Untitled Goose Game
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (13%); after 4h it's 1 in 60 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 86% of games we track.
- 47% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The High Street” and “The Back Gardens”: from 86% to 62% of starters.
- Only 44% 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 25,775 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 5.7h for positive, 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 (44.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Garden Complete the garden to-do list 100%
- The High Street Complete the high street to-do list 86% −14
- The Back Gardens Complete the back gardens to-do list Most players quit here 62% −25
- The Pub Complete the pub to-do list 45% −17
- Thank you for playing our videogame Finish the game 47% +2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- The Garden Complete the garden to-do list 100%
- The High Street Complete the high street to-do list 86%
- Nasty Lock the groundskeeper out of the garden 84%
- The Back Gardens Complete the back gardens to-do list 62%
- Thank you for playing our videogame Finish the game 47%
- The Pub Complete the pub to-do list 45%
- Ghastly Trip the boy in the puddle 41%
- Yummy Cabbage picnic 27%
- Noisy Make the shop scales go ding 26%
- Dreadful Trap the boy in the garage 24%
- Unlucky Open an umbrella inside the TV shop 24%
- Devious Make someone from outside the high street buy back their own stuff 21%
- Beautiful Collect the five flowers 18%
- Lovely Sail the toy boat under a bridge 17%
- Cheeky Steal the old man's woolen hat 17%
- Elegant Perform at the pub wearing a ribbon 17%
- Careful Catch an object as it's thrown over the fence 16%
- Nimble Score a goal 15%
- Intrepid Get thrown over the fence 14%
- Pretty Dress up the bust with things from outside the back gardens 14%
- The Garden, Quickly Complete the garden to-do list before the church bells ring 5.2%
- The High Street, Quickly Complete the high street to-do list before the church bells ring 4.9%
- The Back Gardens, Quickly Complete the back gardens to-do list before the church bells ring 4.0%
- The Pub, Quickly Complete the pub to-do list before the church bells ring 3.8%
- A Secret Prize Earn every other trophy 3.6%