Dressmaker
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 7h it's 1 in 145 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 89% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 82% 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 16,365 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 15.6h for positive, 21.8h 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 (81.8% 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 (32)
story milestone ending side
- Laid To Dress Complete all the dresses for the Duke's funeral. 100%
- 99 Problems But A Stitch Ain't One Achieve 100% quality on a dress 95%
- You’ve Got Mail Complete Dorothy's first dress, and acquire Berty. 73%
- Style Goals Complete all the dresses for the Woman's Sporting Day Contest. 63%
- Dart Deco Complete all the dresses for Priya's exhibition opening. 49%
- Rooting For You Complete all the dresses for the Market Fair. 39%
- Hedge Your Bets Complete all the dresses needed for hedge maze exploration. 32%
- Don't Wanna Miss A Spring Complete all the dresses for the Spring Fete. 28%
- Sew Long Complete the ruffle skirt for the first time. 21%
- Simply Beastly Complete all the dresses for the Twillford Pet Show. 21%
- Smells like Sateen Spirit Complete all the dresses for Alice's séance. 17%
- Newlythreads Complete all the dresses for Duke Hassan's wedding. 14%
- A Midsummer Night’s Seam Complete all the dresses needed for stargazing. 12%
- Caw Evermore Complete all of Alice's major commissions. 11%
- Extrav-organza Complete all the dresses for the Summer Ball. 11%
- A Rose By Any Other Name Complete all of Rose's major commissions. 11%
- Snitches Get Stitches Complete all of Dorothy's major commissions. 9.5%
- Reap what You Sew Complete all of Fiona's major commissions. 9.2%
- On a High Note Complete all the dresses for Edith's opera gala. 8.7%
- G.O.A.T. Complete all of Marie's major commissions. 8.1%
- Go Off, Queen! Complete all of Adora's major commissions. 7.7%
- Harder than it Seams Place over 300 accessories on one dress. 7.3%
- Crowning Glory Complete all the dresses for the coronation. 7.3%
- Good Girl Gone Vlad Complete all of Vivian's major commissions. 7.3%
- Opulence and Excess Spend more than 5 000 gold on a successful dress. 7.0%
- Swan Song Complete all of Edith's major commissions. 7.0%
- Drawn to Hue Complete all of Priya's major commissions. 6.5%
- Prudence and Prejudice Complete all of Prudence's major commissions. 6.2%
- Don We Now Our Gay Apparel Complete all the dresses for another wedding. 6.2%
- Birds of a Feather, Frock Together Complete all the commissions received via pigeon. 5.6%
- Sucker for Punishment Select the leech option when discussing animals with Vivian. 4.8%
- Trim and Proper Use more than 50m of trim on a single dress. 4.8%