Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Act I” and “Act II”: from 86% to 51% of starters.
- Only 31% 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 4,518 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 11.5h for positive, 5.2h 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 (31.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Act I Complete Act I. 86% −14
- Act II Complete Act II. Most players quit here 51% −35
- Act III Complete Act III. 35% −17
- Act IV Complete Act IV. 28% −7
- "Look for me under your bootsoles" Complete Act V. 29% +1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- I bet a dog will eat it Share Joseph's home-made jerky with the dog. 100%
- Act I Complete Act I. 86%
- Limits & Demonstrations Complete "Limits & Demonstrations." 71%
- Act II Complete Act II. 51%
- The Entertainment Complete "The Entertainment." 45%
- Finding Carrington Return to Equus Oils and find Carrington there. 36%
- Act III Complete Act III. 35%
- Here And There Along The Echo Complete "Here And There Along The Echo." 33%
- "Look for me under your bootsoles" Complete Act V. 29%
- Act IV Complete Act IV. 28%
- Un Pueblo De Nada Complete "Un Pueblo De Nada." 28%
- You died Die in Xanadu. 21%
- Paperclip Labyrinth Follow the bureaucratic loop in the Bureau 3 times. 16%
- Organ Performance Listen to the organ performance in the Bureau. 16%
- Patch speaking Answer the phone in the Rum Colony. 15%
- Death of the Hired Man Complete "Death of the Hired Man." 11%
- Here, you pick Learn about 12 dishes in Sam & Ida's. 11%
- Say something romantic Watch Flora launch her paper boat. 8.9%
- Phil and Jane Find Phil and Jane on the Zero. 5.1%
- Hypnagogic Hypnotize Shannon in the mine. 4.2%
- Under the horizon Find Flora's boat in the distillery. 4.2%
- Happy Tuesday Win the claw game at Sam & Ida's. 3.8%
- The map Walk the Seer's earthwork path in the town. 3.5%
- Act IV again Complete Act IV a second time. 3.2%