Open World Game: the Open World Game
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 13 reviews are negative (8%); after 3h it's 1 in 120 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 93% of games we track.
- 96% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 48% 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 2,598 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 1.3h for positive, 1.2h 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 (48% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- No More Distractions Finish the Main Quest. Most players quit here 96% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- Exploitable Finish the Speed-Runner Skill Tree. 100%
- Master of Loading Screens Finish the Completionist Skill Tree. 97%
- Power Creep Finish the Generalist Skill Tree. 97%
- No More Distractions Finish the Main Quest. 96%
- Counterfeit Decisions Unlock every Skill. 95%
- Environment Skipper Visit every Fast Travel location. 84%
- For The Grind Reach Lv 100. 83%
- What A View Light every beacon. 78%
- Quintessential View every Lookout Point. 77%
- Perfect Relationships Say the perfect words in every Relationship. 75%
- The Best Animals Catch every Herptile. 74%
- The True Experience Catch every Fish. 74%
- Impossible Odds Conquer every Fortress. 74%
- Priorities Complete every Side Quest. 74%
- Mask Collector Collect every Mask. 73%
- Jump Quest Master Collect every Feather. 73%
- Legendary Reforge every Legendary Weapon. 72%
- Triple Digits Collect everything. 72%
- Anticlimactic 100% Completion + 1%. 68%
- ! Read every Journal Entry. 67%