When does The Cat Lady get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 7h it's 1 in 40 (3%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

How many players finish The Cat Lady?

49% of players who start reach the ending.

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The Cat Lady

Dec 4, 2013 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 49% of players who started

Started playing 58% of owners

Steam reviews 94% positive of 6,327

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 7h it's 1 in 40 (3%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
49% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Chapter 1 Completed!” (Complete the first chapter) and “Chapter 2 Completed!” (Complete the second chapter): from 100% to 69% of starters.
Only 58% 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 6,348 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10h for positive, 3.5h 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 (58.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Chapter 1 Completed! Complete the first chapter. 100%
Chapter 2 Completed! Complete the second chapter. Most players quit here 69% −31
Chapter 3 Completed! Complete the third chapter. 64% −5
Chapter 4 Completed! Complete the fourth chapter. 56% −8
Chapter 5 Completed! Complete the fifth chapter. 53% −3
Chapter 6 Completed! Complete the sixth chapter. 49% −3
Chapter 7 Completed! Complete the final chapter. 49%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (25)

story milestone ending side

Chapter 1 Completed! Complete the first chapter. 100%
Follow the Maggots Trust the Queen of Maggots in Chapter 1. 77%
Chapter 2 Completed! Complete the second chapter. 69%
I Listened Answer Liz's questions correctly in Chapter 2. 65%
Chapter 3 Completed! Complete the third chapter. 64%
Chapter 4 Completed! Complete the fourth chapter. 56%
Chapter 5 Completed! Complete the fifth chapter. 53%
Chapter 6 Completed! Complete the sixth chapter. 49%
I'll Do It My Way Disregard the Queen of Maggots in Chapter 1. 49%
Chapter 7 Completed! Complete the final chapter. 49%
Sacrifice Give up your gas mask in Chapter 7. 47%
Sharp Scratch Use the spear to kill Doctor X in Chapter 2. 46%
A Lady With A Mace Use the mace to kill Doctor X in Chapter 2. 45%
I Care About You Prevent Mitzi from killing The Eye of Adam in Chapter 7. 43%
The Great Reward Solve Crow's riddle in Chapter 2. 42%
Go Fuck Yourself Stand up to Bryan in Chapter 3. 39%
Unbreakable Keep your cool throughout Chapter 3. 22%
A Ruthless Killer Let Mitzi kill The Eye of Adam in Chapter 7. 22%
How Very Cleaver Stay away from Gladys' cleaver in Chapter 4. 21%
You're Welcome Buy time for Jesse in Chapter 6. 19%
Monster In the Fog Don't give up on the foggy orchard in Chapter 4. 19%
Scared of Dying Hold tight to your gas mask in Chapter 7. 17%
Revenge Kill The Eye of Adam yourself in Chapter 7. 15%
Nettles Choose your words carefully in Chapter 5. 15%
A Flower That Bent Towards the Sun Unlock the secret "golden ending". 13%

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