Distance
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (18%); after 5h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- 43% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Moving Forward” (Finish Cataclysm in the Adventure campaign) and “Adventurer” (Finish the Adventure campaign): from 96% to 43% 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 7,668 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5h for positive, 1.4h 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%
- Moving Forward Finish Cataclysm in the Adventure campaign 96% −4
- Adventurer Finish the Adventure campaign Most players quit here 43% −53
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Self-Termination Press the Reset button for the car 100%
- Moving Forward Finish Cataclysm in the Adventure campaign 96%
- Ninja in Training Complete a wall ride of 250 meters or more 95%
- Split Personality Get sliced by a laser 94%
- Advanced Driver Get a silver medal on a track 45%
- Adventurer Finish the Adventure campaign 43%
- Expert Driver Get a gold medal on a track 39%
- Better than Sliced Bread Slice off all wheels 32%
- Welcome to the Family Play a Workshop level 27%
- Trackmogrifier Play a Trackmogrify track 24%
- Still Alive Complete Overload without dying 24%
- Blast from the Past Finish the Lost To Echoes campaign 20%
- Meet your Rival Finish an online match 20%
- Driving Ace Get a diamond medal on a track 18%
- Down But Not Out Narrowly miss the kill grid then hit a checkpoint 15%
- The Long Grind Complete a grind of 250 meters or more 13%
- World Traveler Complete 10 Workshop maps 11%
- Wordsmith Discover 10 keywords in Trackmogrify 9.4%
- Big Bother Break a camera drone's screen 8.0%
- Millionaire Earn 5,000,000 lifetime eV 7.0%
- Speed Runner Finish the Adventure campaign in 1 hour 6.7%
- Six Figures Land a trick over 100,000 eV 5.5%
- Cheat the System Beat a Trackmogrify track in less than 10 seconds 4.6%
- Rampage Break apart 15 street lights in a level 4.3%
- Gold Collector Get Gold medals on all Adventure levels in Sprint 3.9%
- Keymaster Unlock all official levels 3.6%
- Grounded Departure Finish Entanglement without wings 3.2%
- Vendor Bender Find pieces from the past in Lost to Echoes 3.1%
- Pumpkin King Break all pumpkins in Spooky Town 2.7%
- The Other Side skuttling, skuttling, skuttling... 1.7%
- Worthy Earn the approval of the Elders 1.4%