ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationFree To Play
Outcore: Desktop Adventure
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending at least 36% of players who started
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 18,492
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 3h it's 1 in 100 (1%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- At least 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Defeated Captain Tutorial” and “Defeated Booty The Bootleg”: from 88% to 45% of starters.
- 77% 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 18,777 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 3.9h for positive, 1.9h 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 (76.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Defeated Captain Tutorial 88% −12
- Defeated Booty The Bootleg Most players quit here 45% −43
- Defeated Mistermind 42% −3
- Defeated the core of the outside world 42%
- LOVE Defeated the mastermind's LOVE route ≥36% −6
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Learned how to jump! 100%
- Learned how to walk! 100%
- Defeated Captain Tutorial 88%
- Immersion Breaking Found the immersion breaking meta menu 81%
- Ḧ̴̨̨̡̧̧̧̡̡͇͕̻̱̲̗̦̠̩͙̮̭̻̦̰̦̟̼̙̪̫̜͍͇̤̼̬̹͖̗͙̙̩́͊̈́́̃̈́͊̂̏̅̈́̆͊͛͋̃̍̊̓͛̔̆́̐̀͋͆́͛͐̄͘̚͜͜͠͝ͅͅË̵̢̢̧̛̛͇̪̟͓̝̼͕̞͔̻͎̠͔̤̥̺̹̱̼̪̺̪̺̰̱̪̻͚̥̹͈͔́̊͋̈́̔̍͑̄̅́̔͛̓̽̊̒̓́͛̀̀͗̈́́̃̈́̈́̄̔̓͐͆̀̈́̄́̚͘̕͘͘̕͝ͅͅḼ̸̟̰̀͛͑̄̃̂̏͋̿̂́͋͊͌̀͋̿̌̅̃͠͝͠Ṕ̵̨̛̛͎̞͕͚̎̄̽̈́́͊̅͛̄̉̈̔̈́̎͌̆̂͊̑͘͠ ̶̢̻͙̭̗̫̮̹̥̣͈͕̟͙͔̃̑͊͗̆̀͒̊͗̈́̈́̇̋̚͠M̶̨̧̡̢̢̼̪̞͈̯̬͖͖͎̞͎̻̥̩̭̭͖̤̫̜̗͖̠̬̭̯͔̪̞̥̹͚͎͉̦̳̍̌͊̀̓̄̋͋̂͌̏̈́̾͆̌̈́̆̈́̐̿̓͐͜͝͝͠͠ͅE̵͈̤̪̼͉͉̝͇̼̗͎͒̓͊͋̄̈́̃̄͗̈͆̏̅́͂͋̈́͌͋̀͋̑̒̈́̓͛̓̒͐͆̀̀́͂̾̆̃͘͘͝͝͝ 54%
- K̸̡̧̢̛͇̖̜̭͖̪̿̀́͛̀̓̎̇̐̀͑̎͒͌͐̈̏́̈̊̅̾̔̓̃̚͝͝I̶̧̢̧̛̙̯̯̳̮̞̺̭̩̬̜̭̞̲̱̻̦̪̣̼̰̹̲̺̣̩͇̼̿͑̄̈̀͑͛̽̍͆͗́̇͗͘͘͜Ĺ̵̨̞̹̼̑̾̐͛͐̆̐̂̈́̌̀͑͑̂̉̇́̀͒͂́͑́͛̄̐͑̂̓̇̃͐͛̓͆̉̌̄̓̓͐̈́͊̈́̔̚̚͝Ļ̸͕͓͚̘̖̺͙̫͉̙̜̱͔̮̼̩̜̱̪̻͎̤̩̙̬̹̜̝̮͓͖̤͕̙̬̙͊̒͑͌̿̈́͐̄̈́̉͗̌̅̈́̄̀͒̆͒̀̈̃̕͘͝͠ ̴̛̛̛̛̻̞̖̹̟̬͈̿̒̀̈́̏́̄̏͒̀̑͛̊̿̌̏̉̄̓̈́͋͒͂͊̓̋̿̅͛̈̀̈́͐̾̔̋͘͘M̶̝̈́͋Ę̴̡̨̡̡̨͎̘̱̥͕͇͖̠̜̤͕̘̭̹̦̪͍̜̟̜̜͍̲̩̝̲̠̻̫̬̪̰͈̣̫̲̲̩͓̟̻͑̊̃̂͊ 49%
