Rusty Lake Paradise
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 4 reviews are negative (22%); after 4h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The First Symbol” (Water Turns Into Blood - 5): only 23% of starters get there.
- 91% 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.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 7,808 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 5h for positive, 3.8h 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 (90.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The First Symbol Water Turns Into Blood - 5 Most players quit here 23% −77
- The Second Symbol Frogs - 5 24% +1
- The Third Symbol Lice & Gnats - 5 39% +15
- The Fourth Symbol Flies - 5 22% −17
- The Fifth Symbol Diseased Livestock - 5 55% +33
- The Sixth Symbol Boils - 5 28% −27
- The Seventh Symbol Hail - 5 26% −2
- The Eighth Symbol Locusts - 5 25% −1
- The Ninth Symbol Darkness - 5 27% +2
- The Tenth Symbol Death of the Firstborn - 5 32% +5
- Paradise Will Rise Again! Dead of the Firstborn - 4 18% −14
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to Paradise Water Turns Into Blood - 1 100%
- The First Frog Frogs - 1 97%
- A Rusty Key Frogs - 2 95%
- Earcut Lice & Gnats - 2 93%
- Spitting Larva Lice & Gnats - 1 92%
- First Flight Flies - 1 91%
- A Bloody Encounter Flies - 2 89%
- The Eilander Family Water Turns Into Blood - 2 83%
- Time is Ticking Boils - 2 82%
- Save The Goat Water Turns Into Blood - 3 82%
- Wild Boar Diseased Livestock - 3 81%
- Two Ice Creams! Hail - 1 79%
- Let it Snow! Hail - 2 78%
- Meet The Plague Doctor Boils - 1 78%
- Here is Jakob! Locusts - 1 76%
- Locust Egg Locusts - 2 75%
- Bloody Moon Darkness - 2 72%
- Your Mother's Bones Darkness - 1 70%
- Glorious Day of The Lake Dead of the Firstborn - 1 69%
- Fried Egg Dead of the Firstborn - 2 67%
- From The Deep Hail - 4 61%
- The Butterly Effect Locusts - 4 59%
- Touch the... Boils - 4 56%
- The Fifth Symbol Diseased Livestock - 5 55%
- Follow Me Locusts - 3 45%
- Reflection in the Water Frogs - 4 45%
- The Hand Hail - 3 42%
- It's Me! Water Turns Into Blood - 4 41%
- Nosebleed Boils - 3 40%
- The Third Symbol Lice & Gnats - 5 39%
- Perfect Rusty Lake Burger Diseased Livestock - 2 36%
- The Hungry Ghost Flies - 3 36%
- The Tenth Symbol Death of the Firstborn - 5 32%
- The Owls are not what they seem Darkness - 3 32%
- Watch Closely! Flies - 4 29%
- Holy Cow Diseased Livestock - 1 29%
- The Sixth Symbol Boils - 5 28%
- The Ninth Symbol Darkness - 5 27%
- The Seventh Symbol Hail - 5 26%
- The Butterfly Lice & Gnats - 3 26%
- Mr. Crow Darkness - 4 25%
- The Eighth Symbol Locusts - 5 25%
- The Second Symbol Frogs - 5 24%
- Harvey Lice & Gnats - 4 24%
- The First Symbol Water Turns Into Blood - 5 23%
- The Fourth Symbol Flies - 5 22%
- The Owl Mask Dead of the Firstborn - 3 18%
- Paradise Will Rise Again! Dead of the Firstborn - 4 18%
- I only play guitar Frogs - 3 18%
- Dutch Gouda Cheese Diseased Livestock - 4 17%