Big Dig
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 87% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Act 1” and “Act 2”: from 90% to 74% of starters.
- 100% 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 758 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 3.9h for positive, 3.6h 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 (99.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Act 1 Completed Act 1 90% −10
- Act 2 Completed Act 2 Most players quit here 74% −15
- Act 3 Completed Act 3 64% −11
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- Beach Visit the Beach 100%
- Aspiring Archeologist Collect 1 artifact 100%
- Minimum Wage Museum Have $100 99%
- Junior Archeologist Collect 10 artifacts 99%
- Dogopolis Visit Dogoplois 99%
- Underfunded Museum Have $1,000 98%
- Dunes Visit the Dunes 97%
- Advanced Archeologist Collect 50 artifacts 97%
- Plains Visit the Plains 94%
- Expert Archeologist Collect 100 artifacts 94%
- Well Compensated Museum Have $10,000 92%
- Cuneiform Tablet Complete the cuneiform tablet 91%
- Help for Hire Unlock workers 91%
- Farm Visit the Farm 90%
- Act 1 Completed Act 1 90%
- Key to the Midwest Use the key Mayor Dog gave you 89%
- Renowned Museum Have 100 guests in your museum 83%
- Spotlight Place an artifact in a spotlighted area 81%
- Forest Visit the Forest 80%
- Rich Museum Have $100,000 79%
- Lake Visit the Lake 79%
- Gone Fishing Unlock your first fishing upgrade 79%
- Shiny Collect a shiny artifact 78%
- Swamp Visit the Swamp 78%
- Suburbia Visit Suburbia 77%
- Bigger Digger Unlock the excavator 76%
- Dino Skeleton Complete the dino skeleton 76%
- Middlesville Visit Middlesville 75%
- Act 2 Completed Act 2 74%
- Key to the East Use the key Mayor Frog gave you 74%
- Master Archeologist Collect 500 artifacts 74%
- Electric Mining Unlock batteries 72%
- Millionaire Museum Have $1,000,000 71%
- Prestigious Museum Have 1,000 guests in your museum 69%
- River Visit the River 69%
- Mountain Visit the Mountain 68%
- Explosive Mining Unlock bombs 68%
- Snowy Visit the Snowy district 67%
- Cat Statue Complete the cat statue 67%
- Archipelago Visit the Archipelago 66%
- Complete Museum Unlock every room in your museum 66%
- Capital Visit the Capital 66%
- Act 3 Completed Act 3 64%
- Complete Tech Tree Unlock every node in the tech tree 60%
- Full Display Display every artifact in your museum 60%