CasualIndieRPG
TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 14% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 1,606
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 15h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- Only 14% 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 1,621 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 15.5h for positive, 7.8h 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 (13.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (53)
- It's a Quest! Complete any quest. 100%
- First Step Travel along a road with a Danger Level 1-4 and fight off enemies along the way. 91%
- Pocket Change Arrive at any location with 1,000 coins in your pocket. 57%
- Must-Have Pitch any item. 53%
- Friend of Felines Feed the cats along the road. 52%
- Second Step Travel along a road with a Danger Level 5-9 and fight off enemies along the way. 52%
- Cock of the Walk Bet on the winning rooster and win. 46%
- Just Bear with It Work as a bear. 45%
- Do You Know Who I Am!? Reach 10,000 reputation at any location. 41%
- Fowl Play Defeat a wolf with at least one chicken in your party. 41%
- Problem Solved Solve a Problem at any location. 38%
- Enjoy the Ride! Ride any attraction. 36%
- Money, Money, Money Arrive at any location with 5,000 coins in your pocket. 34%
- Third Step Travel along a road with a Danger Level 10-14 and fight off enemies along the way. 30%
- Delivery for You? Complete any cat delivery. 28%
- Tycoon Tradesman Arrive at any location with 10,000 coins in your pocket. 24%
- Rombusing Find Rombus and put him to work. 23%
- Father, Son, Light Return the son to his father. 21%
- Where's Ernest? Find whoever keeps writing notes on the road signs. 19%
- Fourth Step Travel along a road with a Danger Level 15-19 and fight off enemies along the way. 17%
- A Hound's Howl Rescue whoever fell into the well. 15%
- Suspicious Commoner Defeat a Suspicion boss. 12%
- Cocky Legends Enter battle with a party of five Legendary mercenaries. 12%
- Trial by Fur Defeat a Very Large Furry boss. 12%
- Suspicious Guard Defeat a Suspicion boss. 12%
- Father, Son, Night Return the son to his father. 10%
- Suspicious Bandit Defeat a Suspicion boss. 9.4%
- Suspicious Beast Defeat a Suspicion boss. 8.7%
- Fifth Step Travel along a road with a Danger Level 20-24 and fight off enemies along the way. 8.0%
- Cheeeese! Make cheese. 8.0%
- Old Wounds Who took the Chief's eye? 7.2%
- Suspicious Zerker Defeat a Suspicion boss. 6.5%
- The Scary Fighting Clown Encounter and defeat the Possessed Pagliacci. 5.8%
- Remember! Win any Battle Memories. 5.8%
- Fishing Trip Fish a wheel out of the river. 5.8%
- Dept Repaid Take out a loan and successfully fend off the debt collectors. 5.8%
- Bridges? Build every bridge. 5.1%
- Suspicious Holyman Defeat a Suspicion boss. 4.3%
- Suspicious Skeleton Defeat a Suspicion boss. 4.3%
- Sixth Step Travel along a road with a Danger Level of 25 or higher and fight off enemies along the way. 3.6%
- Wild Ride Ride a mine cart. 3.6%
- Pancake Day Cook pancakes. 3.6%
- Trial by Bone Defeat a Very Large Bone boss. 2.9%
- Bird's-Eye View Chase the pirate up the watchtower. 2.9%
- Black Scorpions Catch 'em all! 2.9%
- Traveling Entrepreneur Own three roadside businesses at the same time. 2.2%
- Trial by Metal Defeat a Very Large Metal boss. 2.2%
- Suspicious Cultist Defeat a Suspicion boss. 2.2%
- Red Flag Use the Red Flag. 2.2%
- Leap of Faith Witness a daring jump. 2.2%
- Super Dealer Build a trading chain (Dealer's chain) spanning 20 or more locations. 1.4%
- I'm At Soup Brew the secret potion. 1.4%
- No Fancy Tricks Defeat a Very Large boss without using Legendary mercenaries. 0.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.