POPGOES Arcade

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,949 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 17 reviews: 9.4h for positive, 4.4h 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 (34.8% 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 (50)

• Gatecrasher Unlock the gate to the North Forest. 100%
• It Gets Easier Lose against a Corrupt Hedgehog before upgrading any stats. 98%
• You Should Be Golden Encounter a Gilded enemy. 97%
• On the Plus Side Encounter a Corrupt+ enemy. 95%
• Pop Champ Defeat 100 enemies in POPGOES: The Dead Forest. 90%
• Leave Me Alone! Run away from five enemies in a row. 87%
• At Death's Door Unlock the door to The Castle. 83%
• Dethroned Defeat the King of the Castle. 82%
• The Chosen One Max out all stats and abilities in POPGOES: The Dead Forest. 78%
• Paranormal Inactivity Free the soul from the arcade cabinet. 77%
• Saviour of the Forest Beat POPGOES: The Dead Forest with 100% completion. 76%
• B Polite, B Efficient Complete all of BB's hit lists without buying any of them. 73%
• In Its Code Witness the Blackrabbit. 71%
• Future Shock Encounter a Charged enemy. 70%
• An Apple a Day... Collect every fruit in the forest. 70%
• Okay, Now I'm Ready Have an ATK+, DEF+, and Shield activated at the same time. 70%
• Beastmaster Complete The Bestiary. 66%
• Invincible Win a battle with only 1 HP remaining. 64%
• Off The Rails Power the minecart under the garden inn. 63%
• Scrapped Defeat The Machinist. 62%
• With Flying Colours Collect all Paints. 61%
• The Chosen 2 Max out all stats (again) in POPGOES and The Machinist. 60%
• A Fine Addition Purchase the Gold Trophy. 59%
• Demolition Inevitable Defeat a robot with 5x Overkill. 58%
• Dataminer Complete The Index. 57%
• Audiophile Purchase all songs in the Jukebox. 54%
• I'm Sorry I Axed Find something in the well. 54%
• Weird Whispers Speak to the mysterious character after completing his puzzle. 51%
• Paranormal Reactivity Bring the soul back to the arcade cabinet. 49%
• Antistatic Win a battle while stunned by a Charged robot. 46%
• Dethroned Ultra Defeat the King of the Castle without using any battle abilities. 45%
• [REDACTED] See something you weren't supposed to. 45%
• Scrapped Ultra Defeat The Machinist without using any items from your inventory. 45%
• Departed Defeat the secret boss. 43%
• Centurion Defeat 100 enemies in POPGOES and The Machinist. 43%
• Hammering It Home Collect both mallets from the BB-Bots. 39%
• Bane of the Machina Beat POPGOES and The Machinist with 200% completion. 36%
• Nice Crib! Collect all trophies and display weapons. 36%
• Departed Ultra Defeat the secret boss without jumping once. 33%
• Wrapped Up Max out your Battle Gift chance via the Wishlist. 33%
• Happiest Day Open a gift from someone else. 30%
• Spoiled Open 100 Battle Gifts. 29%
• Coupon and On Redeem 30 Stamps at Holly's shop. 29%
• One of Everything Open one of each Battle Gift. 28%
• What Now? Collect all achievements. 27%
• Unstrung Complete the challenge. 26%
• Last Breath Drawn View the soul's page in The Bestiary. 25%
• Commitment Issues Leave her hanging. 24%
• Contactless Defeat a robot with no physical contact. Not even shields. 24%
• Unstrung Ultra Complete the challenge without using the Hook battle ability. 22%