When does Poppy Playtime get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 5h it's 1 in 17 (6%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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Poppy Playtime

Oct 12, 2021 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

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

Started playing 0% of owners

Steam reviews 88% positive of 143,264

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 5h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
Only 0% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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 144,900 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 9.2h for positive, 7.6h 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 (0.1% 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 (100)

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(Chapter 1) Avid Listener Play every VHS tape 100%
(Chapter 1) Made-A-Friend Assemble the Cat-Bee toy 100%
(Chapter 1) Narrow Escape Escape from Huggy Wuggy 100%
(Chapter 1) Time to Play Complete the game 100%
(Chapter 1) Use Responsibly Complete the GrabPack 100%
(Chapter 1) Your Friend Huggy Listen to Huggy Wuggy's theme 100%
(Chapter 2) Abridged Complete the Water Treatment puzzle in the least possible moves 100%
(Chapter 2) Ahead of Schedule Complete the full game in under 45 minutes 100%
(Chapter 2) Avid Listener Play every VHS Tape 100%
(Chapter 2) Avid Reader Collect all hidden documents 100%
(Chapter 2) Bad Hiding Spot Were you even trying? 100%
(Chapter 2) Bad Listener Make Poppy sad 100%
(Chapter 2) Barry Cart Trophy Pick up the Barry Cart trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Bunzo Bunny Trophy Pick up the Bunzo Bunny trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Claw Trophy Pick up the Claw trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Daisy Trophy Pick up the Daisy trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Dismembered Lose the Red Hand 100%
(Chapter 2) Escape Complete the game 100%
(Chapter 2) Green Hand Trophy Pick up the Green Hand trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Is She Gone Yet? You can drop down now 100%
(Chapter 2) Kissy Missy Trophy Pick up the Kissy Missy trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Memory Master Beat Musical Memory without making any errors 100%
(Chapter 2) Mommy Long Legs Trophy Pick up the Mommy Long Legs trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Musical Memory Beat Musical Memory 100%
(Chapter 2) PJ Pug-A-Pillar Trophy Pick up the PJ Pug-A-Pillar trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Shot in the Dark Beat Whack-A-Wuggy without using the flashlight 100%
(Chapter 2) Statues Escape from Statues 100%
(Chapter 2) Sugar Rush Overfeed CandyCat 100%
(Chapter 2) Sweet Revenge Knock over Huggy’s cardboard cutout 100%
(Chapter 2) Taking Charge Obtain the Green Hand 100%
(Chapter 2) Talk to the Hand Smack Mommy in the face 100%
(Chapter 2) The Scariest Dinosaur Listen to all of Bron’s jokes 100%
(Chapter 2) Train Trophy Pick up the Train trophy 100%
(Chapter 2) Undefeated Complete the game without dying 100%
(Chapter 2) Whack-A-Wuggy Beat Whack-A-Wuggy 100%
(Chapter 2) What Have You Done? Defeat Mommy Long Legs 100%
(Chapter 2) Whistleblower Choo choo! 100%
(Chapter 2) You're Fired Go out in a blaze of glory 100%
(Chapter 3) Airtime Stay in the air for 30 seconds using the Purple Hand 100%
(Chapter 3) Avid Listener Play every VHS Tape 100%
(Chapter 3) Bad Dream “Escape” Nightmare Huggy 100%
(Chapter 3) Bye Kissy! Wave goodbye to Kissy Missy 100%
(Chapter 3) Can't Catch Me! Run with CatNap for one minute 100%
(Chapter 3) Class Dismissed Defeat Miss Delight 100%
