Pierhead Arcade

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 279 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 272 reviews: 1.8h for positive, 0.6h 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 (69.5% 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 (66)

• Dino Whack Bronze Score 200 points in one game 100%
• Shooting Gallery Bronze Score 1,000 points in one game 92%
• Arctic Shuffle Bronze Score 100 points 90%
• Dino Whack Silver Score 400 points in one game 90%
• Comet Drop Bronze Score 60 points 89%
• Arctic Shuffle Silver Score 1,000 points 84%
• Zombie Shootout Bronze Score 1,500 points 76%
• Comet Drop Silver Score 150 points 75%
• Rocket Ball Bronze Score 80 points in one game 74%
• Super Punch Bronze Score 5,000 points in one game 73%
• Comet Drop Gold Score 250 points 71%
• Zombie Shootout Silver Score 3,000 points 66%
• Arctic Shuffle Gold Score 10,000 points 60%
• Basketball Bronze Score 20 baskets in one game 51%
• Rapid Fire Bronze Score 250 points in one game 46%
• Binary Dash Bronze Score 30,000 points in one game 46%
• Scarab Toss Bronze Score 4,000 points in one game 45%
• Zombie Shootout Gold Score 6,000 points 41%
• Rapid Fire Silver Score 500 points in one game 39%
• Dino Whack Gold Score 700 points in one game 38%
• Bowling Bronze Score 25 points 38%
• Rocket Ball Silver Score 160 points in one game 37%
• Super Punch Silver Score 8,000 points in one game 37%
• Honey Rush Bronze Score 300 points 36%
• Pick Up That Can... Now put it in the trash can 26%
• Blue Bear Win a blue bear 25%
• Pink Bear Win a pink bear 24%
• Rapid Fire Gold Score 1,000 points in one game 22%
• Cannonball Bounce Bronze Score 100 points in one game 22%
• Rapid Fire Platinum Score 1,200 points in one game 19%
• Shooting Gallery Silver Score 2,000 points in one game 18%
• Comet Drop Platinum Score 750 points 18%
• Green Bear Win a green bear 15%
• Down Under Throw and catch a boomerang 14%
• Gold Bear Win a gold bear 12%
• Super Punch Gold Score 10,000 points in one game 11%
• Bowling Silver Score 50 points 10%
• Basketball Silver Score 50 baskets in one game 8.2%
• Scarab Toss Silver Score 8,000 points in one game 7.8%
• Binary Dash Silver Score 100,000 points in one game 6.6%
• Dino Whack Platinum Score 900 points in one game 4.7%
• Honey Rush Silver Score 2000 points 4.2%
• Pays For Itself Play 800 games 3.6%
• Shooting Gallery Gold Score 2,600 points in one game 3.0%
• Rocket Ball Gold Score 300 points in one game 2.7%
• Arctic Shuffle Platinum Score 40,000 points 2.0%
• Binary Dash Raspberry Score less than -500 points 1.7%
• Cannonball Bounce Silver Score 400 points in one game 1.7%
• Honey Rush Gold Score 4000 points 1.4%
• Super Punch Platinum Score 12,000 points in one game 1.3%
• Basketball Gold Score 75 baskets in one game 1.0%
• Zombie Shootout Platinum Score 15,000 points 0.9%
• Turkey Get 3 strikes in a row 0.7%
• Scarab Toss Gold Score 15,000 points in one game 0.7%
• Cannonball Bounce Gold Score 800 points in one game 0.6%
• Rocket Ball Platinum Score 400 points in one game 0.6%
• Basketball Platinum Score 90 baskets in one game 0.4%
• Binary Dash Gold Score 500,000 points in one game 0.4%
• Bowling Gold Score 100 points 0.4%
• Cannonball Bounce Platinum Score 900 points in one game 0.4%
• Honey Rush Platinum Score 10,000 points 0.4%
• Scarab Toss Platinum Score 21,000 points in one game 0.4%
• Shooting Gallery Platinum Score 3,200 points in one game 0.4%
• Binary Dash Platinum Score 1,000,000 points in one game 0.3%
• Bowling Platinum Bowl the perfect game 0.3%
• Longball Score a hoop from 8 meters away 0.3%