Hamster Hunter
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 4h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 64% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “SEEK REVENGE” (Kill Hamster Man): only 64% of starters get there.
- 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 3,956 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.2h for positive, 1.5h 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 (99.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- SEEK REVENGE Kill Hamster Man Most players quit here 64% −36
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (33)
story milestone ending side
- You're going to have trauma Play the game 100%
- Hacker Man Access the dark web 97%
- So It Begins Grind your first Hamster 96%
- Good Hunter Kill 10 Hamsters 90%
- Great Hunter Kill 20 Hamsters 86%
- Now you're a monster... Kill 50 Hamsters 83%
- Explorer Find 10 blueprints 73%
- SEEK REVENGE Kill Hamster Man 64%
- Aw.. Hell Nah You know what you did.. 64%
- ....... Kill 250 Hamsters 58%
- STOP THAT! Attach a Hamster to all 3 stop signs 50%
- Fly King Buy the FPV Drone 48%
- You need a therapist... Kill 1000 Hamsters 38%
- They Come At Night Survive your first night 30%
- You're no longer allowed to own pets Kill 5000 Hamsters 24%
- Gladiatorial KING Beat 10 Levels in the arena 21%
- Not My Machines! Survive a night without losing a single machine 20%
- Industrial Revolution Have 20 machines placed at once 20%
- (800) 697-3738 Win a bet on a hamster race 18%
- The Circle of Life Collect your first baby hamster 17%
- YEET Kill a hamster by throwing it 16%
- Stalker Man Destroy all 5 cameras 16%
- Are You Not Entertained? Win your first arena battle 15%
- Night Owl Survive 10 Nights 15%
- Hamster Tycoon Hold $10,000 at once 11%
- Hamburger? Hamsterburger. Cook your first Hamster Burger 11%
- For Science Analyze a hamster's DNA 8.8%
- The Factory Must Grow Have 10 Auto Interactors running at once 8.3%
- Sleep Is For The Weak Survive 25 Nights 6.8%
- The Worst Pies In London Produce 50 Hamster Pies 6.4%
- Blood Money Hold $100,000 at once 5.8%
- Double Trouble Get twins from a single birth 1.8%
- Playing God Discover every hamster trait 0.8%