When does Pepper Grinder get good?

Give it 4 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 4h it's 1 in 12 (8%). 93% of owners got the first achievement.

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Pepper Grinder

Mar 28, 2024 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 4 hours

Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 93% of owners

Steam reviews 86% positive of 1,299

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 4h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
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.

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Based on all 1,317 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 5h for positive, 1.9h 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 (93.1% 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 (23)

Treasure Hunter Complete stage 1-1 100%
New Hobby Unlock the stickerbook 81%
Beetle Flipper Defeat the 1st boss 66%
A Path Less Traveled Unlock a hidden stage 61%
Garden Shakedown Find a Mandragora and take its money 57%
A Dash of Pepper Fall into some soup 54%
Make A Friend Carve a giant pumpkin 48%
No Wormies Defeat the 2nd boss 47%
Pepper/Mint Defeat the 3rd boss 38%
Emperor Naro Defeat the final boss 30%
Dedicated Explorer Unlock all hidden stages 30%
Skull Hunter Collect all skull coins 16%
Stickerbook World Tour Unlock all stickerbook pages 15%
Fast Cash Earn a gold medal time attack record for every stage of World 1 6.3%
Series 1 Collector Collect all series 1 stickers 5.8%
Treasure Rush Earn a gold medal time attack record for every stage of World 2 4.8%
Series 2 Collector Collect all series 2 stickers 4.7%
Series 3 Collector Collect all series 3 stickers 3.9%
Series 4 Collector Collect all series 4 stickers 3.9%
Speed Strats Earn a gold medal time attack record for every stage of World 3 3.9%
Done Quick Earn a gold medal time attack record for every stage of World 4 3.7%
Killer Driller Complete 100% of the game 3.5%
Special Series Collector Collect all special series stickers 3.5%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.