New Arc Line

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 820 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 10h for positive, 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 (67.8% 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 (20)

• Red Valve Congratulations! You’ve succeeded in testing your skills for the first time. Not the last one, though, so be prepared. 100%
• New Beginning Prologue is complete. Road full of serious challenges is still ahead 88%
• Not Your Day Fail 3 skill checks in a row. But don’t be sad, it happens. 46%
• Saving the World Will Wait Complete all side activities possible at the Arrival Port. Villains and plot twists will wait, huh? 38%
• Serial Catcaller Interact with 3 stray cats. They all need some affection! 20%
• Casting Agent Give the dwarf guarding the baggage belt a chance to act in Penrose's play. Give him his big break! 18%
• Killing Spree Kill five enemies in one character turn. Just do it. 18%
• Pied Piper No pipe, but 20 rats are dead with your help. 16%
• Brave New World Board the train and leave the slums to see what other wonders the New World has to offer. 11%
• Standup Connoisseur Listen to all the jokes of fishman Bo like a true schadenfreude appreciator. 9.9%
• Bear With Me Find the plush bear and return it to Timmy. The bear’s with him now. 8.1%
• Scrap Metal Capitalist Sell the murderous automaton to a merchant or disassemble it into useful parts. 5.8%
• Open Minded Find Mothman and accept his wisdom. 4.7%
• Pickpocketer Rob people of 200 dollars worth of items. It’s their problem they didn’t see! 3.7%
• The Iron Liver Defeat Green Fairy in the alcobattle. It’s surely worthy of respect. 3.4%
• Hall of Fame Try all sorts of pleasure in the brothel. Men, women, metal... 1.6%
• Hot Sales Sell Leprechaun’s gold before it turns into pebbles. You know when to exit a volatile investment. 1.5%
• Kids Are Alright When Silent In the tunnels, stop Maghda’s excited flow of words with a well-placed call for silence. 1.2%
• Knock-Knock Who’s there? Someone with enough patience to endure all the jokes from behind the closed door. 0.4%
• Unauthorized Worker Access Help mages finish the ritual and summon a magical beast in the factory. It isn’t here looking for a job. 0.3%