Super Meat Boy
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (12%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The End ” (Beat the light world): only 10% of starters get there.
- Only 68% 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 39,598 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 8.1h for positive, 5.1h 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 (67.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The End Beat the light world Most players quit here 10% −90
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Nostalgia Unlock a single retro warp zone 100%
- The Commander Unlock CommanderVideo 65%
- I Have Crabs! Unlock the Head Crab (10 bandages) 35%
- The Bootlicker Unlock Jill 27%
- Living In the Past Complete 5 retro warp zones 18%
- Metal Head Unlock the Machinarium Robot (30 bandages) 14%
- The Jump man Unlock Ogmo 12%
- The End Beat the light world 10%
- The Fly guy Unlock Flywrench 9.5%
- Old School Complete 10 retro warp zones 8.7%
- I Smell something Fishy... Unlock Naija (50 bandages) 8.4%
- N#7*<1!23 8*(@31^ 8.1%
- Well look at you! You just changed the world! 6.8%
- Wood Boy Complete the Forest without dying 6.7%
- MS PAINT RULZ! Unlock RunMan (70 bandages) 5.9%
- &*>?1$ 8*(@31^ 5.8%
- The Kid Unlock the Kid 5.6%
- The Kids Xmas! Complete a single level of "The Kids Xmas" chapter in super meat world 5.3%
- Rare Spend as little time as possible in The Forest 4.9%
- Vx6 Unlock Captain Viridian (90 bandages) 4.6%
- Suffragette Complete the light world of the Cotton Alley 4.3%
- Accidental Arsonist Unlock Mr. Minecraft (100 bandages) 4.1%
- Medium Well Spend as little time as possible in Hell 4.1%
- Retro Rampage Complete all retro warp zones 4.1%
- (=+66&1$ 8*(@31^ 4.0%
- Golden God 100% the game 3.8%
- ^**5%_=+12 8*(@31^ 3.8%
- The Real End Beat the dark world 3.6%
- The Golden Gift! Complete all levels in "The Kids Xmas" chapter in super meat world IN ONE PLAY SESSION. 3.6%
- *|-0&& 8*(@31^ 3.4%
- Medium Spend as little time as possible in The Salt Factory 3.4%
- Medium Rare Spend as little time as possible in The Hospital 3.4%
- N&8^2^%$1`` 8*(@31^ 3.3%
- Well Done Spend as little time as possible in The Rapture 3.3%
- Seneca Falls Complete the dark world of the Cotton Alley 3.1%
- Needle Boy Complete the Hospital without dying 3.0%
- Squirrel Boy Complete the Forest Dark World without dying 2.8%
- Salt Boy Complete the Salt Factory without dying 2.5%
- Dead Boy Complete The End without dying 2.5%
- Blood Clot Boy Complete the Hospital Dark World without dying 2.2%
- Brimstone Boy Complete Hell without dying 2.2%
- Missile Boy Complete the Salt Factory Dark World without dying 2.1%
- Demon Boy Complete the Hell Dark World without dying. 2.1%
- Dr.Fetus Boy Complete The End Dark World without dying 2.1%
- Maggot Boy Complete the Rapture without dying 2.1%
- Girl Boy Complete the Cotton Alley without dying 1.9%
- Impossible Boy Complete The Cotton Alley Dark World without dying 1.9%
- Zombie Boy Complete the Rapture Dark World without dying 1.9%