When does Dealer's Life 2 get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 7h it's 1 in 8 (13%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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Dealer's Life 2

Feb 15, 2022 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 72% of owners

Steam reviews 85% positive of 4,242

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 7h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
72% 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 4,281 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10h for positive, 6h 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 (71.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (51)

story milestone ending side

You, Help Me! Hire an employee. 100%
All in a Week's Work Manage your shop for one week. 100%
It's Over Nine Thousand! Earn 9,000$ by selling items in a single game. 98%
One Month in Office Manage your shop for one month. 92%
Outta Here Buy a new shop. 92%
Now Serving Number 100 Serve 100 customers across any number of playthroughs. 90%
First Time Dealer Reach Beginner Fame Level. 88%
Would You Like It Gift Wrapped? Sell an item for more than 10,000$. 86%
I'll Get Your Money, Wait Here Buy an item for more than 10,000$. 82%
I'll Take It! Buy 100 items across any number of playthroughs. 78%
Let Me Show You Something Sell 100 items across any number of playthroughs. 77%
Pawn Dealer Complete 10 pawn tickets across any number of playthroughs. 77%
One Million Dollars! Earn 1,000,000$ by selling items in a single game. 75%
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! Win 10 auctions across any number of playthroughs. 73%
Industrious Reach the Industrial district. 73%
Streetwise Dealer Reach Regular Fame Level. 72%
I Will Accept Your Golden Credit Card Sell an item for more than 1,000,000$. 70%
Which One of These is the Most Expensive? Buy an item for more than 1,000,000$. 68%
Lawful Good Reach Respectable reputation. 67%
Aaand Sold! Sell 10 items on auction across any number of playthroughs. 67%
A VIP in My Shop You met the famous rapper PJ Cash. 65%
Artist Reach the Artistic district. 64%
Storage Lover Win 10 storage auctions across any number of playthroughs. 52%
Luxurious Reach the Luxury Tower district. 42%
One Year in Office Manage your shop for 52 weeks. 39%
Your Lucky Day Indiana Jane offered you two items declined by a museum. 38%
I'm a Billionaire Earn 1,000,000,000$ by selling items in a single game. 37%
100% Guaranteed Sell 10 identified fake items across any number of playthroughs. 37%
Natural Born Dealer Reach Grand Master Fame Level. 36%
Smooth Criminal Reach Criminal reputation. 26%
You've Been Snatched! Mickey's dog ran away with an item of yours. 25%
Raiders of the Lost Ark You successfully funded Indiana Jane's mission. 22%
You Won't Have My Money You refused to pay for local mafia protection. 17%
No One Can Scare Me You refused to pay Don Vito for his protection. How brave! 15%
Seems Legit Buy 10 identified fake items across any number of playthroughs. 14%
The Best Floor Reach the top of the Luxury Tower. 13%
Full Team Hire a team of 10 employees. 11%
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels You succesfully supported a robbery. 9.6%
A Never Ending Queue Serve 10,000 customers across any number of playthroughs. 5.8%
Mo Money No Problems Amass a huge quantity of money. 5.2%
Die-Hard Fan You knew the right title of the latest top of the charts song by PJ Cash. 4.9%
Fallen off a Truck Buy 10 stolen items across any number of playthroughs. 3.9%
Don Vito Send His Regards Don Vito showed his appreciation to your great business and reputation. 3.6%
Who Needs a Soul? Both you and Bob sold your souls to a possessed stone head. 3.5%
Dirty Money Sell 10 stolen items across any number of playthroughs. 3.2%
Cool Cop You made an agreement with police to keep the local mafia away from your shop. 1.9%
Triple Dip! Win the game 3 times. 0.8%
Shut Up and Take My Money! Buy 10000 items across any number of playthroughs. 0.6%
A Freighter Full of Goods Sell 10000 items across any number of playthroughs. 0.6%
The End of the World Reach the last day of the game. 0.6%
Five of a Kind Win the game 5 times. 0.6%

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