Breakout 13
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 7h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 37% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Final Fantasy” and “The Last Roar”: from 48% to 37% of starters.
- 96% 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.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 7,609 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 7.7h for positive, 6.8h 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 (95.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- In the Name of Rehab Complete prologue：In the Name of Rehab 95% −5
- Life of Gratitude Complete chapter 1：Life of Gratitude 88% −7
- A Way Out Complete chapter 2：A Way Out 84% −4
- Back to Reality Complete chapter 3：Back to Reality 81% −3
- Fresh Start Complete chapter 4：Fresh Start 78% −4
- I Want to Go Home Complete chapter 5：I Want to Go Home 68% −9
- Shadow Walker Complete chapter 6：Shadow Walker 59% −10
- Catch at Shadows Complete chapter 7：Catch at Shadows 56% −3
- Out of Focus Complete chapter 8：Out of Focus 55% −1
- Final Fantasy Complete chapter 9：Final Fantasy 48% −8
- The Last Roar Complete chapter 10：The Last Roar Most players quit here 37% −11
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Wonderful Fate Interact with the puppy 100%
- In the Name of Rehab Complete prologue：In the Name of Rehab 95%
- Life of Gratitude Complete chapter 1：Life of Gratitude 88%
- A Way Out Complete chapter 2：A Way Out 84%
- Back to Reality Complete chapter 3：Back to Reality 81%
- Fresh Start Complete chapter 4：Fresh Start 78%
- Zap Unlock 30% of the game plots 77%
- Electro Dance Sit through an electroshock therapy without resistance 75%
- A Little Help Return the bill to Hou Yi 74%
- I Am So Good Mental breakdown during the electroshock therapy 72%
- I Want to Go Home Complete chapter 5：I Want to Go Home 68%
- Twin Flowers Hear out Dr. Mi's two stories 60%
- Shadow Walker Complete chapter 6：Shadow Walker 59%
- Catch at Shadows Complete chapter 7：Catch at Shadows 56%
- Out of Focus Complete chapter 8：Out of Focus 55%
- Since I'm Already Here Say goodbye to everyone on the evening of gratitude 49%
- Final Fantasy Complete chapter 9：Final Fantasy 48%
- Thunderstruck Unlock 60% of the game plots 43%
- Concentrated No use of Speed-up or Skip in the prologue 42%
- Mom's Good Boy Complete "Mom's Good Boy" 41%
- The Valedictorian Complete "The Valedictorian" 39%
- Encyclopaedia Collect all notes 37%
- The Last Roar Complete chapter 10：The Last Roar 37%
- Lonely Patient Complete "Lonely Patient" 33%
- Hard To Swallow Shine shoes with your face 33%
- Be Grateful Complete "Be Grateful" 24%
- Missing Report Complete "Missing Report" 9.4%
- You Deserve It Slap Instructor Liu 10 times 7.8%
- Story Collector Unlock all plots in the Archive 6.8%
- Clairvoyance Unlock 100% of the game plots 2.1%