Lost Judgment
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 35h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised less than in 75% of games we track.
- 62% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The First Penguin” (Stopped the bullying at Seiryo High School) and “Trending Video” (Completed Chapter 4): from 91% to 77% of starters.
- 85% 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 9,883 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 41.6h for positive, 33h 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 (85.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Game is Afoot Resolved Keiko's dilemma. 100%
- The First Penguin Stopped the bullying at Seiryo High School. 91% −9
- Trending Video Completed Chapter 4. Most players quit here 77% −14
- Unexpected Guests Completed Chapter 6. 74% −4
- All Are Punished Completed Chapter 7. 73%
- To Survive Completed Chapter 8. 72% −1
- Lessons Taught Completed Chapter 9. 71% −1
- The Mole Completed Chapter 11. 66% −4
- Scales of Justice Completed Chapter 12. 65% −1
- The Cycle is Broken Thank you for playing to the end! 62% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- The Game is Afoot Resolved Keiko's dilemma. 100%
- Merciful Made one enemy surrender. 95%
- Kick Flip Got the skateboard for free. 95%
- The First Penguin Stopped the bullying at Seiryo High School. 91%
- Skill Dabbler Obtained 30 skills. 82%
- Trending Video Completed Chapter 4. 77%
- Unexpected Guests Completed Chapter 6. 74%
- All Are Punished Completed Chapter 7. 73%
- To Survive Completed Chapter 8. 72%
- Lessons Taught Completed Chapter 9. 71%
- TownGo Tourist Completed 20 TownGo City Missions. 70%
- The Mole Completed Chapter 11. 66%
- Scales of Justice Completed Chapter 12. 65%
- On the Case Cleared 10 Side Cases. 64%
- The Cycle is Broken Thank you for playing to the end! 62%
- Skill Pro Obtained 100 skills. 55%
- TownGo Freshman Completed ten TownGo School Missions. 54%
- Very Observant Find ten targets in Observation Mode. 53%
- Everybody Can Change Completed the investigation of the boxing gym. 41%
- Hop, Step, Rabbits Completed the investigation of the dance club. 38%
- Receiving Signals Find ten targets with the Detector. 37%
- Revenge of the Nerds Completed the investigation of the robotics club. 35%
- Born to Ride Completed the investigation of the biker gang. 35%
- Private Eye Cleared 30 Side Cases. 32%
- High School Drama Completed the investigation of the Professor. 32%
- Eavesdropping Find ten targets with the Noise Amp. 30%
- Irresistible Charm Asked out by a girl. 30%
- What Goes Around Completed Chapter 1 of The Kaito Files. 29%
- Who's a Good Boy? Find ten targets with the dog. 27%
- Like Father, Like Son Completed Chapter 2 of The Kaito Files. 27%
- Out for Blood Completed Chapter 3 of The Kaito Files. 26%
- Cat & Mouse Completed Chapter 4 of The Kaito Files. 25%
- Such a Flirt Asked out by two girls. 20%
- Bad Fur Day Completed all of Squirrel Search. 20%
- Yagami Pro Skater Get first place on the final course of the skateboard race. 19%
- Hopeless Romantic Asked out by three girls. 17%
- All's Fair in Love Asked out by four girls. 14%
- A Man Among Amons Defeated the opponent who makes the final request. 12%
- Elementary, My Dear Cleared all Side Cases (not including DLC). 12%
- TownGo Casual Completed 30 stores in TownGo's Shop Missions. 11%
- Party Star Clear all of the stages in Dice & Cube. 9.4%
- Escaping a Daydream Defeated all masked warriors. 9.4%
- Skate or Die Obtained all skateboards. 8.7%
- Skill Master Obtained all skills. 8.5%
- No Blind Spots in Any Direction Completed the final stage of Aircelios. 7.7%
- The Aviator Won first place in every Grand Prix drone race. 6.5%
- Sweet Jams Obtained all records. 5.4%
- The Gamer Life Played every arcade game. 5.2%
- Legendary Detective Beat the main story on the highest difficulty. 4.9%
- TownGo Senior Completed all TownGo School Missions. 4.9%
- An Ounce of Prevention Obtained all equipment. 4.8%
- TownGo Tour Guide Completed all TownGo City Missions. 4.1%
- TownGo Whale Completed all of TownGo's Shop Missions. 4.0%
- Suffer Like G Did Obtained 50 pickups in Hama of the Dead. 3.8%
- TownGo Master Achieved 100% completion of TownGo. Wow! 3.6%
- Master Detective Obtained all achievements. 3.1%