Going Under
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 11% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Icebreaker” (Meet your coworkers) and “The Mana Press”: from 100% to 63% of starters.
- 79% 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 4,226 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.9h for positive, 3.4h 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 (79.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Icebreaker Meet your coworkers. 100%
- The Mana Press Obtain The Mana Press. Most players quit here 63% −37
- The Grim Ledger Obtain The Grim Ledger. 33% −29
- The Toxic Mask Obtain The Toxic Mask. 33%
- Hostile Takeover Defeat Vested Marv. 12% −22
- You Are (Un)Employed Save the World? 11% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (23)
story milestone ending side
- Icebreaker Meet your coworkers. 100%
- The Mana Press Obtain The Mana Press. 63%
- The Grim Ledger Obtain The Grim Ledger. 33%
- The Toxic Mask Obtain The Toxic Mask. 33%
- Unboxing Champ Open 100 delivery cubes. 28%
- F Go under. 24%
- The Price of Knowledge Get cursed 13 times. 19%
- Work Smarter and also Harder Obtain The Caffiend's Share. 16%
- Clutchgod Kill a Hungry Box. 15%
- Grab Life by the Horns Obtain Hover Hands' Share. 14%
- Get Rich & Die Trying Obtain Hustlebones' Share. 13%
- Big Boss Complete Ray's mentorship. 12%
- Hostile Takeover Defeat Vested Marv. 12%
- Chief Flavor Officer Complete Fern's mentorship. 11%
- Senior Accountant Complete Tappi's mentorship. 11%
- You Are (Un)Employed Save the World? 11%
- Lead Engineer Complete Kara's mentorship. 9.5%
- Brand Ambassador Complete Swomp's "mentorship". 9.4%
- Clean Exit Kill a power loader with the Exit Strategist skill. 7.3%
- Self-Destructive Win a run in Impostor Mode. 4.2%
- Padded Resume Unlock all Skills. 3.2%
- Elbow Bumper Complete the Rolodex 1.9%
- Self-Actualized Complete The Impostor's final test. 1.9%