AdventureIndie
Viewfinder
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 40% of players who started
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 13,515
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 5h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 40% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Welcome Back!” (Return to the hub world) and “Viewfinder” (Get the camera): from 100% to 66% of starters.
- 90% 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 13,691 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 5.6h for positive, 3.9h 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 (89.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome Back! Return to the hub world 100%
- Viewfinder Get the camera Most players quit here 67% −33
- Under the illusion Complete the illusion levels in chapter 3 56% −10
- I’ve had my fil(ter) Complete the picture frame levels in chapter 4 45% −11
- End of the line Ride the train to the final hub world 45% −1
- Full shutdown Complete the simulation shutdown sequence 40% −5
- Viewfound Complete the game 40%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome Back! Return to the hub world 100%
- No way out! Break the only teleporter 93%
- I’ve trained for this. Ride the train 85%
- Pet the Cait Pet Cait 80%
- Bye bye, Battery! Drop a battery off the level 79%
- Viewfinder Get the camera 67%
- No copycaits! Try duplicating Cait 64%
- Amateur Photographer Take 25 photos 62%
- Under the illusion Complete the illusion levels in chapter 3 56%
- Battered by a battery Drop a battery onto your head 48%
- Professional Photographer Take 100 Photos 46%
- I’ve had my fil(ter) Complete the picture frame levels in chapter 4 45%
- End of the line Ride the train to the final hub world 45%
- Dustin? More like Dust-off! Drop a Dustin off the level 41%
- Caught in the act! Place a photo while falling and land on it 40%
- Full shutdown Complete the simulation shutdown sequence 40%
- Viewfound Complete the game 40%
- I fold Put down both playing cards 37%
- I didn’t realise they were optional Complete all the optional challenge levels 34%
- Liberate the Dustins! Release all the blueprint Dustins 34%
- Bark code Go for a walk in the barcode forest 34%
- To reach new heights! Get the jump powerup 30%
- You monster Slice a Dustin 29%
- Time traveller Rewind for a really long time 28%
- I bee-t the game! Grow the flower to attract a bee 26%
- Get your ducks in a row Find all the ducks in chapter 1 23%
- Recursion excursion Place the recursive photo 15 times 22%
- Green is not a creative colour Draw using the green pencil 21%
- Fool me twice Get tricked twice in a certain level 21%
- Breaking wind Break the windmill inside the painting 19%
- Impeccable timing Complete a timer level with only a fraction of a second to spare 16%
- I stuck with it Find all the magnets in chapter 2 16%
- Dustinvasion! Make an army of Dustins 16%
- Everything in its right place Put the three paintings where they belong 13%
- Picking up the pieces Find all the mahjong tiles in chapter 3 11%
- Battery of Batteries Make the maximum possible number of batteries in the first camera level 10%
- I didn’t planets for this to happen. Find all the planets in chapter 4 9.7%
- Hitching a ride Ride a balloon 9.7%
- Michelangelo Carve the melon repeatedly 9.4%
- Contactless Complete the third level without touching the battery 9.2%
- Low orbit Get multiple jump powerups 8.9%
- Scream Orchestra Make a choir of screaming people 8.3%
- That’s something I can get behind! Get behind the waterfall 8.1%
- Speed Demon Beat a level in less than 10 seconds! 7.9%
- Nope bridge Break the cartoon rope bridge 7.5%
- Hashtag all filters Collect all the camera filters 6.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.