Mad Games Tycoon
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 15h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 70% 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 4,427 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 31.4h for positive, 6.4h 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 (69.8% 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 (39)
story milestone ending side
- You're Very Pretty Get a graphics rating of 90% or more. 100%
- Retro Develop an arcade game. 99%
- Mad Games Convention Show off your games at the "Mad Games Convention". 97%
- I Prefer to Develop Engines Develop an engine. 94%
- I'm the Worst! Develop the worst game of the year. 91%
- A Great Game Concept Develop a game with a good genre combination. 90%
- Knights & Dragons Develop a role-playing game. 88%
- Mozart Get a sound rating of 90% or more. 86%
- Joystick, Keyboard, Mouse Get a controls rating of 90% or more. 84%
- I Don't Need Publishers Produce and sell a game. 74%
- I'm Rich! Sell at least 1 million units of a game. 69%
- That is a Lot of Work Develop a game for four platforms. 68%
- A Great Honor Receive the award "Game of the Year". 64%
- I Am the Best! Become a developer of the year. 64%
- Mission Accomplished! Create a game for a publisher. 62%
- Goal! Develop a sports game. 53%
- Games Are Not Enough! Develop your own game console. 52%
- We Play Together! Develop a massively multiplayer online Game. 51%
- Turn-based Develop a strategy game. 50%
- Boom! Develop a first-person shooter. 49%
- Fanboys Have at least 1,000,000 fans. 46%
- Remarketing Create and sell a budget game. 42%
- That is Huge! Buy the largest building. 42%
- Lemmings Hire at least 100 employees. 34%
- It's Even Better? Develop a game with a rating of at least 95%. 32%
- That's an Incredible Amount! Sell at least 10 million units of a game. 32%
- Trendsetter Develop a game that sets a new trend. 29%
- Lights, Camera, Action! Develop an interactive movie. 28%
- Market Leader Sell at least 50 million units of a single game console. 27%
- The Conformist Publish a game that follows a trend. (Difficulty: Hard) 22%
- Not So Humble (Bundle) Create and sell a game bundle. 21%
- The Cake is a Lie Develop a puzzle game. (Difficulty: Hard) 17%
- Monopoly Buy out all developers. 14%
- Everyone Has My Game! Sell at least 30 million units of a game. 12%
- That's Impossible Develop a game with a rating of 100%. 12%
- We're Growing Bigger! Hire at least 50 employees. (Difficulty: Hard) 10%
- There's Always a Bigger Fish Buy out one developer. (Difficulty: Hard) 7.9%
- High-tech Create an engine with all features. (Difficulty: Hard) 6.2%
- I Am a Legend Have more than 1 billion dollars. (Difficulty: Legendary) 5.7%