- S̸̡̛̞̺̞̝͎͎̠̪̰͉̠͚̹̭͉͍̲͎̝̤͇̟͓͚͚̟̺͖̒͑̄̽͑̈̔̍̓͆͒̐͊̈́͗̌̔͆̎̉͑̚͘͘̕̚͘͝͝͝Ḁ̶̡̛̘̱̪͓̣̗̦̺͈̠͔̝̳̙͓͇̪͓͔̫͎̜̩̭̻̖̩̼̥̯̞̟̝̰̭̠͖̗͉̝͇̄͑̋͆̓́͒̀̈́̐̐̾̑͑͆̾͗͌̍͋̂́̿͜͜͝͝͠͝ͅV̴̡̧̢̡̟̗̮̪̫̼͕̦͕̦̻̮͙̙͈̞̫̙̮̫͝ͅͅȨ̸̨̡̛̛̯̗̺͎̼̪̳͓̰̝̤͚̮͉̭͔͇̱͖͕͚̗̱͖͕͚̮̣̫͓̞̉̋͆́͌́̏̐̽̔̀̈̔͗̈́̃̾̚̚͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅ ̸̨̡̡̛̛̳̮̹̳̮̝͔̹̘̳̯̼̼̩̳͇̹̩̗̠̰̖̪̮̀͛̈̍̐͊͊͒̌̍͋̿̅̆̾͂̎́̈́͗́̈́͒̾̐͌͊̂͋̾̔̓͋͌̾̓̓͒̕͘̕͠͝͝͝͝͝͝ͅM̷̨̧̡̨̨̡̢̢̹͎̞̠̮͕̯̥̰͙̳̱̝̝͙̙̺͍̫̻̳̭̭̩̥̬̱̗̳̖̲͓̠̝̳̎͛͗̑͊͜͜ͅE̷̡̛̛̗͍̰̹͎̳͕͉͇̫̩͎͔͍͉͉͉͎̫̱̮͓͍͉̪̻̠̅̉̃͑̏̎̌̂̆͊͒͆̒̀̈́͑̔̋̎̅̐̆͊̊͗́͆͗͋́͘̕̕͝͝ 48%
- Defeated Booty The Bootleg 45%
- Too good for this racing mini-game Proved a point by taking an unnecessary self imposed challenge of touching some text during a race 43%
- Defeated Mistermind 42%
- Defeated the core of the outside world 42%
- Internet Explorer Allow Lumi to achieve her dream of becoming a dead web browser 41%
- LOVE Defeated the mastermind's LOVE route 36%
- Murder Murdered a Lumi 33%
- Good boy Witnessed a memory that didn't happen. Probably? 24%
- Pure hearted Passed the lake fairy's test 18%
- HIGH striker Reached the top of the high striker mini-game 9.8%
- Read a walkthrough Opened the mastermind door before receiving its password 9.8%
- DEMON??? Defeated the mastermind's DEMON route 9.6%
- No time to waste Defeated Hartstronk after talking with the time-wasting heart 9.1%
- It really wasn't worth it Completed all of the stages in the idle game 7.2%
- HATE Defeated the mastermind's HATE route 6.9%
- Tutorial Master Defeated Captain Tutorial starting from the first phase without losing any lives 5.5%
- Booty Master Defeated Booty The Bootleg starting from the first phase without losing any lives 4.6%
- Sleep with Laifu It was just a slumber party... right? 4.4%
- The Lab Completed The Lab's sidequest 4.3%
- Diverse desktop Played every icon mini game on the desktop 3.9%
- Love Master Defeated the mastermind starting from the first phase without losing any lives, via the HATE route 3.5%
- Secret route Defeated the mastermind's secret route 2.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.