STARWHAL

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 715 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 2.6h for positive, 0.9h 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 (83.1% 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 (22)

• Clearing the backlog Play the game! 100%
• Petty Cash Get your first bronze medal 40%
• Silver Dollar Get your first silver medal 36%
• Golden Boy Get your first gold medal 29%
• Come at me, bro! Taunt 25 times in a single match 23%
• Mine, All Mine! Win a Versus Heart Throb match being the sole holder of the Heart 20%
• Gnarly Balls Get your first platinum medal 14%
• Stabby stab Stab 1,000 hearts in Classic mode 6.4%
• Master of their Domain Hold a Zone for 45 consecutive seconds 3.9%
• Bronze Age Obtain 30 Bronze medals in challenge mode 1.1%
• This Place Shall Become Your Grave Die 100 times in Challenge Mode 0.8%
• Silver Surfer Obtain 25 Silver medals 0.8%
• Gold Digger Obtain 20 Gold in all Challenges 0.7%
• Platinum Games Obtain 15 Platinum in all Challenges 0.7%
• Ice Breaker Shatter 1000 blocks of Ice 0.6%
• Too Easy Obtain 32 Platinum medals 0.6%
• Why2K? Accumulate 2,000 total points in Score Attack 0.6%
• Die One Thousand Deaths Die 1000 times in Challenge Mode 0.5%
• Developer X is pleased Accumulate 32,768 total points in Score Attack 0.5%
• NEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRD!!!!!!! Play 10,000 rounds of Versus 0.5%
• NERD Play 1,000 rounds of Versus 0.5%
• Stabby stabby stab Stab 10,000 hearts in Classic mode 0.5%