AdventureIndie
A Hat in Time
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
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 98% positive of 53,598
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 15h it's 1 in 110 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 83% 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 53,873 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 15.7h for positive, 7.1h 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 (82.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Let there be light Light up the spaceship! 100%
- If I fit, I sit Sit in 3 different chairs! 99%
- Put a Badge On It Put on your first badge! 92%
- Unlimited Possibilities Play a mod from the Steam Workshop! 70%
- Vacuum Vandal Ride the vacuum! 64%
- Slip 'n Slide Slide down a really long slope! 60%
- Badge Master Equip 3 badges! 55%
- True Detective Find all Murder on the Owl Express clues! 48%
- Stick It To The Man Collect your first holographic sticker! 47%
- Pillow Fort Find Your Secret Hideout! 46%
- Take a Hike Climb to the top of Subcon Forest's big mushroom! 41%
- Culinary Creativity Discover a secret food combination! 39%
- Battle of the Birds - All clear! Collect all Time Pieces in Battle of the Birds! 38%
- Fueling the Feud Get a total of 2000 points in Battle of the Birds! 36%
- Nyakuza Metro - All clear! Collect all Time Pieces in Nyakuza Metro! 36%
- Why just... why... ? 34%
- Mafia Town - All clear! Collect all Time Pieces in Mafia Town! 34%
- Prepare to Die Clear All Objectives In a Single Death Wish! 33%
- Subcon Forest - All clear! Collect all Time Pieces in Subcon Forest! 31%
- Afraid of Water Don't fall into the rising water in Subcon Well! 28%
- The Arctic Cruise - All clear! Collect all Time Pieces in The Arctic Cruise! 28%
- Alpine Skyline - All clear! Collect all Time Pieces in Alpine Skyline! 27%
- Fan-tastic! Hook onto a ceiling fan with the hookshot! 27%
- 360 no-feet Do a 360 flip on the scooter! 26%
- Stickin' Star Collect 30 Stickers in Nyakuza Metro! 21%
- Return Home Collect all Time Pieces! 20%
- Community Contributor Rate a Steam Workshop level! 17%
- Sequence Break No hand-holding for you, apparently! 16%
- Life of the Party Clear an act in Online Party as the person in lead! 16%
- A Work of Art Put 10 different stickers on a single screenshot! 14%
- Personally I Prefer the Air Do 5 homing attacks in a row, without touching the ground! 14%
- Punished Kid Obtain 50 Death Wish Stamps! 13%
- The Floor is Lava Complete the Lava Cake peak without touching the lava at all! 12%
- Minimum Shippable Clear Ship Shape Without Upsetting The Captain! 12%
- Little Help From My Friends Collect 3 new Time Pieces In local Co-op! 12%
- Encore! Complete The Big Parade without falling into the audience below! 11%
- A Series of Unfortunate Accidents Knock off all the sitting Mafia in Mafia Town! 9.9%
- False Detective Make it through Murder on the Owl Express without finding any clues (you suck)! 9.9%
- Party Planner Participate in an Online Party with 10 or more total players! 9.4%
- No Time To Explain Complete Train Rush without dying or time bonuses! 8.9%
- One Punch Defeat any boss with the 1-hit hero badge equipped! 8.5%
- Secret Intruder Make it through Dead Bird Studio without being seen at all! 8.1%
- Party Animal Collect 10 Time Pieces in an active Online Party! 8.0%
- Challenge Road Clear a Challenge Road! 6.6%
- I Refuse To Die! Obtain All Death Wish Stamps! 5.2%
- The Community Thanks You Collect 30 Mod Rift Tokens from Steam Workshop levels! 3.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.