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Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 2h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 10% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 6,073
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 11 reviews are negative (9%); after 3h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 91% of games we track.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Crystal Lake Memories” and “Lockdown”: from 86% to 52% of starters.
- 83% 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 6,150 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 24 reviews: 4h for positive, 2.7h 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 (83.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Crystal Lake Memories Complete every puzzle level of Crystal Lake Memories. 86% −14
- Lockdown Complete every puzzle level of Lockdown. Most players quit here 52% −34
- Winter Kills Complete every puzzle level of Winter Kills. 35% −17
- I <Mask> NY Complete every puzzle level of I <Mask NY>. 23% −12
- Last Resort Complete every puzzle level of Last Resort. 18% −6
- Slayground Complete every puzzle level of Slayground. 13% −4
- Wasteland Complete every puzzle level of Wasteland. 11% −2
- Future Shock Complete every puzzle level of Future Shock. 10% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Brand New Toy Receive 1 unique weapon. 100%
- Myth Reach rank 2 blood lust. 100%
- Bloodbath Reach a body count of 10. 98%
- Aquaphobia Jason drowns in the lake. 91%
- Pyromaniac Scare a victim into a fire. 91%
- Wish You Were Dead Kill a victim by drowning them. 88%
- Crystal Lake Memories Complete every puzzle level of Crystal Lake Memories. 86%
- Police Brutality Kill a dumb cop. 82%
- Up in Smoke Jason burns in a fire. 81%
- Collection Receive 5 unique weapon. 74%
- Urban Legend Reach rank 5 blood lust. 73%
- Downfall Jason falls into a hole. 66%
- Carnage Reach a body count of 50. 56%
- Backed Up Tip an outhouse onto a victim. 54%
- Lockdown Complete every puzzle level of Lockdown. 52%
- Stash Receive 10 unique weapon. 46%
- Dead Meat Kill a victim with a bear trap. 46%
- Swap Meat Trade weapons for the first time. 40%
- Barbearic Jason is caught in a bear trap. 40%
- Dirt Nap Scare a victim into a hole. 38%
- Winter Kills Complete every puzzle level of Winter Kills. 35%
- Massacre Reach a body count of 100. 32%
- Killing Spree Get 5 consecutive kills in Murder Marathon. 25%
- I <Mask> NY Complete every puzzle level of I <Mask NY>. 23%
- Cult Classic Reach rank 15 blood lust. 22%
- Slaughter Get 10 consecutive kills in Murder Marathon. 19%
- Doom Boom Kill a victim with a mine. 18%
- Last Resort Complete every puzzle level of Last Resort. 18%
- Stockpile Receive 25 unique weapon. 18%
- Kablooey Jason explodes in a mine. 17%
- Shock Absorber Jason is electrocuted on a fence. 17%
- Jessi's Jumper Kill a victim wearing a rainbow hoodie. 17%
- Untouchable Kill a swat cop. 16%
- Death Curse Get 13 consecutive kills in Murder Marathon. 16%
- Shocking Offense Scare a victim into an electric fence. 16%
- Death Toll: 3 Kill Brock, Suzi and Chad 14%
- Slayground Complete every puzzle level of Slayground. 13%
- Wasteland Complete every puzzle level of Wasteland. 11%
- Beam Us Off? Go through a teleporter of each color. 11%
- Decimation Reach a body count of 250. 10%
- Future Shock Complete every puzzle level of Future Shock. 9.6%
- Grindhouse Get 20 consecutive kills in Murder Marathon. 9.1%
- Heavy Breathing Use each color of telephone. 8.3%
- Notorious Reach rank 30 blood lust. 8.0%
- Lucky Number 13 Complete a 13 day streak in Daily Death. 5.9%
- Superhuman Reach rank 50 blood lust. 5.5%
- Did you hear that? Click the Jason mask on the title screen. 5.4%
- Gorefest Get 30 consecutive kills in Murder Marathon. 4.8%
- Immortal Reach rank 100 blood lust. 4.6%
- Mass Murdered Kill a total of 1000 victims in Murder Marathon. 4.6%
- Golden Throne Acquire the golden throne. 4.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.