RPG
South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 42% of players who started
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 33,948
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- 42% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Chaos Controlled” (Foil the plans of Professor Chaos): only 53% of starters get there.
- 93% 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 34,094 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 18.2h for positive, 14.6h 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 (92.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Chaos Controlled Foil the plans of Professor Chaos Most players quit here 53% −47
- An End to Racism Stop racism in South Park 47% −6
- Invasive Tumor Removal Defeat Mutant Cousin Kyle 42% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- Potty Trained Use a toilet and achieve the highest mastery level 100%
- Fashionista Find 10 costume pieces 89%
- Big Knocker Kill an enemy by knocking another enemy into them 82%
- #followbacks Become mutual followers with 10 people in South Park 79%
- Class Warfare Equip powers from 2 different classes 70%
- Toxic Environment Loot 100 Biohazard items 70%
- Cosplay Curious Wear costume pieces from 3 different sets at once 66%
- Diabetes Defender Defend a helpless child from a drunk lunatic 65%
- Pasta of Prophets Craft a macaroni picture for Moses 62%
- Titleist Reach the highest rank on 1 title in your Character Sheet 62%
- Junksmith Craft 10 distinct recipes 62%
- Call in a Favor Use a Summon 59%
- Chaos Controlled Foil the plans of Professor Chaos 53%
- Epic Artificer Craft an Artifact with a Might value of 75 or more 52%
- Character Sheet Elite Reach the highest rank on 5 titles in your Character Sheet 50%
- Death Dodger Keep an Ally alive for an entire combat while they take twice their max Health in damage 48%
- Deep Seated Power Obtain and equip Artifacts to reach 600 Might 48%
- Master Manipulator Confuse or charm an enemy into defeating another enemy 48%
- An End to Racism Stop racism in South Park 47%
- Glitch of Death Use TimeFart Glitch to cause a status-effected enemy to lose their turn and die at turn's end 46%
- Invasive Tumor Removal Defeat Mutant Cousin Kyle 42%
- Through the Bowels of Time Survive the farts of future past 38%
- Divine Wind Successfully Fartkour to the Lofts at SoDoSoPa rooftop and back down again 37%
- Last Kid Standing Win while 3 Allies are downed at the end of combat 35%
- Stop, Drop and Roll Win a combat by using TimeFart Pause to kill all remaining enemies at once before time resumes 34%
- Friend Finder Acquire and unlock all Summons 32%
- Master Classed Equip powers from 4 different classes 30%
- Fully Bloated Unlock all combat TimeFarts 23%
- Corporate Wolf Reach the highest economic value on your Character Sheet 21%
- Orgy of Power Use all Allies' Ultimate powers once during the game, except the Coon's 20%
- Farts over Freckles Pick a fight with Morgan Freeman and defeat him 11%
- Boy Love Aficionado Find all Yaoi art pieces 11%
- Pick Yourself up by Your Bootstraps Collect all loot in the Homeless Camp at SoDoSoPa 9.1%
- Crappin' Forte Use every available toilet in South Park and achieve the highest mastery level for each 8.4%
- The Token Experience Create a Black character and complete the game on Mastermind Difficulty 5.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.