Unusual Findings

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 609 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 10.1h for positive, 6.2h 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% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (30)

• Close Encounter of The Fourth Kind We come in peace... 100%
• Honey Badger We saw it on a documentary! 87%
• Pony Rider Can I have a pony for Christmas? 78%
• I Am Error We just hope you didn't brute force this. 71%
• Chicken? Don’t you ever call me chicken again! 65%
• The Terminator God knows how much time setting this trap… 59%
• Silent fall Don't try this at home. 57%
• The Abyss Okay… this is the point of no return. 57%
• Commando Are you sure you can do this? 51%
• Runaway Train What a great escape. Plissken would be proud! 46%
• Short Circuit We gotta disappear. 46%
• Pony Hater Don't go around saying that… 42%
• Like in Rocko III THIRD BLOOD Your worst nightmare. 42%
• Against the odds He is smart, he can do it... 40%
• Ladies man Say anything... That's a neat trick but don't over do it. 38%
• Really bad hand Even Indiana had to dealt with snakes. 37%
• Team Mystery Stalkers Maybe you can hire... the M-Team. 36%
• First Kiss Believe me... This works... Said no one. 30%
• We are The champions After some training you get good at this. 30%
• Little Shop of Horrors Cool guys don't look at explosions. 27%
• It's over Johnny... I mean Nick He might have a red bandana but he is not an action hero. 24%
• Running man I'm into survival. 23%
• No time for nerd talk No one knows everything. 23%
• Giant Blue Eyed cockroaches Unless you are a cockroach... 17%
• Look who's talking He looks like a glitching robot when he is doing it. 16%
• One Man Army You deserve some credit for your work. 15%
• Bloodsport It ain't about how hard you hit. 14%
• Horror movie Cliche Lucky for you we are not in a movie. 12%
• War Games I love it when a plan comes together. 11%
• First Blood You are not expendable. 5.0%