Lost But Found
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 3h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Newbie No More” (Complete Day 10) and “Basically a Pro” (Complete Day 25): from 72% to 32% of starters.
- 98% 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 2,677 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 5.5h for positive, 2.7h 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 (98.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Rookie Rush Complete Day 1. 99% −1
- Newbie No More Complete Day 10. 72% −27
- Basically a Pro Complete Day 25. Most players quit here 32% −39
- Magnum Opus Complete the game. 24% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- Is this really my job? Clean an object. 100%
- Level One Complete a minigame. 99%
- Rookie Rush Complete Day 1. 99%
- Not Enough Items Have 20 items on the table. 97%
- Hero of Our People Bronze Return 25 items. 95%
- Spray and Pray Fend off the Criminal. 94%
- Now We're Playing Complete 10 minigames. 93%
- Hero of Our People Silver Return 50 items. 91%
- Retail Therapy Buy something from the Store. 91%
- Is this legal? Sign a paper. 90%
- Call Me Maybe Call a customer to return an item. 89%
- Three's a Crowd Have three customers at once. 84%
- Hero of Our People Gold Return 100 items. 83%
- Shady Increase Black Market level to 10. 79%
- "Lost" but "Found" Buy something from the Black Market. 78%
- Is mayonnaise an instrument? Return a kalimba. 74%
- Newbie No More Complete Day 10. 72%
- Hero of Our People Platinum Return 250 items. 61%
- Guardian of the Gates Increase security level to 10. 57%
- The Gamer Complete 50 minigames. 53%
- Hero of Our People Diamond Return 500 items. 36%
- Maximum Space Upgrade table to maximum level. 35%
- Black Baron No items left in the black market. 33%
- Basically a Pro Complete Day 25. 32%
- Oops; BOOM! Fail to defuse the bomb. 31%
- DJ for a Day Change a song with the music player. 31%
- The Player of Games Complete 100 minigames. 24%
- Magnum Opus Complete the game. 24%
- Rotation Salvation Reset the rotation of 10 items. 23%
- Shelf-Obsessed No items left in the store. 21%
- Red Wire Roulette Defuse a bomb. 17%
- Welcome to Plastic Elo Throw the Plastic Bottle in the trash. 11%
- Travel Sticker Pack Collect all Travel Stickers. 11%
- Space Sticker Pack Collect all Space Stickers. 9.6%
- What's your emergency? Call 911. 9.0%
- Summer Sticker Pack Collect all Summer Stickers. 7.0%
- Animal Sticker Pack Collect all Animal Stickers. 6.5%
- Adventure Sticker Pack Collect all Adventure Stickers. 6.4%
- Food Sticker Pack Collect all Food Stickers. 6.4%
- Flag Sticker Pack Collect all Flag Stickers. 6.4%
- Return of the Returner Return 1000 items. 6.1%
- Shackles of Shame Lose the game by not leaving money for the family. 5.6%
- The Grandmaster Complete Day 50. 4.8%
- All Sticker Packs Collect all stickers. 3.4%
- Dom Says "Family" 33 Times in the Movie Leave all your money at the house on the first day. (Tip: Mayhem mode has trash can penalty) 3.1%
- Robbed Barefoot Lose the game by hitting zero money from being robbed. (Tip: Mayhem mode has trash can penalty) 2.7%
- THE CHOSEN ONE Complete Day 100. 2.5%