ActionAdventureRPG
South Park™: The Stick of Truth™
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 66% of players who started
Started playing 71% of owners
Steam reviews 98% positive of 74,001
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 10h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.
- 66% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “First Day in South Park” and “Stick Savior”: from 91% to 66% of starters.
- 71% 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 74,276 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 13.1h for positive, 13.7h 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 (70.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- New Kid On The Block You have joined the KKK. 95% −5
- First Day in South Park You completed your first day in South Park. 91% −4
- Stick Savior You defeated Princess Kenny and recovered the Stick of Truth. Most players quit here 66% −24
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Poco Chinpoko You collected 5 Chinpokomon. 100%
- Shutout You successfully blocked every enemy attack in a single (non-tutorial) battle. 99%
- Skilled Defender Over the course of the game, you've blocked 100 attacks. 97%
- New Kid On The Block You have joined the KKK. 95%
- First Day in South Park You completed your first day in South Park. 91%
- Weapon Proficiency Over the course of the game, you've scored 100 perfect attacks. 90%
- Mastery You've unlocked all of the upgrades for a New Kid ability. 87%
- Nonconformist You befriended the Goths, like everyone else playing this game. 81%
- Stay Down You farted on 10 enemies in the world that were knocked out. 71%
- Avenger You defeated 3 enemies in one battle while your buddy was knocked out. 67%
- Stick Savior You defeated Princess Kenny and recovered the Stick of Truth. 66%
- Chinpoko loco You collected 15 Chinpokomon. 66%
- More Popular Than Jesus You made friends with half of South Park. 65%
- Made This for You You flung a turd of your own creation at an enemy. 64%
- Irritable Bowels You shat your pants during a boss battle. 63%
- Junk Peddler You sold 300 junk items. 62%
- Daddy Issues You befriended your father. 57%
- Acceptance You accepted your fate and chose the name Douchebag yourself. 51%
- Elven Hero You defeated the Grand Wizard Cartman in battle. 49%
- Shopaholic You have collected half of the available costume sets. 49%
- KKK Hero You defeated the High Jew Elf Kyle in battle. 44%
- Make it Rain! You've spent $500. 43%
- Parkeologist You opened all of the garages in South Park. 42%
- Canadian Handshake You've farted on people 100 times. 33%
- Friends in Strange Places You befriended both crab people and gnomes. 32%
- Are We Cool? You found Jesus while playing as a Jew. 24%
- Dragon Wrath You knocked out 3 or more enemies with a single fart outside of battle. 22%
- Too Far You farted on the corpse of an aborted Nazi Zombie fetus. 19%
- Outpatient You defeated Princess Kenny while living with Dire AIDS. 18%
- Day Walker You defeated the Boss Hall Monitor while wearing freckles. 17%
- Gingivitis Gingers have bitten you 3 times without you blocking. 17%
- Just Saying Hi You've farted on every buddy in the game. 15%
- Animal Cruelty You've farted on animals 25 times. 14%
- Ass of Fire You defeated 20 enemies using Cartman's Ass. 14%
- Inside Joke While inside Mr. Slave, you summoned Mr. Slave. 12%
- Perverted You watched your parents have sex for 60 seconds. 12%
- For the Hoarder You completed the game without selling any items. 11%
- You bastards! You've let Kenny die in combat 10 times over the course of the game. 11%
- Pulling Mud In three separate battles, you've taken a shit in your pants. 11%
- Heisenberg You defeated the Meth Tweekers while wearing the Evil Cartman goatee and bald cap. 9.2%
- Chinpokolypse You collected all of the Chinpokomon. 9.1%
- Face Hoff You defeated Princess Kenny while looking like David Hasselhoff. 7.6%
- Dog Whistle You've farted on a dog while in gnome form. 5.9%
- No Child Left Behind You completed the game and never ended a battle with your buddy knocked out. 5.8%
- Two Girls, One Stick You defeated Princess Kenny in your girl makeover disguise. 5.2%
- Truth to Power You farted on four major authority figures. 5.0%
- More Popular Than John Lennon Everyone in South Park is your friend. 4.4%
- Clothes Whore You've collected all of the available costumes. 4.4%
- Re-Buttal You interrupted 5 channel attacks by using a fart. 4.2%
- Full Arsenal You own all the weapons and costumes available in the game. 4.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.