HROT
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 5h it's 1 in 60 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 37% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Beef Stroganoff” (Complete episode 1): only 72% of starters get there.
- Only 58% 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 6,653 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 7.3h for positive, 1.5h 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 (57.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beef Stroganoff Complete episode 1 Most players quit here 72% −28
- Cauliflower brain Complete episode 2 48% −24
- For services Complete all three episodes 37% −11
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- Butchery Kill all monsters in a level 100%
- Keep clean 82%
- Two pistols Find a second pistol 81%
- Meat processing plant Kill 500 monsters in total 77%
- Beef Stroganoff Complete episode 1 72%
- Swans 71%
- Horse meat Gib a horse 69%
- On A Rail Start the mining train 63%
- Sickle Kill 5 monsters with a sickle in a row without damage 56%
- They are probably blind Kill or damage 10 monsters with landmines 51%
- Headsman Kill Headsman in air during jump 50%
- Burning Bear 50%
- Cauliflower brain Complete episode 2 48%
- Bestiary Kill 40 monster types 46%
- Gastroscopy Have a gastroscopy 44%
- Prague Ratter Free the Ratter 41%
- Revenge Give a gastroscopy 39%
- Sauna Early Access sauna is a cold place 39%
- Eggs in Aspic Complete episode 3 38%
- Viscera Cleanup Clean all mess after the Degustation 37%
- For services Complete all three episodes 37%
- Fidas vide 36%
- Top I really like this random stuff 34%
- Kick Hit an enemy with the soccer ball 33%
- Secret Find all secrets in a level 31%
- Bees Anger the bees and run away 29%
- Rodeo 27%
- Wave 5 Survive wave 5 in Endless Mode 27%
- Boletus Find Boletus 26%
- Roadkill Run over 10 monsters 26%
- Kicked grenade Hit the enemy with a kicked grenade 25%
- Rathaus Locate the secret level 24%
- Fall Kill a monster by knocking it off somewhere high with the footkick 21%
- Bonus 21%
- Where is Gottwald? Gottwald's body missing 19%
- Not a scratch Get through a level without damage 19%
- Secret of Vyšehrad Discover a secret of Vyšehrad Castle 19%
- Red Wine A lot of wine 19%
- Astronomical clock Check the simulator 18%
- 10 Survived Get past wave 10 in Endless Mode 17%
- Treasure Find 50 different secrets 17%
- Tunnel Locate the secret level 17%
- Original Plates Find all plates in the Granny's Valley and bring them to the Degustation 14%
- Cute trains Waste 3 minutes watching the model railway 14%
- Bony Find Tuzex vouchers 13%
- Dove of Peace Shoot down a flying pigeon 12%
- Pack of Hounds Free 4 Ratters 12%
- Dances with Newts 12%
- Molotov Burn 4 monsters with one bottle 12%
- Badge of honor Complete 6 different levels on Very High Difficulty 11%
- Postcard from Poland Find a postcard from the creators of Project Warlock 2 9.8%
- Cuckoo 9.7%
- Knock knock Surprise the newt in the cabin 9.5%
- Wave 15 Get past wave 15 in Endless Mode 9.3%
- Just You Wait! Achieve a score of 200 points on a handheld game 7.6%