Gremlins, Inc.
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 15h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 60% 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 8,720 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 26.9h for positive, 29.3h 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 (60.1% 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 (100)
story milestone ending side
- Governor Win the Elections. 100%
- Gotcha! Send an opponent to the Jail by discovering a criminal card on their hand. 91%
- Zarr Was Here Rest in the Astral Plane. 80%
- Insured! Send a Misfortune to another player by paying insurance on the Risk spot. 67%
- It's only the beginning Win 1 multiplayer session. 61%
- Servant of Chaos Play one of the Chaos Cards. 52%
- Yes, master? Join a session by accepting an invitation from a friend. 51%
- The Price of Freedom Send an opponent to jail through Player Conflict by paying no more than $1. 49%
- Good Plan! Play 3 cards in one turn (cards used for movement do not count). 42%
- The Collective Ideal Win a session playing as The Collector. 41%
- The Uninvited Guest In the course of one session, visit every location in the game. 40%
- The Merchant Who Sold Himself Win a session playing as The Merchant. 37%
- A Long Shortcut Run, gremlin, run! 35%
- Citizen Play 10 sessions. 35%
- Wealthy and Healthy Raise your income to $100 or higher. 30%
- The Moneybag Win a session playing as The Banker. 28%
- The Big Boss Win a session playing as The Manager. 27%
- The Supervisor Win a session playing as The Engineer. 27%
- Team Player Win a team session. 27%
- Getting comfortable Achieve jail rank "The Don". 26%
- The Untouchable Win a session playing as The Thief. 26%
- The Collector of Souls Win a session playing as The Damned. 26%
- Taste of Freedom Playing with at least 3 opponents, become the only player not currently in the Jail. 24%
- The Fortune's Favourite Win a session playing as The Gambler. 24%
- The Celestial Citizen Win a session playing as The Politician. 22%
- The Great Pauper Win a session playing as The Pauper. 21%
- The Distinguished Seller of Law Win a session playing as The Prosecutor. 21%
- The Invisible Gremlin Win a session playing as The Secret Agent. 20%
- Expert Win 3 multiplayer sessions in a row. 20%
- It's all mine! Have 6 permanent cards active at the same time. 18%
- Blitz! Win a session for 20 score in 30 rounds or less. 17%
- Who's the fairest of them all? Beauty, as you know, requires sacrifice... Preferably a sacrifice made by your competitors. 17%
- Robbery of the Century Rob the Bank while playing as the Thief. 15%
- A Gremlin Coup I'm not a tyrant, I'm just being fair. 14%
- Lost and found Build "The Treasureseeker" while playing as the Collector. 14%
- No such thing as too much money Build "The Automated Accountant" while playing as the Banker. 14%
- Squeaky Clean Win a session while having zero malice. 14%
- Towering Score While playing a session for score, win with 6 score more than is necessary for the victory. 13%
- Combo Mastermind Play 4 cards in one turn (cards used for movement do not count). 12%
- Greedy Gremlin Money, money, money! 12%
- I wonder what's inside? Convert an in-game item into charges. 11%
- An Action at the Auction Win the Auction by paying no more than $70. 10%
- King of the Dump Build "The Recycler" while playing as the Pauper. 9.5%
- Honorary Politician Qualify for the League of Politicians. 9.3%
- Collector Add 10 items to your collection. 9.2%
- Total Corruption Build "An Automated Bureaucrat" while playing as the Prosecutor. 8.7%
- Local Celebrity Participate (as a player) in a session attended by 3 or more spectators. 8.2%
- Applicant Participate in a tournament. 7.8%
- The Postman Always Rings Six Times In the course of one session, send to your opponents 6 Misfortunes (by playing action cards). 7.2%
- AFW (Absolutely Fair Win) Win in a multiplayer session against 5 human players. 6.5%
- The Secret Secret Build "A Secret Project" while playing as the Secret Agent. 6.3%
