When does The Holy Gosh Darn get good?

Give it 7 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 7h it's 1 in 50 (2%). The opening is criticised less than in 84% of games we track.

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The Holy Gosh Darn

Sep 26, 2024 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 7 hours

Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 61% of owners

Steam reviews 96% positive of 360

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 7h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
The opening is criticised less than in 84% of games we track.
Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
Only 61% 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 365 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 7.7h 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 (60.6% 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 (36)

...of Mythology Visit Helheim. 100%
...of Humanity Visit Earth. 95%
...of Upgradability Get a watch upgrade. 95%
...of Mockery Insult one Elder. 90%
...of Purgatory Visit Hell. 89%
...of Modularity Install the wardrobe module. 73%
...of Heroity Save heaven. 67%
...of Craftability Learn how to combine items. 62%
...of Sentimentality Install the Holy Site Sentimenterer. 53%
...of Philanthropy Help Mike Cobbles. 51%
...of Whackamoleity Get a perfect score in Whack-an-angel. 45%
...of Animosity Insult 10 Elders. 36%
...of Artistry Look at 20 pieces of art adjacent stuff. 27%
...of Salary Pay for services rendered. 21%
...of Omnisciency Freak out Puriel. 21%
...of Holiness Meet every Holy Spirit. 19%
...of Agility Skydive to all locations without hitting any dogs. 19%
...of Inquiry Read every book. 19%
...of Discontinuity Make Gerardiel shut up. 16%
...of Fully Upgradability Get all watch upgrades. 16%
...of Connectivity Open a network of portals between every realm. 14%
...of Hostility Insult all Elders. 12%
...of Generosity Give Satan a gift. 10%
...of Theory Learn everything. 9.4%
...of Snackery Have a cookie. 9.1%
...of Verbosity Call everyone. 8.7%
...of Melody Listen to every song. 8.6%
...of Vanity Fill out your wardrobe. 8.3%
...of Celebrity Listen to yourself on the radio. 8.3%
...of Sensibility Watch every divine memory. 8.1%
...of Mortality Die in 5 different ways. 8.1%
...of Paradoxicality Give Brokk a nosebleed. 7.4%
...of Audacity Insult 10 Elders in the same timeline. 6.3%
...of Brewery Give Elder 7 every type of coffee possible. 6.3%
...of Unbelievability See crazy nonsense everywhere. 4.3%
...of Efficiency Finish the game by rewinding 30 times or less. 3.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.