Split Fiction
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 87% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “BFF's” (Finally published): only 87% of starters get there.
- Only 32% 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 129,241 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 209 reviews: 16.1h for positive, 8.1h 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 (32.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- BFF's Finally published Most players quit here 87% −13
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- Feed Me Take a snack 100%
- Robot Revolution Hasta la vista, baby 90%
- BFF's Finally published 87%
- Huffing and Puffing It's not the big bad wolf you have to worry about 82%
- Bookworms Complete all side stories 57%
- Locked Up No way out 55%
- Tazed and Confused Adding insult to injury 54%
- Rose's Best Friend You made her cry 53%
- Potion Chef I need your strongest potions 47%
- Chair the Load Get off me... 39%
- One Bird, Three Stones You couldn't have known 32%
- Goin' Whole Hog Let it rip 26%
- Are We the Baddies? No worries, it's just a simulation 24%
- A Friendly Push Monkey strong 21%
- We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat Duuuun dun… duuuun dun… 12%
- Sisters: A Tale Of Two Besties Relax on all 6 benches 11%
- You Are Not a Robot Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart 10%
- The Cake is Not a Lie Congratulations, the test is now over 9.6%
- Snaaaaaaaaake Could friendship bloom on the battlefield 7.8%
- Cold Potato Complete the Gameshow without the bomb exploding 5.6%