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L.A. Noire

Nov 8, 2011 Steam: Very Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 19% of players who started
Started playing 68% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 37,093

What the data shows

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 37,231 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 19.2h for positive, 6.4h 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 (67.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

  1. Started playing 100%
  2. Police Academy Complete all cases on the Patrol desk. 100%
  3. Paved With Good Intentions Complete all cases on the Traffic desk. Most players quit here 55% −45
  4. The Simple Art of Murder Complete all cases on the Homicide desk. 33% −22
  5. No Rest For The Wicked Complete all cases on the Vice desk. 22% −11
  6. Moth To A Flame Complete all cases on the Arson desk. 19% −4

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (60)

story milestone ending side

  • Police Academy Complete all cases on the Patrol desk. 100%
  • One For The File Find and inspect a clue as an LAPD Detective or Investigator. 96%
  • The Plot Thickens Find and solve an inspection puzzle. 92%
  • A Cop On Every Corner Complete a single street crime case. 90%
  • The Straight Dope Use evidence to prove a lie as an LAPD Detective or Investigator. 86%
  • Golden Boy Clear a case finding every clue as an LAPD Detective or Investigator. 69%
  • The Shadow Tail a suspect without being spotted, in a single case. 67%
  • Auto Enthusiast Drive 5 different vehicles. 58%
  • The Up And Up Complete a story case with a five star rating. 56%
  • Paved With Good Intentions Complete all cases on the Traffic desk. 55%
  • The Printer's Devil Complete 'A Slip of the Tongue'. 52%
  • Traffic Stop Disable a suspect vehicle with help from your partner. 50%
  • Racing For Pinks Find and inspect all of the Marquee-printed pink slips. 50%
  • Stab-Rite At Ray's Cafe, find the bloodstained knife on your first sweep of the crime scene. 50%
  • The Third Degree Correctly branch every question in every interview in a single story case. 50%
  • Round Heels At the Bamba Club, get Dick McColl to give up the license plate of Celine Henry's male companion. 49%
  • Keep A Lid On Complete a brawl without losing your hat as an LAPD Detective or Investigator. 47%
  • Asphalt Jungle Chase down and tackle a fleeing suspect on foot as an LAPD Detective. 42%
  • Nowhere In A Hurry Catch and arrest Cliff Harrison before he is stopped by uniformed backup. 40%
  • The Simple Art of Murder Complete all cases on the Homicide desk. 33%
  • Wooden Overcoats Bring down a total of 30 bad guys with head shots. 31%
  • Not So Hasty Stop a fleeing suspect with a warning shot as an LAPD Detective. 30%
  • Lead Foot Keep the needle above 80mph for more than ten seconds while driving. 27%
  • Femme Imbécile Correctly branch every question in the interview with Jean Archer. 25%
  • Dead Men Are Heavier Shoot and kill a total of 100 bad guys. 24%
  • Spare A Dime Complete the puzzle of the US Morgan silver dollars at Parnell's Soup. 24%
  • Every Herb Bearing Seed Complete 'Reefer Madness'. 24%
  • No Rest For The Wicked Complete all cases on the Vice desk. 22%
  • Eight Million Stories Complete 'The Naked City'. 20%
  • Soup In The Pot Open both soup cans in Juan Garcia Cruz's stash room. 19%
  • Huckster At Elysian Fields, outwit Leland Monroe when discussing his developments or advertising campaign. 19%
  • Moth To A Flame Complete all cases on the Arson desk. 19%
  • The Nose Knows Find and inspect the prop spinner at the Nicholson blast site. 18%
  • Skeletons In The Icebox Find and inspect all clues inside Okamoto's ransacked apartment. 17%
  • The Big Unfriendly Complete 'Nicholson Electroplating'. 17%
  • A Good-Looking Corpse Find and inspect all of the narcotics in Julia Randall's apartment. 16%
  • Johnny On The Spot Respond to 20 street crime cases. 15%
  • The Brass Achieve maximum rank. 15%
  • The Fighting Sixth At the Bus Shooting, talk Felix Alvarro into giving up the Marines involved in the Coolridge heist. 15%
  • Out Of The Frying Pan Pursue Vernon Mapes from the burning house to Hughes Aircraft on your first attempt. 12%
  • Magpie Find and inspect 95% of all clues. 12%
  • Forcible Rear Entry Enter the Las Palmas stash house via the back door and kill Juan Garcia Cruz. 11%
  • Chauffeur Service Escort Heather Swanson to Arnett's apartment without damaging your vehicle. 10%
  • Auto Collector Drive 40 different vehicles. 8.6%
  • Miles On The Clock Drive more than 194.7 miles. 8.4%
  • High Flyer Find the flyer at Juan Garcia Cruz's house and proceed straight to the 20th Century Market. 8.0%
  • Fakeloo Tail Henry Arnett from Hollywood Station to the pawnbroker and travel agent without being spotted. 6.8%
  • Give My Regards Shoot every letter down from the tower at the Broadway Hotel. 6.2%
  • The Hunch Use four intuition points in a single interview session, correctly branching each question. 5.8%
  • Chop Shop During the Industrial Street raid, kill a goon by shooting the hanging engine block. 4.1%
  • The Moose Follow Candy Edwards without using cover or incognito, except when starting or picking up the tail. 4.1%
  • Shamus To The Stars Complete all story cases with a five star rating. 3.5%
  • The Long Arm Of The Law Complete all street crime cases. 3.5%
  • Roscoe And Friends Kill at least one bad guy with every gun. 3.2%
  • Star Map Discover all landmark locations around the city. 2.9%
  • Bulletproof Windshield Kill the drivers of two of the MP vehicles in the Hughes Aircraft gun battle before they pull up. 2.5%
  • Public Menace Rack up $47,000 in penalties during a single story case. 2.5%
  • Hollywoodland Find and inspect all gold film reels. 2.4%
  • The City Of The Angels Reach 100% Game Complete. 2.4%
  • Auto Fanatic Drive every vehicle in the city. 2.2%
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