Crime Boss: Rockay City
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- 19% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “First One’s Free” (Finish the first day of the campaign) and “Rockay Rex” (Conquer all turfs of Rockay City): from 81% to 19% of starters.
- Only 50% 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 10,802 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 264 reviews: 11.4h for positive, 3.3h 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 (49.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First One’s Free Finish the first day of the campaign. 81% −19
- Rockay Rex Conquer all turfs of Rockay City. Most players quit here 19% −62
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- Neophyte Ninja Complete the tutorial in stealth. 100%
- First One’s Free Finish the first day of the campaign. 81%
- Too Old for This Start your first story goal with Gloves in your entourage. 62%
- Headhunter Hire a unique character in the Multiplayer mode. 56%
- Downed but Not Outed Fail the campaign. 48%
- Fancy Pants Purchase the first asset for the boss’s office. 46%
- Underworld Initiate Complete the urban legend “New Blood”. 40%
- Case Closed Kill a detective. 31%
- Roid Ranger Complete the urban legend “Juiced Up, Iced Out”. 30%
- Raider’s Ruin Remove Khan from the city. 28%
- Off the Rocks Remove Hielo from the city. 27%
- Dragonslayer Remove Dollar Dragon from the city. 25%
- Foo Finder Finish the Dragon Dogs heist in the campaign. 25%
- Hidden Sonata Complete the urban legend “Secret Symphony”. 24%
- King of the Hill Successfully defend your stash from a rival gang. 21%
- Moneybags Make ten million dollars in total in the Multiplayer mode. 20%
- Track Star Complete the urban legend “Hauling Ash”. 19%
- Rockay Rex Conquer all turfs of Rockay City. 19%
- I Like Trains Finish the Money Train heist in the campaign. 17%
- True Player Reach boss level thirty. 16%
- Legend Looter Complete the urban legend “Who Took the Dogs Out?”. 16%
- Freebooter Finish the Import Export heist with alarm in the campaign. 14%
- Imports and Exports Complete the urban legend “The Big Khan”. 13%
- Savvy Seeker Finish the Hidden Vault heist in the campaign. 13%
- Classy Joint Purchase twenty-five assets for the boss’s office. 12%
- Groundhog Days Restart the campaign ten times. 10%
- All that Glitters Finish the Gold Cup heist in the campaign. 9.4%
- Ding Dong Resolve Chase’s story in the campaign. 7.8%
- All for One Complete the urban legend “King’s Treasure”. 7.6%
- If I Die, Delete My History Finish the Cyberstorm heist in the campaign. 7.6%
- Privateer Finish the Import Export heist in stealth in the campaign. 7.4%
- Rockay Raider Complete all individual urban legends with a two-star rating or better. 6.8%
- Now You See Me Finish the Gold Cup heist in stealth in the campaign. 6.4%
- Paradise Lost Finish the Cagnali’s Fortress heist in the campaign. 6.4%
- Impossible Dreamer Escape from Sheriff Norris. 6.2%
- One for All Complete the urban legend “Silence is Gold”. 6.2%
- Luddite Destroy fifty robots in Baker’s Dream. 6.0%
- Injustice for All Complete the urban legend “Cagnali’s Order”. 6.0%
- Talent Scout Hire ten unique characters in the Multiplayer mode. 5.2%
- Red Star Resolve Ranger’s story in the campaign. 4.8%
- Olympus Ascended Resolve Jupiter’s story in the campaign. 4.6%
- Rockay Knight Complete all individual urban legends with a three-star rating. 4.0%
- Cracked the Jack Resolve Cracker’s story in the campaign. 4.0%
- Full House Hire every single unique character in the Multiplayer mode. 3.8%
- Geek Out Resolve Wiz’s story in the campaign. 3.0%