Spelunky
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 20h it's 1 in 40 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Mines Shafted” (Reach the Jungle): only 56% of starters get there.
- 74% 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 16,761 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 18.3h for positive, 9.8h 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 (74.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Mines Shafted Reach the Jungle. Most players quit here 56% −44
- Jungle Jammed Reach the Ice Caves. 32% −23
- Ice Creamed Reach the Temple. 24% −8
- Made It Complete the game. 12% −12
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- So It Begins Beat the Tutorial. 100%
- Mines Shafted Reach the Jungle. 56%
- Jungle Jammed Reach the Ice Caves. 32%
- Seen a Lot Complete 50% of the journal. 31%
- Ice Creamed Reach the Temple. 24%
- Her Favorite Win the kapala from Kali. 21%
- Eternal Life Obtain the Ankh. 18%
- Made It Complete the game. 12%
- Ironman Complete the game without using shortcuts. 11%
- Public Enemy Kill 12 or more shopkeepers in one game. 10%
- City of Gold Reach the City of Gold. 9.4%
- Casanova Rescue 10 or more damsels in one game. 7.9%
- To Hell and Back Complete the game the hard way. 5.4%
- Addicted Play Adventure Mode 1000 times. 5.0%
- Big Money Obtain 500,000 gold. 4.3%
- The Entire Gang Rescue all 16 hidden characters. 3.4%
- Seen It All Complete 100% of the journal. 2.8%
- Speedlunky Complete the game in under 8 minutes. No shortcuts. 2.8%
- Good Teamwork Complete the game with at least two players alive. No shortcuts. 2.0%
- Low Scorer Complete the game without collecting any treasure. No shortcuts. 1.9%