- Chief Bastard Win a session with 66 malice or more. 6.2%
- Almost there! Swap places with a player who is 1-2 spots away from reaching the Astral Plane. 6.0%
- Ain't gonna happen! Win 6 multiplayer sessions in a row. 5.3%
- A Trustworthy Partner Build "The Automated Helper" while playing as the Manager. 5.0%
- Funny Business Have both "Lucky Dice" and "One-armed Bandit" cards active while playing as the Gambler. 4.7%
- Superspeed Build "The Accelerator" while playing as the Merchant. 4.5%
- Ul-Dagan's Minion Activate "The Destroyer". 4.3%
- Super candidate Accumulate 33 votes or more. 4.2%
- Honorary Citizen Play 100 sessions. 4.2%
- Tick-tock! Build "The Armageddon Clock" while playing as the Damned. 4.2%
- The Most Honest Gremlin in the World Oftentimes, one must keep a lot of things in secret in order for one's honesty to become fully appreciated. 3.8%
- VIP entrance Build "The Astral Elevator" while playing as the Politician. 3.8%
- Experimenter Play in a session with a mod of the game (available via Steam Workshop). 3.8%
- Combo Guru Play 5 cards in one turn (cards used for movement do not count). 3.5%
- Frequent Flyer Play 6 cards in the Astral Plane during one session. 3.3%
- Honorary Deputy Qualify for the League of Deputies. 3.3%
- Lucky Devil The devil didn't get much, but who cares? 3.2%
- Money doesn't stink In the course of one session, earn $1.000 or more from taking bribes. 3.2%
- Monday starts on Saturday "A passion for work is a rather rare mental disorder" (from The Gremlin Dictionary). 3.2%
- Prestigious Prestige Earn 100 score points or more in one session. 3.2%
- Secret Achievement The first rule of the secret achievement is: do not talk about the secret achievement. 3.2%
- Satisfactory Amount Have $3.000 (or more). 3.0%
- Nine Circles of Hell In the course of one session, play 9 cards in the Inferno. 3.0%
- Popular Gremlin Get recommended by at least 50 other players. 3.0%
- Master Builder Create an item using a blueprint. 3.0%
- Ready for Everything Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "A Training Session". 2.8%
- The Great Invention Build "Perpetuum Mobile" while playing as the Engineer. 2.8%
- Get Lucky This gamble wasn't easy, but luckily it paid off! 2.7%
- Global Celebrity Participate (as a player) in a session attended by 9 or more spectators. 2.5%
- Criminal Talent Play at least 10 criminal cards in one session. 2.2%
- Headhunter In the course of one session, have your opponent(s) arrested through Player Conflict at least 10 times. 2.0%
- Fresh Treasure! It's quite possible that treasureseeking may become a new kind of gremlin sport. 2.0%
- Honorary Governor Qualify for the League of Governors. 2.0%
- Master of Chaos Win a Chaos Quest session. 2.0%
- The Destroyer Destroy 6 or more active permanent cards of other players in a single session. 1.8%
- Old-timer Have a total game time of no less than 256 hours on any of the servers. 1.8%
- A Follower As a spectator, watch 10 sessions until the end. 1.8%
- Unachievable Achievement Play 6 cards in one turn (cards used for movement do not count). 1.7%
- A Secret Assignment Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "A Secret Assignment". 1.5%
- For the Good of the People Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "For the Good of the People". 1.3%
- Just Business Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "Just Business". 1.2%
- An Engine of Progress Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "An Engine of Progress". 1.2%
- Inspector Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "Respecting Unexpected Inspections". 1.2%
- Honorary Oligarch Qualify for the League of Oligarchs. 1.2%
- A Box of Secrets Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "A Box of Secrets" 1.2%
- A Fan As a spectator, watch 30 sessions until the end. 1.2%
- Gold Rush Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "Gold Rush". 1.0%
- Gremlined! Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "Gremlined!". 1.0%
- The Mad Clockmaker Light up 3 lamps in the challenge "The Mad Clockmaker". 1.0%