Lovely Planet
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 87% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 27% 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 2,728 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 3.9h for positive, 0.8h 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 (27% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (14)
story milestone ending side
- True Samurai Parry Projectile at Right Angles 100%
- Harakiri Shoot Yourself 60%
- Ace City Unlock All Stars (City) 33%
- Hungry Samurai Find the Hungry Samurai (Village) 24%
- Ace Village Unlock All Stars (Village) 22%
- Graves Find the Graves (Village) 20%
- Ace Forest Unlock All Stars (Forest) 19%
- Pearl Dagger Find the Dagger with the Pearl Inlay (Forest) 16%
- Drinker Drinker Drink the Sake (Swamp) 13%
- Ace Swamp Unlock All Stars (Swamp) 13%
- Planet Shrine Visit the Shrine of Lovely Planet 13%
- Rainbow Gun Collect All Gun Colors 12%
- Ace Mountains Unlock All Stars (Mountains) 11%
- Secrets Find All Hidden Secrets 11%