Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 7h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 82% of games we track.
- 19% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Entrust” (Complete Chapter 1) and “Corrosion” (Complete Chapter 2): from 89% to 47% of starters.
- Only 63% 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.
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Based on all 5,308 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 69.1h for positive, 14.2h 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 (63.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Entrust Complete Chapter 1. 89% −11
- Corrosion Complete Chapter 2. Most players quit here 47% −42
- Embrace Complete Chapter 3. 30% −17
- Farewell Complete Chapter 4. 23% −7
- Hope Complete Chapter 5. 19% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (100)
story milestone ending side
- Treasure Hunter Pick up supplies a total of 20 times. 100%
- Entrust Complete Chapter 1. 89%
- Knowledge Is No Burden Equip 4 skills on a character. 87%
- Chosen One Dodge 5 consecutive normal attacks from enemy units with any of our characters in one turn. 85%
- Assembler Perform a total of 30 item synthesis. 79%
- Moving Pictures Have Jefuty defeats 4 enemies without moving in one round. 72%
- Beware of grenades Use 1 Fragmentation Grenade to defeat 4 enemy units. 65%
- 4D Pocket Obtain a total of 20 types of items. 62%
- Private Achieve S ratings in all battles in Chapter 1. 62%
- Corrosion Complete Chapter 2. 47%
- Heaven's Eye Discover 6 enemies while laying Scanning Devices. 41%
- Killer King Use an RC Bomb to damage 5 enemy units. 41%
- Geek Upgrade an item to max Rank. 39%
- Piece of Cake Ally units defeat 20 enemy units with no damage taken in one battle. 37%
- Go in Peace Have Jefuty and Mendo disarm all defenses by using special mechanisms in "Rendezvous". 37%
- Stand Still Deal 4 critical hits to an enemy unit within 1 turn. 37%
- Combat Ace Defeat a total of 1,200 enemy units. 34%
- Extravagant Consume a total of 100,000 Parts. 32%
- Gun Freak Obtain 9 weapons in total. 32%
- Pinnacle Upgrade a Skill or Trait to max Rank. 32%
- Warm-up Conduct Field Investigation before 5 different battles. 32%
- Suppressive Fire In one battle, use weapons influenced by"Mechanical Rampage" to deal a total of 900 HP of damage to enemy units. 31%
- Embrace Complete Chapter 3. 30%
- Sergeant Achieve S ratings in all battles in Chapter 2. 28%
- Encyclopedia Collect all the Keyword entries. 28%
- Lightning War Allied units defeat a total of 20 enemy units in one turn. 27%
- Overkill Use a Rocket Launcher to defeat a human enemy unit. 27%
- Devastating Blow Deal more than 5,000 damage with a single hit to an enemy unit. 27%
- Crowd Control Stun 1 enemy for 2 consecutive turns. 27%
- Special Effects Have Jevon use a shield to block 200 or more points of damage. 26%
- Deep in the Tiger's Den Complete Battle "Deep in the Tiger's Den". 26%
- Team Spirit The team reaches level 40. 26%
- Firearm Master Upgrade a weapon to Rank 5. 25%
- Cornered Beast Complete Battle "Cornered Beast". 25%
- Deviation Complete Battle "Deviation". 25%
- All-Consuming Complete Battle "All-Consuming". 25%
- Home Run Have Atena use items from at least 10 tiles away from herself. 25%
- Mutual Destruction Complete Battle "Mutual Destruction". 24%
- Chain Lightning Use the Electric Turret to defeat an enemy unit outside its attack range. 24%
- Awakening Achieve 100% for the ATCG Nucleobase Completion of an Ultimate Skill. 24%
- Negotiator Successfully persuaded "Crane". 24%
- Dead End Complete Battle "Dead End". 24%
- The Gathering Use a Low-Frequency Acoustic Generator to attract 8 ELIDs. 24%
- Farewell Complete Chapter 4. 23%
- Listen to the Radio Obtain all Confidential Files on "Trends in Global Affairs". 22%
- Check the Report Obtain all Confidential Files on "Military Investigations". 22%
- Hesitation Have Mendo remain stationary in "Dependent". 22%
- Never Look Back Have Jefuty move westwards and achieve victory without rescuing Mendo in "Choice". 22%
- Caged Bird Complete Battle "Caged Bird". 22%
- Supreme Technology Raise the Tech Level to Rank 7. 22%
- Read the Paper Obtain all Confidential Files on "Scientific Research Reports". 21%
