times. 70%
- Catwalk Reach Midtown. 48%
- Al-Cat-Raz Go to jail. 43%
- Eye Opener Complete the game and open the city. 42%
- No More Lives Die 9 times. 40%
- Cat-a-strophe Try to play mahjong with the robots. 38%
- Cat's best friend Nuzzle up against 5 robots. 28%
- Meowlody Bring all the music sheets to Morusque. 22%
- Boom Chat Kalaka Dunk the basketball. 16%
- Télé à chat Browse through all of the TV channels. 16%
- Scratch Scratch the vinyl in the club. 10%
- I Remember! Gather all B-12 memories. 7.2%
- Productive Day Sleep for more than one hour. 5.9%
- Badges Collect all badges. 5.9%
- Sneakitty Go through Midtown without being detected by the Sentinels. 5.0%
- Territory Scratch in every chapter. 4.7%
- Pacifist Complete the Sewers without killing any Zurks. 4.1%
- Can't Cat-ch Me Complete the first Zurk pursuit without being caught. 4.0%
- I Am Speed Complete the game in less than 2 hours. 2.8%