Happy Wheels
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 15 reviews are negative (7%); after 3h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 95% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 76% 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 4,977 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 5.3h for positive, 1.3h 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 (76.5% 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 (80)
story milestone ending side
- Promising Start Die 10 Times 100%
- Just Dabbling Play 10 Levels 88%
- Arrogant Do a Frontflip While on Vehicle 86%
- Minor Setback Lose 50 Limbs 83%
- Unnecessary Do a Backflip While on Vehicle 74%
- He'd Have Wanted This Achieve Victory as a Mourning Father 65%
- Excalibur Throw a Sword into Someone's Head 61%
- Lethargic Achieve Victory Without Moving 60%
- Speed is Key Reach Maximum Speed 58%
- I Do Things My Way Achieve Victory Without Limbs 55%
- Tenacious Lose Both Arms While Hanging On 54%
- Perseverance Restart a Level 20 Times 54%
- Lonely at the Top Pogo 10 Meters High 44%
- Baby Steps Travel 10 Kilometers 43%
- Undeterred Die 100 Times 39%
- Forget My Past Achieve Victory After Spike Impalement 37%
- At What Cost? Achieve Victory Before Bleeding Out 31%
- Upper Body Strength Achieve Victory on Segway Without Feet 31%
- Ostentatious Do a Double Frontflip While on Vehicle 25%
- Quality Time Beat 3 Featured Levels With Irresponsible Dad 25%
- Ready To Mingle Achieve Victory as a Widower 24%
- Redundant Do a Double Backflip While on Vehicle 24%
- You Forgot This! Throw Someone's Head 22%
- Just Several Flesh Wounds Lose 500 Limbs 20%
- Immersed Play 100 Levels 20%
- Judgement Rate a Level 19%
- Gluten Intolerance Smash the Biscuits 18%
- My Kids Don't Call Achieve Victory as a Mourning Mother 17%
- Stick Around, Kid Harpoon Son's Head to a Wall 17%
- User Error Mow Your Own Head 16%
- Self-Made Achieve Victory After Losing Your Employees 15%
- The Future is Now Beat 3 Featured Levels With Segway Guy 15%
- All I Care About is Gold Collect 100 Tokens 15%
- Sausage Party Expose 1000 Lengths of Intestine 13%
- Shared Experience Save a Replay 12%
- Stay Close, Son Harpoon Father and Son Together 11%
- Fully Mobile Beat 3 Featured Levels With Wheelchair Guy 9.9%
- Get Back Out There Get Impaled 500 Times 7.5%
- Autopilot Carry Yourself With Your Own Magnet 6.8%
- Savior Carry a Living Child to Victory 6.7%
- Not Like This Death By Toilet 6.5%
- It Blew My Butt Apart "It Blew My Butt Apart" 6.4%
- Curator Rate 10 Levels 6.3%
- Jetsetter Hover For 10 Seconds With Rocket Chair 5.9%
- Alternative Medicine Achieve Victory With 20 Arrows in Your Body 5.2%
- Professional Playtester Complete 10 Editor Playtests 3.9%
- Collector Favorite 5 Levels 3.8%
- I Had a Job To Do Beat 3 Featured Levels With Lawnmower Man 3.0%
- Free Your Minds Crush 1000 Heads 3.0%
- Dauntless Die 1000 Times 3.0%
- Smoothie Deluxe Mow 100 Fruits 2.9%
- Wrong Tool for the Job Mow 100 Torsos 2.9%
- Adventurer Travel 100 Kilometers 2.6%
- Disperse Love Expose 1000 Hearts 2.5%
- Enlightened Get Decapitated 500 Times 2.4%
- Ride or Die Beat 3 Featured Levels With Moped Couple 2.2%
- Voracious Mow 100 Brains 1.8%
- Teacher Save a Replay Beating a Level You Created 1.6%
- I Cannot Make Friends Beat 3 Featured Levels With Pogostick Man 1.4%
- Power Move Eject, Frontflip, and Reconnect to Motorized Shopping Cart 1.3%
- Downsizing 100 Elves Die 1.2%
- Mother of the Year Beat 3 Featured Levels With Irresponsible Mom 1.2%
- Nothing Personal Cause 5000 Deaths 1.2%
- Masterful Shopper Beat 3 Featured Levels With Effective Shopper 1.0%
- Success in the Face of Turbulence Beat 3 Featured Levels With Helicopter Guy 1.0%
- Naughty List Expanding Beat 3 Featured Levels With Santa Claus 1.0%
- SpeedRunner Submit a Record Time on A Level With at least 10 Competitors 1.0%
- Opportunities, Not Obstacles Beat Obstacle Course? In Less than 20 Seconds 0.9%
- Spineless Expose 1000 Vertebrae 0.9%
- Adventure of a Lifetime Beat 3 Featured Levels With Explorer Guy 0.8%
- Express Delivery Beat Happy Green Hills in Less Than 10 Seconds 0.8%
- Damn It End Your Bloodline 500 Times 0.8%
- Unrestrained Lose 5000 Limbs 0.8%
- Park Safety Award Defeat Gravelord Tito 0.5%
- Omniscient Play 1000 Levels 0.4%
- It Wasn't My Fault Smash Your Vehicle 500 Times 0.4%
- Hostile Takeover Submit a Record Time on 5 Levels With at least 10 Competitors 0.4%
- Purpose Fulfilled Beat All (Winnable) Featured Levels 0.3%
- Elitist Submit a Record Time on 25 Levels With at least 10 Competitors 0.3%
- Oh My Legs Travel 1000 Kilometers 0.3%
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