CasualStrategy
Turlock Holmes
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 1,002
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 5h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 94% 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 1,018 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 6.1h for positive, 5.6h 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 (94.5% 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 (19)
- Shell Breaker Master the tutorial. 100%
- Beneath the Surface Investigate the underground. 77%
- My Story You already know my ending. 72%
- The Smell An obnoxious scent. 61%
- Tangled Hearts Love and hate in a few lines. 51%
- The Loop Was I stuck in a loop? 49%
- Dangerous Job This job does not pay me enough. 40%
- The Wandering Lead a wandering life. 38%
- The Game Let's play Turlock! 30%
- The Tear Tears couldn't help. 29%
- Classic Stories Tales of urban mystery. 25%
- The Truth All would be forgotten. 23%
- The Fight Have you lost it? 22%
- The Note Wait for me to come back. 22%
- Final Scene The last scene in the play of life. 20%
- The Lie I knew this was the last time. 20%
- The Journey The end. 18%
- Home Alone The sweetest place in the world. 18%
- Perfect Cabin Collect all Turlock's stuff. 11%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.