Chaos on Deponia
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 10h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Huzzah – once more from the top” (I didn't do anything?!) and “Huzzah put balls to the wall” (After them!): from 86% to 65% of starters.
- Only 59% 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 3,191 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10.3h 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 (58.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Huzzah with booze and so forth Rube Goldberg can pack it in 100%
- Huzzah – once more from the top I didn't do anything?! 86% −14
- Huzzah put balls to the wall After them! Most players quit here 65% −21
- Huzzah we'll work overtime Swimming certificate earned 56% −9
- Huzzah let's hope far away Now what? 55% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- Huzzah with booze and so forth Rube Goldberg can pack it in 100%
- Lollipop or love? Set priorities 89%
- Huzzah – once more from the top I didn't do anything?! 86%
- Family drama Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father! 68%
- Huzzah put balls to the wall After them! 65%
- Shut up, Simon! Training is for losers! 64%
- Egg race No egg on your face 63%
- All mine! Omnomnom! Nomnomnomnomnomnom! 61%
- A bond for life Force your luck 60%
- Garden work Is it Easter already? 59%
- Captain Planet ... and Fay wept quietly 58%
- Huzzah we'll work overtime Swimming certificate earned 56%
- Tease the dragon I thought you couldn't die here? 56%
- Freestyler Prove your street cred 56%
- Huzzah let's hope far away Now what? 55%
- Blow job Actually, that would have been Toni's job... 48%
- Flipper out Hunt for the Red October 40%
- With love from Porta Fisco Expert in platypus poetry 39%
- Thanks! Was that our 15 minutes of fame? 38%
- Pre-paradox Back to the future 31%
- Animal lover No animals were harmed in the making of this game! 30%
- What women want Survive the interview 30%
- Not in the face! Thank you, sir, may I have another? 28%
- Supercool Make a fool of yourself 28%
- Deponia Idol The Droggeljug search for the supersinger 24%
- Endurance test These foreign models are junk. 22%
- Bloody nose Rake up another achievement! 20%
- Animal husbandry Catch 'em all! 19%
- T-415411293 I'll be back! 15%
- Behind the mirror An alternative ending to another game 13%
- Woooghieee Did you see that? 13%
- Cheater I see what you did there... 11%
- Collecting agent Collecting agent 11%
- Pin-up Goal I only read it for the articles 10%