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Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 88% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (91%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 93% of games we track.
- 7% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The dawn of civilization” (Pass the \Ancient\" epoch") and “Step by step” (Pass the \First Steps\" epoch"): from 74% to 18% of starters.
- 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.
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Based on all 8,670 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 4.2h 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 (93.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First .. Bit? Complete the first level 100%
- The dawn of civilization Pass the \Ancient\" epoch" 74% −26
- Step by step Pass the \First Steps\" epoch" Most players quit here 18% −56
- That's one small step for a man... Pass the \First Success\" epoch" 10% −8
- Skynet, is that you? Pass the \Neural Networks\" epoch" 8% −2
- Cyber-Geek 2047 Pass the \Deep Neural Networks\" epoch" 7% −1
- Magna cum laude Finish all the tasks on main trunk 7%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- First .. Bit? Complete the first level 100%
- We need more gold! Join the startup 78%
- The dawn of civilization Pass the \Ancient\" epoch" 74%
- Error: Stack Overflow Complete a task with unlocked trashcan without it 71%
- More FPS for the FPS god! Buy a PC upgrade 69%
- Beauty and harmony Buy an interior 64%
- Press this one more time! One more! 62%
- Overmind Better than developer 40%
- Ho Ho Ho! Catty Holidays! Happy Catidays! 29%
- Evolution in progress... Buy a node 26%
- RNG is my best friend now Complete a task with not fully trained node 24%
- Cosplay Buy clothes for a cat 23%
- Horrible nightmare Where the hell is that 'any key'? 18%
- Step by step Pass the \First Steps\" epoch" 18%
- That's one small step for a man... Pass the \First Success\" epoch" 9.9%
- README reader Read all personal mail 9.2%
- Skynet, is that you? Pass the \Neural Networks\" epoch" 7.9%
- Speak friend and enter Receive a promotional kitty 7.7%
- Data scientist Complete all tasks with real RL 7.7%
- To see it all, to learn it all Purchase all nodes at the shop in one walkthrough 7.3%
- Cyber-Geek 2047 Pass the \Deep Neural Networks\" epoch" 7.1%
- Magna cum laude Finish all the tasks on main trunk 7.1%
- Evolution complete Purchase all PC upgrades in one walkthrough 6.9%
- Half a year at a low interest rate Get a loan 4.8%
- Ping Pong 4.5%
- The hoarder Purchase all interior items in one walkthrough 4.2%
- Deal with it! Complete all tasks in the game 3.2%
- Gold rush Complete all tasks with a Gold rating 2.4%
- Cat-o-holic Purchase all items for the kitty in one walkthrough 2.3%
- Elements will destroy you! UPS is a cool thing 2.0%
- The Scrooge Are you a cheater? 1.3%