Choo-Choo Charles
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 3h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- 47% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Baby's First Mission” and “Fetch Scraps from Candice”: from 100% to 80% of starters.
- 94% 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 18,416 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 4h for positive, 2.3h 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 (93.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Baby's First Mission Complete 'Baby's First Mission' 100%
- Fetch Scraps from Candice Complete 'Fetch Scraps from Candice' Most players quit here 80% −20
- Bug Spray Blaze Complete 'Bug Spray Blaze' 78% −3
- Lockpick O'Clock Complete 'Lockpick O'Clock' 76% −2
- Loot Tony's Barn Complete 'Loot Tony's Barn' 74% −2
- South Mine Spelunking Complete 'South Mine Spelunking' 71% −2
- Bunker Break-in Complete 'Bunker Break-in' 67% −5
- Deconstruction Project Complete 'Deconstruction Project' 60% −6
- The Main Event Open the temple of Charles 52% −8
- The End Live happily ever after 47% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- Baby's First Mission Complete 'Baby's First Mission' 100%
- Fetch Scraps from Candice Complete 'Fetch Scraps from Candice' 80%
- Bug Spray Blaze Complete 'Bug Spray Blaze' 78%
- Lockpick O'Clock Complete 'Lockpick O'Clock' 76%
- Loot Tony's Barn Complete 'Loot Tony's Barn' 74%
- South Mine Spelunking Complete 'South Mine Spelunking' 71%
- Bunker Break-in Complete 'Bunker Break-in' 67%
- Deconstruction Project Complete 'Deconstruction Project' 60%
- North Mine Mystery Complete 'North Mine Mystery' 58%
- Mob Camp Infiltration Complete 'Mob Camp Infiltration' 58%
- Canyon Caper Complete 'Canyon Caper' 57%
- Journal Returnal Complete 'Journal Returnal' 56%
- The Pickle Mission Complete 'The Pickle Mission' 55%
- Swamp Swimmer Complete 'Swamp Swimmer' 54%
- A Mine, or a Tomb? Complete 'A Mine, or a Tomb?' 53%
- Light in the Dark Complete 'Light in the Dark' 53%
- The Main Event Open the temple of Charles 52%
- Boulder Field Pages Complete 'Boulder Field Pages' 51%
- Cloud Climber Complete 'Cloud Climber' 48%
- The End Live happily ever after 47%
- Heavy Hitter Fully upgrade your damage 46%
- Speed Demon Fully upgrade your speed 45%
- *Almost* Impenetrable Fully upgrade your armor 45%
- Dripped Out Collect all eleven paint cans 12%
- Nightmare Hunter Defeat Charles in Nightmare Mode 2.6%