ActionAdventureIndie
Sketchy's Contract
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 3% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 1,338
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 7h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 84% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 2% 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 1,352 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 23.4h for positive, 13.3h 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 (2.5% 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 (15)
- Starting My Collection Win on a Claw Machine 100%
- Lucky Duck! Score a 20, 60, or 100 in Sketchy Duck 72%
- Working Hard Turn in 5k Worth of Quota 36%
- A Sketchy Purchase Purchase a Black Market Item 28%
- Who Needs Sleep? Brew a Coffee 12%
- A Sketchy Cook Cook a Big Bang Burger 12%
- Pew Pew! Obtain a Pew Pew Weapon Charm 12%
- Scavenger Retrieve a Golden Egg 12%
- Too Fast Too Sketchy Unlock Security Level 3 in a single day 8.0%
- Star Lord Reach Level 90 8.0%
- The Truth Revealed Complete the Story 4.0%
- Employee of the Year Reach 100% Burger Shop Inventory 4.0%
- Not Enough Loot! Turn in 20k Worth of Quota 4.0%
- Explorer Scan all creatures in the Bestiary 4.0%
- Too Good at Air Hockey Win Air Hockey against Biggles Worth 5 to 0 4.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.