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Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 5h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 40% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Act 1”: only 64% of starters get there.
- 81% 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 3,313 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 7.4h for positive, 5.1h 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 (80.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Act 1 Finish Act 1. Most players quit here 64% −36
- Act 2 Finish Act 2. 43% −22
- Complete Finish the game. 40% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- Primal Stare Suffer through Monkey's guilt trip. 100%
- Dim Illumination Unlock 25% of nodes in the mind map. 95%
- Black Ink of the Mind Unlock 50% of nodes in the mind map. 73%
- Act 1 Finish Act 1. 64%
- Félicette Blastoff. 50%
- Class Traitor Strikebreaker. 48%
- Act 2 Finish Act 2. 43%
- Gatorcase Find the alligator phone case. 41%
- Like Pawpaw! Like Pawpaw! Hand over the head. 40%
- Complete Finish the game. 40%
- Meter Get the meter from the researchers. 40%
- Master of Confusion Unlock all nodes in the mind map. 38%
- Fake Ring Find Catherine's ring. 38%
- Wet Monkey No more infinite stare. 38%
- Pawpaw's Sprinkle Tinkle tinkle. 35%
- Showgoer's Tale Listen to the entirety of Showgoer's Tale. 33%
- Garrett Drip Put on the shirts at the mall. 31%
- JOY JOY!!! 30%
- Bye Bye Brucey Send Bruce home. 29%
- Will you make it out alive? Maybe! 28%
- Family Reunion Together again. 28%
- Haunt Your Lonely Days Read Laura St. Claire's letter. 23%
- Terminal Network Meltdown Quack crash. 12%
- Carnival Pig Give the pig a gift. 10%
- LeBluggalo Clown up Leblanc. 9.4%
- Network Trouble Quack might bounce back. 8.9%
- Mister Monkey Man M-Mister Monkey Man?? 8.6%
- Orphan's Knock Don't get silly with it. 6.7%
- Ditch Man Dead Sorry Gooch. 6.7%
- Metairie Angels HOOT HOOT. 6.5%
- Full of Grace Recite the Hail Mary. 6.3%
- HO HO HO Get downers from Santa Claus. 6.0%
- Bayou Boss Steer the boat without taking damage. 5.5%
- Cats and Dogs Launch Crouton with Pots. 5.3%
- Forget It Save nothing. 5.1%