AdventureIndie
Paradigm
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 51% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 1,658
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 7h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 51% 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 1,673 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 8.1h for positive, 4.1h 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 (51.2% 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 (18)
- Dope You listened to Doug drop some phat beatsies. 100%
- F.R.I.D.G.E C.R.E.A.M You listened to a fridge drop some phat rhymes 52%
- Koniec You completed Paradigm. Dope. 38%
- Crowd Pleaser You learned some sweet dance moves. 37%
- Succulent Space Odyseey You bid a farewell to a space cactus. 32%
- High Five Me Again, Yeah You high fived the arm one too many times. 32%
- We Don't Go There You entered the forbidden mouse hole. 30%
- Toast My Buns You dated a toaster. Your buns are now nice and toasy. 29%
- Quak Me Hard You dated a duck-human. The rumours are true. 26%
- Oh My What Long Arms You Have You dated a noodle hands mutant. Flexibility is a blessing. 25%
- There's No Place Like Wall You talked to the Man in the Wall. 25%
- Down in the Dungeon You found the Lich King Dungeon. (Steve's holiday house) 21%
- Keeps Me Company You defended yourself in the way only way you know how. 18%
- Qualified IT Consultant You listened to enough IT advice, you could probably get mid tier IT consulting job. 17%
- Kvlt Grooves You used the kvlt code to get the kvlt black metal audio tape. 17%
- Carpal Tunnel Revenue You pressed the ad button 10000 times and skipped the puzzle. You also may have carpal tunnel. 13%
- High Fidelity You collected all the audio tapes. 12%
- Notavirus.exe You installed a virus in IT. 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.