Hollywood Animal
Give it 15 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 15h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- Most players drop off before “"It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage."” (Completed Act One): only 14% of starters get there.
- 83% 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 4,269 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 39.7h for positive, 18.4h 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 (82.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage." Completed Act One. Most players quit here 14% −86
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (14)
story milestone ending side
- "Well, my next one will be better." Released a film written, shot, and edited at the studio. 100%
- "Nothing is written." You stole the Duvalls' money and suppressed the secret. 55%
- "Can't make the scene if you don't have the green." Accumulate $20 million in the account. 46%
- "You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby." Owned 1001 movie theaters. 17%
- "From a great inner pain." Written a hundred scripts. 15%
- "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage." Completed Act One. 14%
- "I want everything I've ever seen in the movies!" Release a movie with ten story elements. 9.1%
- "I'm not here to say please, I'm here to tell you what to do." Push five initiatives through the Alliance. 6.7%
- "Chicas, champagne, flash." Unlocked all illegal gifts. 6.2%
- "Second star to the right and straight on till morning." Turn Wendy Carpenter into a level 10 actress. 2.9%
- "You had me at hello." Befriended four characters at once, with just one film. 2.1%
- "We all go a little mad sometimes." You've killed six people. 1.8%
- "Let's go home, Debbie." Kept a prisoner in captivity for five years. 1.3%
- "Where does it say you can't kill a cop?" You’ve killed Peter Lambert. 0.7%