When does Later Alligator get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 5h it's 1 in 70 (1%). Fully opens up by hour 4.

How many players finish Later Alligator?

At least 32% of players who start reach the ending.

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Later Alligator

Sep 18, 2019 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending at least 32% of players who started

Started playing 88% of owners

Steam reviews 96% positive of 3,093

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 5h it's 1 in 70 (1%).
Fully opens up by hour 4.
At least 32% of players who start reach the ending.
88% 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 3,132 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 5.9h for positive, 2.8h 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 (87.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
When You're Here, You're Family. Collect every alligator for the big finale. ≥32% −68

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 (14)

story milestone ending side

Got The Time? Always keep an eye on your watch. 100%
Try, Try Again Start a second playthrough of Later Alligator. 50%
Sotenbori Memorial Took the Knife out on a perfect practice date. 33%
When You're Here, You're Family. Collect every alligator for the big finale. 32%
Save Pat See Pat's true fate. 32%
Love that baby Protect Baby Angelface from every ghost. 16%
We're best friends! Catch Baman and Piderman in the same round. 14%
The Trolley Problem Found all of the pieces of Clancy's motivational posters. 14%
Screen Time You spent too much time watching internet videos. 11%
Pinball Lizard Score 15,000 points in Pinball. 10%
Card Shark Play all card-related gator games in one playthrough. 8.9%
Solid Snake See Aiden's stone form in Lizzie's photos. 8.8%
AHH THE BEES! THE BEES ARE IN MY EYES-- Summon 8 hornets in the same round. 6.8%
Art History Degree from CUANY Beat all of the games with alligator masterpieces in one playthrough. 3 course credits. 6.7%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.