Lost in Random™
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Happy Birthday” (Finish the introduction) and “Runaway” (Stow away on the boat): from 100% to 77% of starters.
- 80% 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 5,347 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 16.3h for positive, 3.5h 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 (80.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Happy Birthday Finish the introduction. 100%
- Runaway Stow away on the boat. Most players quit here 77% −23
- You're a Dice Wielder, Even Get your own personal dice. 73% −4
- Whisked Away Return to Random. 66% −8
- Served Defeat Royam in Rhyme Battle. 47% −19
- Two Sides of the Same Coin Unite the two sides of the Mayor. 41% −5
- Grown-ups Do the Talking Find all of the clues to spark Neeshka's memory. 32% −10
- One Way Ticket To Sixtopia Sneak aboard the spider gondola. 31%
- Not Over Until the Nanny Sings Fight the Nanny. 31%
- A Dicey Situation Reunite with Dicey. 30% −1
- Without a Trace Meet the Witch of the Valley. 28% −2
- A Grim Fairy Tale Defeat the Bag Brothers. 28%
- Back on Track Get a pep talk from Death. 27%
- Down the Rabbit Hole Receive your dream card. 26% −1
- Ding Dong Defeat the Nanny. 25% −1
- Through Thick and Thin Save your sister. 25%
- Lost In Random Complete the Game. 25%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Happy Birthday Finish the introduction. 100%
- Runaway Stow away on the boat. 77%
- You're a Dice Wielder, Even Get your own personal dice. 73%
- Whisked Away Return to Random. 66%
- Go Fetch! Open your first dice door. 61%
- Checkmate Win your first board game. 55%
- Served Defeat Royam in Rhyme Battle. 47%
- Dockworker Solve the puzzle in Onecroft. 46%
- The Menace Shoot 50 pots. 46%
- Bridger Solve the tower puzzle in Two-Town. 44%
- Upside Downtowner Solve the puzzle in the Upside Downtown. 44%
- Two Sides of the Same Coin Unite the two sides of the Mayor. 41%
- Bombastic Defeat 3 of the Queen's minions using one bomb. 40%
- Sharpshooter Solve the puzzle in Threedom. 33%
- Grown-ups Do the Talking Find all of the clues to spark Neeshka's memory. 32%
- One Way Ticket To Sixtopia Sneak aboard the spider gondola. 31%
- Not Over Until the Nanny Sings Fight the Nanny. 31%
- A Dicey Situation Reunite with Dicey. 30%
- Catapult Slinger Solve the puzzle in Fourburg. 28%
- Without a Trace Meet the Witch of the Valley. 28%
- Ghost Story Help the lost girl in Threedom. 28%
- A Grim Fairy Tale Defeat the Bag Brothers. 28%
- Back on Track Get a pep talk from Death. 27%
- Tinkerer Solve the puzzle in Fivetropolis. 27%
- Down the Rabbit Hole Receive your dream card. 26%
- Gazoo, Gazaak! Win a game of Gazoo, Gazaak! 26%
- Ding Dong Defeat the Nanny. 25%
- Lost In Random Complete the Game. 25%
- Through Thick and Thin Save your sister. 25%
- Bern, Baby, Bern Help Bernie find his way over Talkie Walkie. 24%
- En Garde! Go unscathed for 5 minutes in battle. 19%
- Master Puzzler Solve all of the puzzles. 18%
- Card Collector Buy all the cards Mannie Dex has to offer. 17%
- Closure Find and defeat the Shadowman once and for all. 14%
- Once Upon a Time Collect all of the lost storybook pages. 7.7%
- Resourceful Complete a battle without using any weapon cards. 7.6%
- Third Time's a Charm Try to open the gate to Threedom prematurely. 6.5%
- Knock Knock Go home and knock. 5.8%
- All In Play 8 cards in the same round. 5.1%
- Dice and Slice Defeat 3 of the Queen's minions using the same Dice Slice. 3.7%