Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Give it 15 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- At least 100% of players who start reach the ending.
- 79% 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 4,961 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 21.7h for positive, 18h 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 (79.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beginning of the End Finish CQD-END: 1. ≥100%
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (33)
story milestone ending side
- Beginning of the End Finish CQD-END: 1. 100%
- A Grain of Sand Gain 1 Cinema File. 96%
- Coming Up on 90 Minutes Watch all the cinematics in a fragment. 79%
- Crib Sheet Obtain 1 Quest File. 79%
- Still a Rookie Complete 1 quest. 78%
- Gotta Go Back in Time Go through your first bad ending. 77%
- Down the Hatch Drink the real antidote. 69%
- What Are Ya, Chicken? Resist temptation to press the button. 68%
- In the Big Leagues Now Complete 6 quests. 67%
- Tell Them What They Won Correctly answer the Monty Hall Problem. 67%
- Blessed by Lady Luck All the dice roll 1s. 67%
- What is Love? Don't Hurt Me Finish Q-END: 1. 67%
- Calculated Risk Shoot a blank, everyone lives. 66%
- Virtue's True Reward No one presses the button, everyone lives. 64%
- A Rabbit in My Future Finish D-END: 1. 63%
- Unforgettable Answer with the correct date. 61%
- Geronimo Protect Akane and obtain the X-Passes. 60%
- Fly Me to the Moon Finish C-END: 1. 60%
- Bigger on the Inside Successfully activate the Force Quit Box. 60%
- The Go-To Guy Complete all quests. 60%
- Virtual Reality Live a happy virtual life. 60%
- Wrinkle in Time Shoot that person. 60%
- A Silver Lining Finish D-END: 2. 60%
- The Final Decision Finish CQD-END: 2. 60%
- Schrödinger's Cat Successfully remove the helmet. 59%
- It Came From Within Finish Q-END: 2. 59%
- Mountain of Knowledge Gain all Cinema Files. 56%
- D-Team Subject Report Clear all D-Team fragments. 56%
- C-Team Subject Report Clear all C-Team fragments. 56%
- Q-Team Subject Report Clear all Q-Team fragments. 54%
- SHIFTer Clear all fragments. 54%
- All-Seeing Wisdom Obtain all Quest Files. 47%
- Zero Escape Collect all trophies. 42%