(Chapter 3) Delving Deeper Complete the game 100%
(Chapter 3) Eco-Friendly Defeat CatNap without using extra batteries 100%
(Chapter 3) Expert Navigator Escape the first dream without taking a wrong turn 100%
(Chapter 3) Exterminator Shoot a flare at every Smiling Critter variant 100%
(Chapter 3) Hurry Up! Get scolded by Ollie 100%
(Chapter 3) Last of the Smiling Critters Escape DogDay 100%
(Chapter 3) Lion's Den Discover CatNap’s secret lair 100%
(Chapter 3) Memory Lane Find Kissy Missy in Home Sweet Home 100%
(Chapter 3) Poppy's Angel Complete the game without dying 100%
(Chapter 3) Predation It's the circle of life! 100%
(Chapter 3) Quick Learner Defeat Miss Delight in under two minutes 100%
(Chapter 3) Remember... Survive a nightmarish encounter 100%
(Chapter 3) Screaming Critters Listen to all of the Smiling Critter cardboard cutouts 100%
(Chapter 3) Self Restraint Reach the Safe Room without launching your GrabPack hands more than 200 times 100%
(Chapter 3) Sleep Well Listen to a secret song with CatNap 100%
(Chapter 3) Sneak Attack Remove Bobby BearHug's battery without being noticed 100%
(Chapter 3) Speed Demon Ride a race car in Home Sweet Home 100%
(Chapter 3) Stop Hitting Yourself Shoot yourself with a Grab Turret five times 100%
(Chapter 3) Studious Collect all notes in the school 100%
(Chapter 3) The Nightmare Ends Defeat CatNap 100%
(Chapter 3) Thrill Seeker Experience every jumpscare 100%
(Chapter 3) Tight Squeeze Get crushed in the trash compactor 100%
(Chapter 3) Welcome to Playcare! Enter the Playcare dome 100%
(Chapter 3) Well-Armed Obtain the GrabPack 2.0 100%
(Chapter 3) Worship Witness CatNap worshiping the Prototype 100%
(Chapter 4) Access Denied :( 100%
(Chapter 4) An Apple a Day Obtain the Omni-Hand from the Doctor 100%
(Chapter 4) Avid Listener Play every VHS tape 100%
(Chapter 4) Avid Reader Collect all hidden documents 100%
(Chapter 4) Boo! You found me! 100%
(Chapter 4) Cold Blooded Defeat Doey 100%
(Chapter 4) Dear Diary Collect all hidden journals 100%
(Chapter 4) Don't Lose It This Time Obtain the Red Hand 100%
(Chapter 4) D-O-E-Y Fun until the day that you die! 100%
(Chapter 4) Eavesdropping Listen in on a private conversation 100%
(Chapter 4) Effic'N'cy Defeat Doey without wasting any nitrogen canisters 100%
(Chapter 4) Fearless Complete the game without dying 100%
(Chapter 4) Hat Trick Score three goals on an active CraftyCorn 100%
(Chapter 4) Heart of Gold Choose to spare a life 100%
(Chapter 4) Hold Your Breath Complete the gas maze puzzle without any oxygen tank refills 100%
(Chapter 4) Hook, Lion, and Sinker Defeat Yarnaby 100%
(Chapter 4) Join the Chorus Listen to Pianosaurus’s cardboard cutout 100%
(Chapter 4) Mane Attraction Listen to Yarnaby’s cardboard cutout 100%
(Chapter 4) Moment of Silence Pay tribute to the fallen toys 100%
(Chapter 4) Muscle Memory Yep, it’s definitely broken 100%
(Chapter 4) Persistent Pets Please do not pet the Yarnaby 100%
(Chapter 4) Piping Hotshot Reroute the gas in the Foundation in the least possible moves 100%
(Chapter 4) Rescue Mission Bring a friend to safety 100%
(Chapter 4) Sanctuary Arrive at the Safe Haven 100%
(Chapter 4) Savior of Safe Haven Repair the Generator 100%
(Chapter 4) Self Restraint Complete the game without launching your GrabPack hands more than 200 times 100%
(Chapter 4) Start Running Complete the game 100%
(Chapter 4) Triple Times the Fun Listen to Doey’s cardboard cutout 100%
(Chapter 4) Uncovering the Past Access the Doctor’s secret room 100%
(Chapter 4) Untouchable Survive the Horde without taking damage 100%
(Chapter 4) You Can Run... Defeat Yarnaby without using any hiding spots 100%

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