Casual
Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 58% of players who started
Started playing 79% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 6,819
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 5h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- 58% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Still Alive” and “Two Days in Paradise”: from 82% to 64% of starters.
- 79% 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 7,040 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 2.7h 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 (79.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Still Alive You've survived your first day. As far as accomplishments go, this is certainly one of them. 82% −18
- Two Days in Paradise Two days in a tropical paradise is more of a vacation than I had during the entire production of this game. I hope you know how lucky you are. Most players quit here 64% −19
- One Down Finished the full game once through, did you? I *dare* you to try it again! 58% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- Casual Minigamer There's more to this game than just reading. 100%
- Still Alive You've survived your first day. As far as accomplishments go, this is certainly one of them. 82%
- Trial Run You're really getting the hang of it now... or so you think. 77%
- Two Days in Paradise Two days in a tropical paradise is more of a vacation than I had during the entire production of this game. I hope you know how lucky you are. 64%
- One Down Finished the full game once through, did you? I *dare* you to try it again! 58%
- See Ya, Trapper You sent The Trapper packing? Sleep with both eyes open. 44%
- The Trapper's Trophy Does The Trapper play fair? No, not really. But that's why we love him! Or love to hate him--you'll have to decide that for yourself. 43%
- Hardcore Minigamer If this were a carnival, you'd be walking away with a giant teddy bear. But it's not, so you get... this. 40%
- Forest Friend Is that blood on your mask, or are you just happy to see me? 40%
- Morose Match Revenge never looked as cute as it does in a sun hat and a black bikini. 39%
- Friends Forever You didn't find love, but you found friendship that will last forever, and ever, and ever... 36%
- Peace Out, Wraith What kind of monster eliminates The Wraith? He wouldn't hurt a fly! Please... disregard that skull he's holding. 30%
- The Hunger You've claimed your place beside The Huntress, in a quaint little blood stained cabin at the end of Lovers Lane. 28%
- Gruesome Twosome What is going on in that weird little head of yours? No, actually--I don't even want to know. 26%
- Pensive Pairing What's hidden at the heart of this unraveling mystery? There's only one way to find out... 25%
- Later, Spirit After everything The Spirit has been through, she has to endure being eliminated, too? You're lucky she doesn't really care about any of this. 24%
- Serial Dater Back for more, huh? So which one of these Killers do you love most? No, wait--don't tell me! I'll just look at your save file. 21%
- Goodbye, Huntress You've shaken The Huntress' whole world with this decision. Your cruelty is shocking. 19%
- Dark Heart The dark has never been so warm and welcoming as in the arms of your new bride, The Spirit. 19%
- Obsessed Much? I think you might be enjoying this game a little too much. 18%
- The Spirit's Vengeance I'm honestly surprised you lasted as long with The Spirit as you did. 17%
- Blood Pact You've reached inside The Wraith and done more than just touched his heart, you've connected with his soul. 16%
- Time Killer Still playing? You've officially loaded this game up more times than our own Game Director. 16%
- Love Hurts You and The Trapper, sitting in a tree, K-I-L-L-I-N-G. 15%
- The Huntress' Prey It's all fun and games until someone gets hacked to death. 14%
- The Horror You've caught the spirit of the forest in a vile trap and then turned it into a pair of new boots. You devil! 11%
- Assassin's Blade You've shoved a pin through the heart of a gorgeous butterfly and then locked it away to never be admired again. You jerk! 9.8%
- Last Laugh You've broken down a mountain into a pile of dusty rocks, then turned your back and walked away. You villain! 8.6%
- Star Killer You've reached into the sky, plucked out a twinkling star, and crushed it between your fingers. You monster! 8.6%
- The Wraith's Wreckage Didn't think he had it in him, huh? Well, think again. 8.2%
- Pro Minigamer Come for the love story, stay for the spinning wheel. 7.1%
- For Better, For Worse Everywhere you look, you see heart-eyes staring back at you. It sounds quite freaky, if I'm being honest, but you do you. 5.9%
- Cold Blooded You've broken the hearts of four bloodthirsty Killers and taken your place as a villain among villains. You really think that was a good idea? 5.4%
- Glutton For Punishment You just love pushing people's buttons, don't you? Let's hope it goes better for you in real life. 5.2%
- Mind Eraser There are easy achievements, there are hard achievements, and there are silly achievements. Discovering an obscure path to deleting your save file and then actually going through with it, against my recommendation, is all three. 5.1%
- Completionist You really thought that if you unlocked every single branch, it'd take you to The Trickster's secret love scene, huh? 4.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.