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Nick Beard: The Fedora of Destiny
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 45% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 259
What the data shows
- 84% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (84%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
- Only 45% 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 261 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 259 reviews: 0.4h for positive, 0.3h 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 (44.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (10)
- Golden Dust of Victory The world at your fingertips, cheese under your fingernails. 100%
- There's So Much Power In Our Clicks! "Say goodbye to your precious Karma." 87%
- CONGRAULATIONS FOREVER "And I must say, that is a really nice fedora!" 82%
- Don't Leave Home Without it "M'lady." 79%
- I'm Saving That Twinkie "I'm going to post it to twinkiegems.com." 75%
- You Fool!! ALWAYS tip your headgear. 70%
- Yikes. Did you do that on purpose? 42%
- Godwinning "How come it's not called Atheistwin's Law?" 40%
- The Better Part of Valor "Downvotes? Really?!?" 38%
- RON PAUL 2012 DAE?! 28%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.