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Deadly Days: Roadtrip
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 79% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 3,176
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 4 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 79% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Bring the bus back” (Win your first run): only 79% of starters get there.
- 94% 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 3,205 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 19.4h for positive, 9.2h 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 (94.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Bring the bus back Win your first run. Most players quit here 79% −21
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- First apple Collect your first apple 100%
- Warm up Kill your first 1000 zombies. 96%
- The ultimate building material Collect your first duct tape 93%
- Bring the bus back Win your first run. 79%
- Banana Banana Find the banana costume 62%
- Spaceshuttle Find and defend the spaceshuttle 50%
- Tinkerer Craft 3 different legendary items 44%
- Threatening Reach threat level 100 31%
- Peak Performance Defeat a boss in "The Snowy Peaks" biome. 30%
- Multiple personalities Have two character items in your backpack. 26%
- Meet and greet Encounter the death in person. 22%
- Sharp-Shooter Kill 1000 zombies with the rifle. 21%
- The First Cut Find and carve a fresh pumpkin 20%
- Not Today Fall below 10 HP, then restore yourself to maximum health. 16%
- Juggler Have 3 Rubber Balls in your backpack and active. 14%
- Room for more Expand your backpack. 13%
- Self improvement Upgrade a permanent stat at the base. 13%
- Better together Have an item affect another item. 13%
- Good as new Repair an item. 13%
- Disruptive Innovation Build your first bomb. 12%
- Handyman Get your first one-time unlock at the workbench. 12%
- A step up Upgrade an item to a higher rarity. 12%
- Speedy Have 6 dashes worth of stamina. 12%
- Performance Review Get a table flipped in your face by Director Bottomline. 11%
- Beat Scoop Beat the boss "Scoop" 11%
- Corporate Restructuring Destroy the first headquarter. 9.4%
- Legend in the making Craft a Legendary item. 9.0%
- Beat Hank Beat the boss "Hank" 8.5%
- Beat Dumpling Beat the boss "Dumpling" 7.5%
- Center of attention Have one item affected by 10 other items at the same time. 7.3%
- Myth confirmed Obtain a Mythic item. 6.0%
- Beat Mr. Kyde Beat the boss "Mr. Kyde" 5.2%
- Mowing the lawn Average over 10,000 DPS in a round. 5.1%
- Toxic relationship Apply the maximum Poison stacks to an enemy. 4.2%
- The final ingredient Craft an Ultimate item. 3.8%
- Character development Fully upgrade a character at the base. 3.6%
- Wake-up call Lose 2 runs by dying at night. 3.5%
- Seeing double Create a copy of an item. 3.3%
- Questionable business Buy an item from the Shady Merchant. 2.8%
- Single-handedly Win a run with a one-handed weapon always equipped and no weapons requiring more hands. 2.5%
- Crowd control Kill 200 zombies within 2 seconds. 2.0%
- Beat Laz Beat the boss "Laz" 1.9%
- Wood chipper Average over 100,000 DPS in a round. 1.8%
- Life Stealer Steal life from an enemy. 1.2%
- Worth keeping Upgrade an item from Common to Super. 0.8%
- Dress for the apocalypse Buy an item from the Costume Shop. 0.7%
- Express service Defeat a boss within 5 seconds. 0.4%
- Still on the road Survive day 24 in Endless Mode. 0.3%
- Packed to the brim Expand your backpack to its maximum size and fill every slot. 0.3%
- The winning collection Win a run with every item. 0.1%
- Paper trail Collect all memos. 0.1%
- Craft them all Craft every recipe. 0.1%
- Book closed Complete the encyclopedia. 0.1%
- Yontoryu Have 4 Katanas equipped and active at the same time. 0.1%
- Look, no hands! Win a run without using weapons that require hands. 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-31.