A Game About Digging A Hole™
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 3h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 57% 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 20,652 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 4.1h for positive, 2.1h 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 (57.3% 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 (10)
story milestone ending side
- TREASURE Find the treasure 100%
- Stonemason Collect 100 Stones 59%
- Moneymaker Earn 20,000$ 51%
- I AM SHOVEL ! Shovel 4000 Times 51%
- Old Crate Open the crate in the garage 48%
- Wasted Waste 50 Ores 45%
- BOOOOM! Throw 100 Dynamites 33%
- Rainbow Collect 5 Rainbow Ores 33%
- Long Fall Fall for at least 4 seconds 23%
- The Fastest Beat the game in under 30 minutes 14%