Indie
q.u.q.
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 2h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 63% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 1,999
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 12 reviews are negative (8%); after 3h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 93% of games we track.
- Only 63% 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 2,052 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 2.1h for positive, 1.2h 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 (63.4% 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 (11)
- Mirages are beautiful! Die looking at mirages. 100%
- Quid pro quo Haha, you're here for the long haul... 98%
- Ouch! Die from a metal pipe. 95%
- Stuntman Die from a backflip. 87%
- Maybe next time... Choose the wrong set of the Words. 78%
- Stone Shrimp. 74%
- Goodbye! Shoot into the sky. 73%
- ??? Shoot the clock tower. 73%
- This wonderful world! Be selfish enough to create a new wonderful world! 70%
- Somewhere in the desert... Complete the game with three main endings. 65%
- All endings! Get all 10 endings. 64%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.