Welcome to the Game
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 4h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- At least 5% of players who start reach the ending.
- 72% 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 2,626 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 5.2h for positive, 2.1h 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 (71.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- #GoodGuyAdam Finish the tutorial. 100%
- REDRUM Make it to the Red Room. ≥5% −95
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (11)
story milestone ending side
- #GoodGuyAdam Finish the tutorial. 100%
- DEEP EXPLORER Visit all active deep web sites. 12%
- IMPROVER Solve Claffis on the first try. 11%
- REDRUM Make it to the Red Room. 4.9%
- 1337 Beat the game with out getting hacked. 4.7%
- DEEP WEB OUTLAW Beat the game with in 7 days. 4.7%
- WHERE AM I Make it to the Where Am I secret ending. 2.5%
- WHO AM I Make it to the Who Am I secret ending. 2.5%
- THE DENIER Get to master level of the DOS_BLOCKER tool. 2.2%
- THE CLOUD CHASER Get to master level of the CloudGrid tool. 2.1%
- THE DEVELOPER Get to master level of the K3RN3LC0MP1L3R tool. 2.1%