The Baby In Yellow
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 13 reviews are negative (8%); after 4h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 93% of games we track.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Cat Watched On” (Complete the ‘CAT’ Story) and “Playtime's Over” (Complete the ‘CROWN’ Story): from 64% to 32% of starters.
- 86% 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 2,612 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 5h for positive, 3.5h 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 (86.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Sheep Stepped Forth Complete the ‘SHEEP’ Story 100%
- The Tiny Rabbit Hopped Complete the ‘RABBIT’ Story 82% −18
- The Cat Watched On Complete the ‘CAT’ Story 64% −18
- Playtime's Over Complete the ‘CROWN’ Story Most players quit here 32% −32
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- The Sheep Stepped Forth Complete the ‘SHEEP’ Story 100%
- The Tiny Rabbit Hopped Complete the ‘RABBIT’ Story 82%
- The Cat Watched On Complete the ‘CAT’ Story 64%
- That’s Not A Ball! Put the Baby in the Basketball Hoop 54%
- Not This Time! Don’t feed and change the Baby during the Mirrored House Segment 44%
- A Cracking Yoke Throw an Egg at the baby 41%
- An Unlikely Throne Put The Baby On Newts Head 35%
- All Aboard! Place a Train on the Track in the Baby’s Bedroom 33%
- Playtime's Over Complete the ‘CROWN’ Story 32%
- ??? Experience the Evil Eye event from the toybox 30%
- Music To My Ears Play Every Record in Pickman’s Apartment 30%
- Celestial Spinner Spin Globe of Carcosa 30%
- Et Tu Newt? Drop Newt down into the Lab Following his Death 29%
- For Science! Brew all potions in the lab 27%
- Big Flipper Perform a Cool Trick 27%
- Wheee! Go down the slide 22%
- Hungry? Fill the Toastie Machine with the maximum possible Ingredients 21%
- Flush, Spin, Roast Put the Baby in the Toilet, Washing Machine and Oven in a single night 21%
- Robotic Rocket Fire Newt out of the Cannon 20%
- Food Ninja Stick 4 Pieces of Food to the Baby at Once 19%
- Ace Pilot Fly the toy plane for 20 seconds without crashing 18%
- Dinner Time Feed the Turkey to the Oven 17%
- Dunk Master Score 100 Points on the Basketball Hoop 16%
- Stunt Star Jump the Toy Car off a Ramp 15%
- Hide & Seek Get in the cupboard with the Baby 15%
- Eww gross! Look through the microscope 12%
- Memoirs Of A Seeker Find all Recordings Left by the Doctor 11%
- Perfect Precision Complete the Repair Mini-game without Failing Once 11%
- Gotta go fast Drive the Big Zoomy Car 10%
- Vine Art Reveal The Unearthly's portrait 10%
- Essential Reading Find the Book of the Dead 9.0%
- Slingshot Fling the Baby off the swing 8.3%
- Hop! Hop! Hop! Pin the feet on the Bunny 6.0%
- Paint the Rainbow Use every colour while painting 5.2%
- Good Kitty? Pet the Cat 4.7%
- Data Recovery Find all the floppy disks 3.1%
- Forbidden Hat Put a plunger on the Baby’s head 2.7%
- Spam Fan Read every email in Crown Childcare 2.5%