ANTONBLAST
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (13%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- 49% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Burly Brawler Buried” and “Beware the Jewel Ghoul!”: from 100% to 78% of starters.
- Only 70% 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 4,773 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 9.9h for positive, 4.3h 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 (69.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Burly Brawler Buried Defeat Brawlbuster. Pride comes before the fall. 100%
- Beware the Jewel Ghoul! Defeat Jewel Ghoul. Lust is a distraction most dangerous. Most players quit here 79% −21
- Protracted Pacifist Punished Defeat Tallbuster. Sloth kills ambition before it blooms. 73% −6
- What a Freak! Defeat Freako Dragon. Greed can drive one to gamble away their sanity. 67% −6
- Tiny Technician Trashed Defeat Smallbuster. Envy prevents one from appreciating their self. 62% −5
- Motherly Maestro Martyred Defeat Maulbuster. Wrath destroys indiscriminately. 60% −2
- Hey, Talking Bell! Defeat Ring-a-Ding. Gluttony can apply to much more than the size of a meal. 57% −3
- Satanic Panic! Defeat the Final Boss. The Devil Himself. 49% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (27)
story milestone ending side
- Burly Brawler Buried Defeat Brawlbuster. Pride comes before the fall. 100%
- Beware the Jewel Ghoul! Defeat Jewel Ghoul. Lust is a distraction most dangerous. 79%
- Protracted Pacifist Punished Defeat Tallbuster. Sloth kills ambition before it blooms. 73%
- What a Freak! Defeat Freako Dragon. Greed can drive one to gamble away their sanity. 67%
- Tiny Technician Trashed Defeat Smallbuster. Envy prevents one from appreciating their self. 62%
- Motherly Maestro Martyred Defeat Maulbuster. Wrath destroys indiscriminately. 60%
- Hey, Talking Bell! Defeat Ring-a-Ding. Gluttony can apply to much more than the size of a meal. 57%
- Satanic Panic! Defeat the Final Boss. The Devil Himself. 49%
- Pop the Clutch String together 100 Clutch Boosts. 35%
- Rude Awakening Wake a certain Buster up from their nap. 24%
- Nina Sucks Check your balance too often at Nina's. 24%
- I Am The Car Take the display car for a spin around the concourse. 21%
- Just Girly Things Recover all of Annie's mementos. 16%
- Dynamite Duo Complete the adventure as both Anton and Annie to see both sides of the story. 16%
- Shinobi Execution Successfully parry a whole chain of three hammer swings during the final boss. 15%
- Accordion Scream cumulatively for 20 minutes during a save file. 13%
- Balloon Animal Purchase a balloon and reach any exit elevator with it unpopped. 12%
- Side of Lime Complete all the Lime Trials. 11%
- Tritagonistic "Collect" all 12. 11%
- Cool Tapes Unlock all the cassette tapes. 11%
- Die-o-Rama Subject the Duo to every variety of horrific death. 8.2%
- Danton Sucks Follow up with Danton after his "accidents". 5.3%
- Sniffing for Truffles Find all the secrets strewn about Peanut Park. 5.0%
- It's About Time Beat all of the Par Times in Time Trial mode. 4.3%
- Cheap Fashion Collect all the Spray Cans. 3.6%
- Combo King Complete all the Combo Chain Trials. 3.6%
- Oh, What a Rush! Complete the Boss Rush. 2.1%