ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!

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 1,150 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 284 reviews: 4.6h for positive, 2.7h 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 (46% 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 (49)

• Food Taster Eat every type of food in one game 100%
• Fall Fest Fall off levels 5 times in one game 84%
• Thrill Seeker Open unidentified presents 15 times in one game 83%
• HFZ Goober Hit and leave through the very first exit in the HyperFunk Zone 77%
• Flying Present Catcher Collect a locked present 71%
• Sunflower Master Hide in sunflowers 4 times in a game when being chased by an Earthling 71%
• Fool Me Twice Go for a ride in the Evil Elevator twice in one game 43%
• Backer Visitor Visit a backer character 43%
• Hi Fiver Hi-Five another player 3 times in one game 41%
• Feet On Funkotron Get to secret Funkotron Level via a secret doorway 40%
• Hate That Randomizer Open the Major Randomizer or Baby Randomizer 3 times in one game 37%
• A Timely Splash Save yourself from burning up by jumping in water 35%
• Teamwork Rules Complete a game with a friend (local or online) 28%
• Level Diver Get to hot tub island 27%
• Elf Chaser Catch 5 elves in one game 26%
• Piece O' Cake Complete a fixed world game 25%
• Beaten By A Little Girl Get killed by a Little Girl with a Teddy 24%
• Old School Jammin' Play as both old Skool TJ and as Old Skool Earl in a single game (co-op) 23%
• Cleaning Out Santa's Sack Catch Santa 3 times in one game 22%
• Wakey Wakey Make other player wake up by shouting at them 22%
• Made It Through Complete a random world game 21%
• Struck By Love Get hit by Cupid's arrow 5 times in one game 19%
• Boom Box Baby Use The Boom Box 4 times in one game 18%
• I'm A Total Saint Use Heal Friend Present on another player 10 times in one game 17%
• Gimme My Presents Back! Pop a mole who has stolen one or more of your presents 16%
• Ridiculously Generous Give a life to another player 3 times in one game 15%
• Harsh Love Make other player snap out of being in love by slapping them 14%
• Totally Bummed Again Open the Total Bummer twice in one game 14%
• The Worst Possible Luck Open an unidentified Major Randomizer, Total Bummer, or Instant Demotion after level 20 14%
• Map Explorer Uncover all the map tiles for 3 levels within one game 13%
• Nine Funkotronians Play as each of the playable characters 10%
• Rhythm Star Beat the 5th level in Rhythm Matching 9.8%
• Broken Present Risk Taker Successfully open 10 broken presents 8.9%
• Flying Present Ultimate Master Collect all of the locked presents 8.7%
• Truly Evil Send an identified bad present to another player 7.8%
• 99 Problems (But A Buck Ain't One) Have at least 99 bucks 7.6%
• Hey, You Did It! Complete hard mode 7.4%
• I Can't Believe I've Done This Get a game over before level 3 7.2%
• Can't Touch This Beat normal or hard mode without dying 6.5%
• FunkLord Power Reach the rank of FunkLord 6.3%
• Boom Box Wipeout Pop 8 or more Earthlings who are dancing at a boombox 5.7%
• Lord Of The HFZ Complete the HyperFunk Zone 5.4%
• Pacifist Victory Beat normal or hard mode without popping a single Earthling 5.4%
• Is This Really Possible? Beat normal or hard world without opening a single present 4.1%
• Gotta Get 'Em All Pop at least one of every bad Earthling type in one game 3.5%
• Why Do I Keep Doing That? Have 10 broken presents blow up on you 3.0%
• Mad Hatter Unlock all power hats 2.8%
• Found All The Backers! Visit all backer characters 2.8%
• Achievement Achiever Get all achievements in the game 2.4%