(the) Gnorp Apologue
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 11 reviews are negative (9%); after 15h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised less than in 92% of games we track.
- 40% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The ground trembles” (Reach your first compression event) and “Gnorpcalibur!” (Embed Gnorpcalibur in the rock): from 95% to 55% of starters.
- 97% 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 10,114 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 23.3h for positive, 12.5h 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 (97.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The ground trembles Reach your first compression event 95% −5
- Gnorpcalibur! Embed Gnorpcalibur in the rock Most players quit here 55% −40
- (the) Finale Beat (the) Gnorp Apologue 40% −15
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (17)
story milestone ending side
- A gnorp is born Get your first gnorp 100%
- New beginning Prestige for the first time 95%
- The ground trembles Reach your first compression event 95%
- Getting somewhere Prestige and have a total of 10 talent points 73%
- It didn't deserve this Brutally, viciously murder a drone before its time by clicking on it 71%
- Mountaineers #1 Have mountaineers collect the most 60%
- They burn bright, and hit the rock so right Have 10 bombers bathed in fire at the same time 59%
- Gnorpcalibur! Embed Gnorpcalibur in the rock 55%
- MY EYES This is your own fault. 53%
- What do I choose?? Have 3 unspent Zybellium 48%
- Speed Reach the first compression event within 5 minutes of clicking the rock 43%
- (the) Finale Beat (the) Gnorp Apologue 40%
- Uh, is this allowed? Acquire shards without having built the stash 34%
- Gnorp Slam! Have 100 slammers 21%
- Retro-Futuristic Warfare Have a riflegnorp shoot grenade arrows 20%
- Coax it Coax successfully 20 times in a row 17%
- Y2K Have 20 drones die at the same time 12%