Summer Pockets
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 99% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 20+ hours (99%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 100% of games we track.
- At least 63% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 55% 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 5,014 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 22.4h for positive, 12.7h 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 (54.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Summer's Beginning Complete the prologue 100%
- Their Beginning Complete Shiroha's scenario ≥63% −37
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (15)
story milestone ending side
- The Summer's Beginning Complete the prologue 100%
- The Way of Table Tennis Play table tennis with Tenzen 98%
- Our Song That Day Use the Music Gallery 68%
- Summer Memories Use the CG Gallery 68%
- Their Beginning Complete Shiroha's scenario 63%
- The Day She Awakens Complete Ao's scenario 61%
- The Delivered Letter Complete Kamome's scenario 57%
- Aim To Be the King Participate in Islamon Battles 53%
- The Summer When We Meet Again Complete Tsumugi's scenario 52%
- Crossing the Summers Complete the ALKA scenario 44%
- Summer Pockets Complete all scenarios 42%
- Village Townsfolk Use the Character Gallery 38%
- The Table Tennis God Obtain the title, "Table Tennis God" 20%
- The King of the Island Complete the Islamon Battles 18%
- The Four Celestial Beasts Collect all four Celestial Beasts Islamon 16%