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1979 Revolution: Black Friday
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 1,089
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 3h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- 85% 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 1,096 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 3.2h for positive, 2.5h 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 (85.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (39)
- Dark Days Complete Chapter 1 100%
- One of Us Complete Chapter 2 91%
- Disco, Of Course Complete Chapter 3 85%
- Not the Iran You Left Complete Chapter 4 70%
- Glorious Shining Iran Complete Chapter 5 68%
- Show the World Complete Chapter 6 66%
- Big Brother Complete Chapter 7 64%
- Just a Knock Complete Chapter 8 60%
- Radio City Cinema Complete Chapter 9 59%
- A Clearer Picture Complete Chapter 10 58%
- Join the Revolution Complete Chapter 11 54%
- Pulled the Trigger Complete Chapter 12 53%
- Recognize This Kid Complete Chapter 13 52%
- The Little Black Fish Complete Chapter 14 50%
- Martial Law Complete Chapter 15 49%
- Black Friday Complete Chapter 16 48%
- High Noon Complete Chapter 17 48%
- I Was Dead Complete Chapter 18 48%
- The End Complete Chapter 19 48%
- Agha Doktor: The Doctor Successfully pass both trauma gameplays. 46%
- Baradar: My Brother You saved Hossein. 39%
- Mazloom: The Pacifist You made all peaceful choices. 32%
- Foozool: The Snoop Explore all the areas in the Home exploration. 26%
- Khodemooni: The People Person Interact with everyone on the streets and the rebel headquarters. 20%
- Doshman: My Enemy You saved Ali. 18%
- Jaasoos: The Spy Unlock all stories relating to the secret police and secret operations. 18%
- Sarbaaz: The Soldier Unlock all stories relating to the military. 16%
- Shekamu: The Foodie Unlock all stories about Iranian food and drink. 15%
- Taghooti: The Royalist Unlock all stories relating to the Shah and the royal family. 8.8%
- Heepster: The Hipster Unlock all pop culture related exploration points. 7.5%
- Akaas: The Photographer Unlock all photo stories by taking every possible photo. 6.1%
- Enghelabi: The Revolutionary Unlock all stories relating to revolutionaries or revolutionary activity. 6.1%
- Namard: The Coward Fully cooperate with Hajj. 6.1%
- Ostad: Story Master Unlock all stories in 1979 Revolution: Black Friday 6.0%
- Jam Konandeh: The Collector Collect all the Khomeini tapes. 5.9%
- Vahshi: The Savage You made all violent choices. 5.8%
- Hajji: The Pilgrim Unlock all stories relating to religion or clerical leaders 5.6%
- Roshanfekr: The Intellectual Unlock all political exploration points. 5.4%
- Pahlevoon: The Hero Never fail a fight or run into an obstacle. 3.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.