Outer Wilds
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 20h it's 1 in 100 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 35% 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 109,818 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 23.8h for positive, 7.7h 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 (34.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Gone In 60 Seconds Die within 60 seconds of waking up. 100%
- Cutting it Close Use your suit's oxygen in an ill-advised manner. 96%
- Harmonic Convergence Pick up all traveler instruments simultaneously with your signalscope. 87%
- Pchooooooo! Launch your ship with a gravity cannon. 50%
- The Silenced Cartographer Render the Deep Space Satellite inoperable. 46%
- Mmmm, Carcinogens... Eat 10 burnt marshmallows. 46%
- Hey, what's this button do? Press the ejection button in the ship. 39%
- You've met a terrible fate. No going back. 33%
- Rigidbody De-orbit the Hearthian satellite. 30%
- From the Hearth to the Moon Land the model rocket on Attlerock. 24%
- Oof Ouch, My Bones Have your spine adjusted by a pursuer. 21%
- Mica's Wrath Destroy the Model Rocket by flying into the sun or Hollow's Lantern. 16%
- It was worth a shot. You tried to escape the solar system. 16%
- Hotshot Manually fly to the Sun Station. 14%
- It belongs in a museum! Bring an artifact back to the museum. 14%
- Deep Impact Enter Giant's Deep ocean fast enough to break through the current. 14%
- Early Adopter Attempt to use the second artifact prototype. Curiosity killed the cat, but a time loop brought it back. 13%
- Die Hard End a time loop (Alive) after having taken (and healed) over 1000 damage. 12%
- Archaeologist Complete the ship log. 11%
- Flat Hearther Stand your ground beneath a moving chain elevator. 10%
- The Grate Filter Swim through the dam grate. Not everyone makes it! 9.5%
- Simulation Hypothesis Attempt to use the artifact at a normal campfire. Well, that settles that! 8.9%
- Fire Arrows Shoot the Little Scout at the artificial sun in the Stranger. 8.9%
- Celsius 232.78 This knowledge isn't going to forbid itself! 8.1%
- Beginner's Luck Reach the Eye of the Universe in one loop. 8.1%
- You'll Never Take Me Alive! Escape your pursuers by jumping to your "death" instead of dodging past them. 6.3%
- 1 / 900 Yahaha! You found me! 6.1%
- Sleep. Wake. Repeat. Be woken up from a dream 5 different ways in a single loop. 5.8%
- Around the world in 90 seconds Raft around the Stranger in under 90 seconds. 5.2%
- Ghosts in the Machine Reach all 3 Forbidden Archives in a single loop without getting caught. 4.9%
- Tubular! Ride the face of the wave for at least 15 seconds on a raft. 4.0%