ActionIndieRPG
Death Road to Canada
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 100% of players who started
Started playing 20% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 10,561
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 10h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 100% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 20% 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 10,621 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 17.3h for positive, 4.9h 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 (20.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Trip to Canada Win Death Road Normal Mode. 100%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (72)
story milestone ending side
- First Trip to Canada Win Death Road Normal Mode. 100%
- Ramming Speed Reach the final area with a working car. 82%
- No Jerk Left Behind Win with a full team of 4 people/dogs/beings. 81%
- Patch me Up Heal teammates 75 times. 77%
- Gallant Knight Knight left the team alive. 64%
- Magical Wishing Toilet Open 100 toilets, revealing the toilet genie. 61%
- Buncha Weirdos Win Rare Characters Mode. 60%
- Free Chicken Rescued a chicken. May have turned it into nugs after. 60%
- No One Left Behind Win with no ally deaths. This includes traders and mall cops. 56%
- Car Repair Train Mechanical 50 times. 55%
- Cooling It A miracle happened that day... 52%
- Human Repair Train Medical 50 times. 44%
- Help From My Pals Win Familiar Characters Mode. 40%
- Getting in Shape Train Fitness 75 times. 36%
- Target Practice Train Shooting 75 times. 35%
- Little Vacation Beat Short Trip to Heck Mode. 33%
- Paranormal Proved the existence of spooky ghosts. 31%
- Could Be Worse Beat Deadlier Road Mode. 30%
- Are We There Yet? Win Long Winding Road Mode. 28%
- Gotta Get Huge Train Strength 100 times. Build mass, build bulk. 28%
- DA NA NA NAA Win with L#nk. The censored vowel changes every game. 23%
- Valhalla Win with Valkyrie. This should be an easy one. 22%
- Day of the Circus Just like in my clown nightmares. 22%
- Coup De Grace Win with the Fencer. Parry and Riposte! 20%
- Thankyaverymuch Win with Alvis, the Crooner of the Zombocalypse. 18%
- Derby Champ Win with Roller Derby Woman. She's well trained for the zombocalypse. 17%
- Extreme Weirdos Win Rare Characters EXTREME Mode. 17%
- Anime Syndrome Anime Girl anime'd the car. 17%
- World Champ Win with the Boxer. Stick and move! 17%
- Sumo Solution Win with sumo wrestler. Sumo is the ultimate anti-zombie martial art. 17%
- SOME PIG Win with some pig in the team. 16%
- Berserker Win with a BERSERK! trait character. They're rather death prone. 15%
- Luchadore Win with El Satan's patented wrestling moves. 15%
- Bonds of Steel Win Familiar Characters EXTREME Mode. 15%
- Caveman Crush Win a game with the caveman after breaking her out of the ice. 14%
- Abracadabra Win with the Wizard! It is your destiny. 13%
- Zombie Fashion Win with the Debutante. I guess she does kind of look like Mary Poppins. 13%
- Grueling Victory Beat Marathon Mode. 13%
- Gnome Power Win with Gnomey, the most OP character. S++ on the Official Tier List. 12%
- Mr. Popular Win with the friendliest guy there is. 12%
- I Hate Skeletons Win with a skeleton. Internal skeletons don't count. 12%
- HL3 Win with Gordo. Any resemblance to another character is coincidental. 10%
- Scientific Win with the bunker laboratory scientist. 8.9%
- Five Game Streak Win 5 consecutive games in a row without losing. 8.9%
- Bwaugh! Win with the original hot Vampire, not those newfangled sparkling ones. 8.9%
- HA! HA! Win with the funny Clown. *distorted honk* 8.4%
- NICE ONE, HOSER In the last moment, killed your chance of victory. 8.4%
- Too Swole to Control Win with The Last Bodybuilder. He's so strong. 7.9%
- CAAAAAARL! Carl! Caaaaarl! 7.9%
- Cat Attack Win the game with a feral cat in the team. 7.9%
- My Lovely Horse Win with Horse. You're a pony no more. 7.9%
- Cat Fancy Win with Cat Lady. Who knew hoarding cats would be this useful? 7.4%
- Song of Zombo Win with the Renaissance Faire bard recruit. 7.4%
- Witch's Brew Win with the Witch. Magic hat, magic broom, magic uzi. 7.4%
- G#rfening Win with G#rf. Every day... is a Monday. 6.9%
- Cannonball Win the game with the pirate captain rare trader camp recruit. 6.9%
- The Loneliest Road Pure solo victory. Start with one character, never get a recruit. 6.4%
- The Last Panda Win with the Panda. Maybe Canada will be a good habitat. 6.4%
- Mode Master Win the first 10 game modes. 6.4%
- The Kepaning Beat K*E*P*A Mode. 6.4%
- Zombillion Splat 100,000 zombies! 6.4%
- Fae Folk Win with the Queen of Fairies. Make a wish for friendship. 5.9%
- Goatal Victory Win the game with a goat. It's going to ruin the car. 5.9%
- Don't Let Me Die Win K*E*P*A Mode with Kepa. Please don't get me killed. 5.4%
- Has Left The Building Goodbye, Alvis. 4.5%
- Grizzled Hermit Win with the Hermit after coaxing him out of his Hermit Hut. 4.5%
- Merry Christmas Win with Santa, a real Christmas miracle. 4.5%
- America Day Win the game with Uncle Sam or Muscle Eagle. 3.5%
- Canada Day Win the game with the holiday beaver in the team. 3.5%
- Dog Squad Win with 4 dogs. Dog squaaaaad. 3.0%
- Happy Thanksgiving Win with Turkey. Tip: Do not eat it. 3.0%
- Omega Streak Streak the first 10 game modes! 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.