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LEGO® City Undercover
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 37% of players who started
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 11,605
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 37% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Grapple with Goons” (Complete Chapter 2 - Blast from the Past) and “From Blue to Bluebell” (Complete Chapter 3 - Go Directly to Jail): from 88% to 69% of starters.
- Only 67% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 11,676 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 17.9h for positive, 4.9h 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 (66.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Clowning Around Complete Chapter 1 - New Faces and Old Enemies 100%
- Grapple with Goons Complete Chapter 2 - Blast from the Past 88% −12
- From Blue to Bluebell Complete Chapter 3 - Go Directly to Jail Most players quit here 69% −19
- Kung Fu... and Plumbing? Complete Chapter 4 - When the Going gets Tough 64% −6
- Chan Chuang's Gang Complete Chapter 5 - Undercover 59% −5
- Vinnie's Jewels Complete Chapter 6 - All in the Family 51% −7
- Watch This Space Complete Chapter 7 - One Small Job for Chan 50% −2
- Save Points Complete Chapter 8 - The Rescue 48% −2
- When Pigs Can Fly Complete Chapter 9 - Bringing Home the Bacon 46% −2
- Exhibit T Complete Chapter 10 - Back on the Case 43% −3
- Honey and Ice Cream Complete Chapter 11 - The Proof of the Pudding is in the Meeting 41% −2
- Build in Sight Complete Chapter 12 - The Con in Construction 40% −1
- Back to Blackwell's Complete Chapter 13 - Secrets 38% −2
- Ultimate Protection Complete Chapter 14 - Savings and Loans 38%
- City Saviour Complete Chapter 15 - Far Above the Call of Duty 37%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Clowning Around Complete Chapter 1 - New Faces and Old Enemies 100%
- Grapple with Goons Complete Chapter 2 - Blast from the Past 88%
- From Blue to Bluebell Complete Chapter 3 - Go Directly to Jail 69%
- Double Trouble Throw troublemakers into each other 5 times during Gang Fight Challenges 66%
- Kung Fu... and Plumbing? Complete Chapter 4 - When the Going gets Tough 64%
- Chan Chuang's Gang Complete Chapter 5 - Undercover 59%
- Unbelievabull Complete the Bucking Bronco game 54%
- Vinnie's Jewels Complete Chapter 6 - All in the Family 51%
- Nothing but Net Score 3 baskets in 3 attempts when playing the basketball game 51%
- Chase McCain?! Achieve LEGO City Hero in any level 51%
- Watch This Space Complete Chapter 7 - One Small Job for Chan 50%
- Save Points Complete Chapter 8 - The Rescue 48%
- When Pigs Can Fly Complete Chapter 9 - Bringing Home the Bacon 46%
- Exhibit T Complete Chapter 10 - Back on the Case 43%
- Honey and Ice Cream Complete Chapter 11 - The Proof of the Pudding is in the Meeting 41%
- Build in Sight Complete Chapter 12 - The Con in Construction 40%
- Back to Blackwell's Complete Chapter 13 - Secrets 38%
- Ultimate Protection Complete Chapter 14 - Savings and Loans 38%
- City Saviour Complete Chapter 15 - Far Above the Call of Duty 37%
- Flash Car Build up the brick multiplier to activate the super car 36%
- Daredevil Jump from a helicopter into a car 32%
- City Protector Collect all Police Shield pieces in any level 28%
- Steel Surfer Car surf for 30 seconds 21%
- What's In Store Build all objects in Bright Lights Plaza's LEGO Store 20%
- Scandal! Listen to 20 different conversations whilst Audio Scanning 19%
- Fusileani Twist Slide down the hand rail from the top of Fresco's Fusileani Tower 15%
- True Tourist Visit all 10 giant LEGO City stone statues 14%
- You're a Legend! Achieve LEGO City Hero on all levels 13%
- Skullpture Vulture Find and destroy the 5 hidden Rex Graffiti Skullptures 12%
- Pull the Lawnmower Over! Drive a lawnmower as Rex Fury 12%
- Mr Gold Collect 4,000,000,000 LEGO studs 12%
- Fair's Fair Ride each of the 4 Super Build fairground rides 11%
- Secret Shields Find and build the 5 hidden Police Shields 10%
- Building Model Citizens Play with all 8 disguise slots customised at the same time 10%
- Super Builder Construct all 65 city Super Builds 10%
- Shield Collector Collect all Police Shield pieces in the game 9.4%
- Speedster Complete all Vehicle Races 9.4%
- Cheat Chief Collect all Red Bricks 9.3%
- Free Run Done Complete all Free Run Challenges 9.0%
- Focused Farmer Complete all Farmer City Challenges 8.8%
- Firefight Right Complete all Firefighter City Challenges 8.8%
- Crime Waive Complete all Robber City Challenges 8.8%
- Astronaut Ace Complete all Astronaut City Challenges 8.7%
- Top Cop Complete all Police City Challenges 8.7%
- Construction Completion Complete all Construction City Challenges 8.5%
- Miner Accomplishment Complete all Miner City Challenges 8.5%
- Wacky Taxi Use 10 Stunt Ramps in a taxi with a passenger 8.2%
- Super Compuper Achieve 100% Completion 7.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.