IndieSimulationStrategy
CaseCracker2
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 833
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 7h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 87% 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 843 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 9.4h for positive, 7.9h 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 (86.7% 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 (46)
- Summary Report Find the 'Summary report' Clue in Case 1 100%
- Famous Novel Find Gui Renbing's Favorite Novel 94%
- Data Statistics Discover the clue statistics provided by Black Robe Inc. in Case 1 93%
- Beautiful Prague Complete the Geoguessr Challenge in Case 1 85%
- Hazardous Land Locate the Place on the Map in Case 1 84%
- Beautiful San Francisco Complete the Geoguessr Challenge in Case 2 81%
- Radiation Locate the Radiation Zone 77%
- S.O.S. Find B's Distress Signal 75%
- Hidden Information Discover Hidden Information on the Map in Case 1 75%
- Virus Discover Clues About the Release of the Virus 72%
- Barren Hills Discover the First Volume of the Dead Sea Scrolls 72%
- Beautiful Omaha Complete the Geoguessr Challenge in Case 3 70%
- Escape Find Clues About B's Situation 70%
- Red Clothes Find Clues Related to the Red Clothes 70%
- Let Me Explain Hope You Haven't Misunderstood B 66%
- Mars Boy Discover the Clue About Poliska 66%
- Freshwater Lake Discover the Second Volume of the Dead Sea Scrolls 64%
- Beautiful New York Complete the Geoguessr Challenge in Case 4 64%
- Ancient Village Discover the Clue About the Ancient Village 63%
- Project Apollo Find Clues About Project Apollo 61%
- Below Someone Locate B's Hideout 60%
- Desert Find the Third Volume of the Dead Sea Scrolls 59%
- The Usual Place Locate Li Jiajia's Frequent Hangouts 58%
- B's Wish Discover B's Wish 58%
- Online Love Interest Discover Chen Liang's Online Love Interest 57%
- What a Pit Discover the Clue Describing the Bottomless Pit 56%
- The Chair Identify Who is Targeting B 56%
- Forest Find the Fourth Volume of the Dead Sea Scrolls 55%
- Dark Forest Discover the Clue About the Dark Forest Theory 54%
- Rainy Night Tripware Uncover the Clue About the Rainy Night Tripwire 54%
- Beautiful Saint Petersburg Complete the Geoguessr Challenge in Case 5 53%
- Informant Find Who First Leaked Chen Kai's Allergy 53%
- Can't Bear the Sight Luckily, He Doesn't Wear Lady's Underwear 52%
- Troublemaker Find Who Chen Kai Passed the Apomorphine To 51%
- Video Trailer Find Clues About B's Video Trailer 50%
- Snow Mountain Discover the Fifth Volume of the Dead Sea Scrolls 49%
- To Be or Not to Be His Life or Death, Your Choice! 47%
- Drinker Identify Who Drank with Fei Jianqiang at the Bar 46%
- Devil's Curse B's hair loss is getting worse. 46%
- Supernatural Contact Zhu Lei for Information 44%
- Covert Investigation Discover the 'Covert Investigation' from Clues Left by B 40%
- Ol' Bai's Legacy Find and Open Ol' Bai's Legacy 35%
- Secrets of the Web Learn the Method to Decrypt Web Secrets 34%
- The Usual Suspects He's Probably Pretending. 29%
- True Detective Discover All Clues in CaseCracker 2.0 26%
- Grateful Heart Thanks for Being There 24%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.