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Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (13%); after 7h it's 1 in 140 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 86% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 39% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “THE END” (Finish the game once): only 39% of starters get there.
- Only 57% 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 768 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 6.7h for positive, 1.1h 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 (56.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- THE END Finish the game once Most players quit here 39% −61
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- Smiling friend ...? 100%
- P33 RANK Get your first PERFECT rank on any level 57%
- Drone 0 Unlock Drone 0 character 39%
- THE END Finish the game once 39%
- Jeb The Scientist Unlock Jeb The Scientist character 32%
- R.I.P. GL 2014-2026 31%
- YES THIS IS MADNESS hello mr krinkels 30%
- World War Paper Watch the credits cinematic until the end 25%
- Episode 0? Wait there was an episode 0? (U DO NOT NEED 2 PLAY EPISODE 0 TO GET THIS ONE) 22%
- Super Bandage Boy Unlock the Super Bandage Boy character 15%
- CAREER ADVICE Thanks I guess? 14%
- Peaceful solution Peace was an option... 13%
- Thats Just a Theory Find ALL lore! 11%
- Lost Soul Unlock the Lost Soul character 11%
- Can I Pet the Dog? Pet the chill boy. 9.5%
- Aha! Thats how I can get max score on level 2! 8.5%
- ANIME 2 WATCH ???? 6.5%
- Hardcococococore Finish all levels on HARDCORE difficulty 6.3%
- Family Boi Find out that he had a family… 3.7%
- Otherworlder I am you but from future... 2.6%
- MOLLY holy 2.6%
- Golden Fre...Buddy Unlock the Golden Buddy character 2.3%
- Blood Runner Finish all the levels as Jeb The Scientist 1.8%
- HOTLINE Finish all the levels as Super Bandage Boy 1.2%
- ULTIMATE P33ING Get PERFECT rank on EVERY level 0.9%