Mouthwashing
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 3h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 90% of games we track.
- 76% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “I Hope This Hurts” (Start Mouthwashing) and “Go Home” (Finish Mouthwashing): from 100% to 76% of starters.
- 99% 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 39,767 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 3.2h for positive, 2.6h 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 (98.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I Hope This Hurts Start Mouthwashing 100%
- Go Home Finish Mouthwashing Most players quit here 76% −24
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (18)
story milestone ending side
- I Hope This Hurts Start Mouthwashing 100%
- Go Home Finish Mouthwashing 76%
- Anya Find Anya's employee card 68%
- The Name Of The Game Use a bottle of Mouthwash 44%
- Developer Open the developer console 41%
- Swansea Find Swansea's employee card 37%
- Sock Puppet Repeatedly open and close Curly's mouth 32%
- Taking Notes Open the Pony Express Protection Kit™ without returning to Cockpit 27%
- Daisuke Find Daisuke's employee card 23%
- Wasteful Mix the Pony Express Specialty Mocktail™ at Curly's birthday party 16%
- The Good Ending Get killed by Swansea 10 times in the graveyard 14%
- Jimmy Find Jimmy's employee card 14%
- Yimpy Lock eyes with Yimpy for 10 seconds 13%
- Curly Find Curly's employee card 12%
- Cheater Open the door to Cargo before acquiring the Code Scanner 11%
- Friendly Introduction Find Curly hiding next to the TV 10%
- Trickshot Shoot Swansea in the graveyard right after spinning 360 degrees 5.9%
- Any% Glitched Take the Mouthwash bottle from Polle within 35 seconds of starting Chapter 14 5.0%