Rusty Lake: Roots

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 9,376 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 5.4h for positive, 5.9h 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 (86.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

1. Started playing 100%
2. 1 Plant a Tree The Vanderboom family tree 100%
3. 2 The Nipple Nipplegate 98% −2
4. 3 Triplets Difficult delivery 95% −3
5. 4 The Elixir The elixir of life and death 91% −3
6. 5 The Moon Mask To the Moon and Back Most players quit here 86% −5
7. 6 The Eye An eye for an eye 80% −5
8. 7 The Cup A refreshing drink 76% −4
9. 8 The Dress A familiar dress 74% −2
10. Rebirth The circle of life 72% −3

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (16)

story milestone ending side

• Plant a Tree The Vanderboom family tree 100%
• The Nipple Nipplegate 98%
• Triplets Difficult delivery 95%
• The Elixir The elixir of life and death 91%
• The Moon Mask To the Moon and Back 86%
• The Eye An eye for an eye 80%
• The Cup A refreshing drink 76%
• The Dress A familiar dress 74%
• Rebirth The circle of life 72%
• The Last Emblem Back to your roots 33%
• The Crow The crow and his brother 31%
• The Date The day he was born 20%
• Laura She will return to the lake 20%
• White Cube Light memories 20%
• Black Cube Dark memories 19%
• Rusty Lake Cocktail You look like you can use a drink 19%