DEADBOLT
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (18%); after 7h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- Most players drop off before “Zombie Kingz: Cleared” (Clear all Zombie Kingz missions): only 70% of starters get there.
- 88% 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 5,689 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 9.5h for positive, 5.6h 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 (88.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Zombie Kingz: Cleared Clear all Zombie Kingz missions. Most players quit here 70% −30
- 1000 Year Royals: Cleared Clear all 1000 Year Royals missions. 40% −29
- The Dredged: Cleared Clear all Dredged missions. 33% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- Clocked In Clear the first mission. 100%
- Dethroned Kill an undead... using the toilet. 87%
- Coinage Buy a weapon from Charon. 87%
- Pugilist Melee a bouncer to death. 86%
- Zombie Kingz: Cleared Clear all Zombie Kingz missions. 70%
- Acrobat Kill a vampire mid-air. 55%
- Pirouette Kill a Sergeant mid-spin. 46%
- Let The Dead Rest Clear "The Bloody Mary" without letting any vampires revive. 40%
- 1000 Year Royals: Cleared Clear all 1000 Year Royals missions. 40%
- Professional Clear a stage with only headshot kills. 38%
- The Dredged: Cleared Clear all Dredged missions. 33%
- Nah, I'm Good Kill Puff without using the Tommy Gun. 29%
- Traditional Clear a stage with only melee weapons. 28%
- Baba Yaga Clear "The Bogeyman" without being seen. 16%
- Quid Pro Quo Kill Amber with a melee weapon, and Evelyn with a ranged weapon. 12%
- Grave Robber Destroy a body as it's being revived. 12%
- Collateral Damage Clear "Timur the Tinkerer" using only trap kills. 11%
- From The Shadows Clear "Ibzan" without being seen once. 6.7%
- Le Sniper Du Cœur Clear Vall's sniper nest using only headshots. 4.6%
- Cassette Culture Collect all memory tapes. 4.4%
- War Get a five star rating on all missions. 3.9%
- Famine Beat the entire game within 1 hour without quitting. 1.9%
- Death Beat the entire game without dying or quitting. 1.7%
- Conquest Earn every achievement. 1.6%