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Night of the Dead
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 69% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 11,905
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 15h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 69% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 11,977 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 50.4h for positive, 20.4h 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 (68.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (80)
story milestone ending side
- I just wanna peace Kill 5 zombies 100%
- Awakening Clear Main Story Chapter 1 94%
- A tons of paper Cut down 10 trees 88%
- Your're doing great The first death 88%
- What has to be done, has to be done Kill your first animal 86%
- First Night Survive 1 day 85%
- Camping Place a sleeping bag 82%
- Blacksmith Craft 5 equipment 63%
- Anyone can cook Cook 5 foods 62%
- Junk Food Consume 11 energy bars 61%
- Greedy Consume 50 foods 58%
- Home ownership Build 100 times 51%
- Housekeeper Build 10 melee traps 49%
- Shelter Clear Main Story Chapter 3 46%
- Marathoner Move 26.2miles 45%
- Become my companion Recruit a follower 42%
- Yes, Chef! Cook 30 foods 42%
- Dungeon Clear Main Story Chapter 4 38%
- Precious! Build 10 storage boxes 37%
- Vroom vroom Ride a vehicle 37%
- Survival Survive 10 days 34%
- Prometheus Craft a torch 33%
- Berserker Kill 1000 zombies 29%
- Rest Clear Main Story Chapter 7 28%
- Unique grade Acquire unique equipment 27%
- Artisan Upgrade equipment 30 times 27%
- Home sweet home Place a bed 26%
- Radar Clear Main Story Chapter 10 26%
- Encounter Clear Main Story Chapter 13 21%
- Lacto Ovo Consume 50 vegetables and dairy products 21%
- First Blood Kill 1 other player 20%
- Mining Machine Crush 100 boulders 19%
- Thriving Survive 20 days 18%
- Plowman Place 10 farms 17%
- Tragedy Clear Main Story Chapter 16 17%
- Clothes make the man Apply a skin to equipment 16%
- Trick or Rhino! Upgrade equipment +9 16%
- Battle ready Attach a coil to equipment 16%
- Global Warming Cut down 500 trees 15%
- Aim for the neck Hunt a giant zombie 14%
- It's so hot Explore the desert 14%
- Masterpiece Upgrade equipment +10 14%
- I'm always angry Taking damage from Chemical Gas debuffs 13%
- Dawn Clear Main Story 11%
- Executioner Build 10 Guillotine 11%
- One last... Dying from food with reduced HP 11%
- Meatarian Consume 50 meats 10%
- Rampaging rabbit Hunt a mutated rabbit 9.5%
- I've come to bargain Die 100 times 9.3%
- It's so cold Explore the snowfield 9.0%
- Explorer Build 10 flags 9.0%
- Adventure Explore all areas 8.5%
- Halfway there Reach level 50 7.7%
- Doping Test Obtain 6 Food Effects 6.4%
- Hercules Hunt a mutated lion 6.4%
- Diet Starve to minimum satiety 6.1%
- Torch Relay Move 2020m with equip torch 6.1%
- City in a garden Build 50 farms 6.0%
- Long journey Travel 10 km on a scooter 5.5%
- Sniper duel Attack a Crossbow Hunter Zombie with a crossbow 4.5%
- One month later Survive 30 days 4.4%
- Toddle Clear main story with Normal difficulty 4.1%
- Faster! Upgrade armored vehicle 3.9%
- Butcher Kill 500 animals 3.8%
- Apex predator Hunt a mutated bear 3.8%
- Rat Race Clear main story with Multiplayer 3.1%
- Walking encyclopedia Complete All Research 2.9%
- Gourmet Consume 10 raw meats 2.8%
- Expert Survive 40 days 2.8%
- Automated factory Build 10 drone stations 2.2%
- Millionaire Purchase 100 Gold Bars 2.0%
- Veteran Survive 50 days 2.0%
- NOTD's moving castle Build 100 buildings on a vehicle 1.6%
- I Am Legend Clear main story with Legend difficulty 1.0%
- Limit Reach level 99 1.0%
- Killing Spree Kill 50 other players 0.9%
- Hardcore Clear main story with Hardcore mode 0.7%
- Terrorist Destroy 100 buildings 0.7%
- Aquarium Build 10 fish tank 0.6%
- Zoophilist Hit by animals 1000 times 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.