Return to Monkey Island
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 15h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Part One” and “Part Two”: from 100% to 79% of starters.
- 87% 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 9,212 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 12.2h for positive, 8.7h 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 (86.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Part One Started Part One 100%
- Part Two Started Part Two Most players quit here 79% −21
- Part Three Started Part Three 74% −5
- Part Four Started Part Four 70% −3
- Part Five Started Part Five 61% −9
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Part One Started Part One 100%
- Hey Wait! Freed Otis 81%
- Part Two Started Part Two 79%
- Fan Service Convinced Cobb To Tell You About LOOM 75%
- Part Three Started Part Three 74%
- Super Swabbie Swabbed The Hold Twenty Times 72%
- Part Four Started Part Four 70%
- Part Five Started Part Five 61%
- Trophy Fisher Became A Prize Chum 54%
- Pegleg Fulfilled Your Restroom Obligations 48%
- Mop Heist Attempted To Steal The Cook’s Mop 48%
- Dental Samaritan Gave Stan His Toothbrush 37%
- Lucky Duck Shared Your Luck 26%
- Cartography Nerd Thoroughly Examined All Of Wally’s Stock 23%
- Trivia Go Getter Answered Ten Trivia Questions Correctly 19%
- Card Collector Collected More Than Twenty Trivia Cards 19%
- Not Bitter Got To The Heart Of The Problem 14%
- Promise Keeper Did Gullet A Favor 12%
- Bookworm Found All The Copies of ‘At The End Of The Plank’ 11%
- Dead Dead Dead Died For Real 9.0%
- I Don’t Believe Returned To The World You Know 8.1%
- Tight Ship Decked Out The Sea Monkey II With Spooky Skulls 7.0%
- Trivia Master Answered Twenty-Five Trivia Questions Correctly 6.7%
- Patient Citizen Waited Patiently To See Carla 6.5%
- Flag Facsimile Performed The Ole Switcheroo With The Replica Flag 5.4%
- Bragging Told Everyone On Mêlée Island That You Are Looking For The Secret 5.1%
- Hot Headed Braved The Scorched Alaska 4.6%
- Relief Pitcher Offered To Donate To The Earthquake Relief 4.5%
- On The Lam Let The Lumpsucker Escape 4.3%
- Ahoy There Ahoy! More Than Twenty Times 3.9%
- Neat Freak Listed Every Mess On The First Swab’s Report 3.6%
- Deep Sea Diver Explored The Entire Ocean Floor 3.2%
- Free Wally Rescued Wally From Monkey Island 3.2%
- Trivia Grand Master Answered Fifty Trivia Questions Correctly 3.2%
- Mop Top Got Hired With All Four Mop Heads 3.0%
- Cogg Island Found Cogg Island 2.3%
- Trivia Lord Answered Seventy-Five Trivia Questions Correctly 2.3%
- Trivia Overlord Answered One Hundred Trivia Questions Correctly 2.0%
- Speed Runner Reached The End In 2 Hours Or Less 1.7%