- Know-it-all Obtain all the Confidential Files. 21%
- Full Package Capture all the supplies in the area in "Camouflage". 20%
- No Escape Complete Battle "No Escape". 19%
- Hope Complete Chapter 5. 19%
- Private Cinema Collect all the graphical data. 19%
- Roamer Have Carl search every accessible room in "Night Scouting". 19%
- Staff Officer Achieve S ratings in all battles in Chapter 3. 19%
- Open Up Read all the preparation conversation. 19%
- Gotcha Place a Holographic Projection on the corpse of an enemy unit. 19%
- Bullseye Allied units trigger a total of 20 critical hits by normal attacks in one turn. 18%
- Sky Corridor Have Jefuty and Mendo take a cable car to leave the amusement park in "Night Crisis". 17%
- Overtime In one battle, have Atena deals a total of 1,200 damage to enemy units during non-ally turns. 17%
- SOS Achieve victory with Lijuo surviving in "The Grateful Dead". 17%
- In Vain Achieve victory before enemy reinforcements arrive in "Stranded in Snow". 15%
- Deluxe Package Equip 3 Rank 5 accessories on a weapon. 14%
- Hitchhiking Have Jefuty and Mendo enter the base via a transporter in "Secret War". 13%
- Commander Achieve S ratings in all battles in Chapter 4. 13%
- Metal Suit Rising Start the AAX-05P Constructor in "Rapid Advance". 12%
- Dissolve Reduce the armor of an enemy unit with an initial armor greater than or equal to 100 to 0. 12%
- Clearance Achieve victory by defeating at least 45 enemy units in "Deep in the Tiger's Den". 11%
- Nutritional Balance In a Battle, any of our characters used military food and drinks. 11%
- Nostalgic Gamer Activate "Bakery Girl 2092R" 11%
- One Stroke Have Lige use the "Dashing Flash" skill to hit 5 enemy units simultaneously. 11%
- Flawless Have all characters be positioned in the blast zone during the enemy's bombardment of the house in "Entrust". 11%
- Master Strategist Achieve S ratings in all battles. 10%
- Chance Encounter In one battle, use High-Frequency Sonic Bomb to force an ELID to move next to allied characters. 10%
- Foot in the Grave In one battle, have one enemy unit triggers 3 Mines simultaneously. 10%
- Empty Shell In "Die Another Day", all allied units are not attacked by the Shrike Evolution. 10%
- Medical Race Achieve victory by having a cumulative amount of healing greater than that of the enemy in "Dead End". 10%
- Major Incident Defeat 6 enemy units in one move using the "Diberg" Battle Fortress in "The Final Battle I". 9.3%
- How Rude Have 3 enemy units pass by Carl while he is in the "Camouflage" status. 9.0%
- Water Park Have Jefuty and Mendo leave the wooden bridge area by boarding a yacht in "Zombieland". 8.8%
- Internal Conflict Destroy the control room before Kirill can activate the enegy charger and defense installation in "Trap". 8.0%
- Unsuspected Use Super Mutant "Lambda" to destroy the gate of the quarantine zone. 7.7%
- One Step Ahead Win 1 Tactical Chess game. 7.6%
- Overcome Fear Achieve victory after Lige defeats at least 3 Shrike Consciousnesses in "Blood Horror". 6.9%
- Bon Voyage Use a Shockwave Grenade to blow enemy units away. 6.3%
- Fulfilled Promise Defeat all enemy snipers with Jefuty in "Struggle for Survival". 6.3%
- Backstab have Mendo arrive at the target location without meeting Jefuty in "Support in the Woods". 6.3%
- Nature Lover Achieve victory without entering the "Flowers" terrain in "Nightmare". 6.2%
- Kill Steal In one turn, have Jefuty defeat 4 enemy units with the "Support Fire" trait. 5.8%
- Hasta la Vista, baby Use an EMP Grenade to hit 3 different types of mechanical units at the same time. 5.2%
- Fanning the Flames Have Carl use the skill "Tactical Deception" to make enemy units in the "Confused" state defeat the boss. 4.9%
- Natural Disaster Use the Snow Roll to defeat an enemy unit that is suffering "Hypothermia" in "Treacherous Road". 4.7%
- Selfless Act Have Mendo enter the critical condition after using the "Emergency Transfusion" skill. 4.4%
- Fight Fire with Fire Have Lige block the attack from a Shrike using the "Extrasensory Perception" trait. 4.3%
- Dust to Dust Use the City Defense Battery to defeat Sugar Σ in "Suburban Defense". 4.3%
- Die Together Have Jevon use the "Last Gamble" skill to detonate 3 enemy units. 3.9%
- Museum Obtain a total of 80 collectibles. 3.6%