You Have to Win the Game
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “You Had to Win the Game” (Won the game in any mode): only 12% of starters get there.
- 94% 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 5,786 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 0.4h 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 (94.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- You Had to Win the Game Won the game in any mode. Most players quit here 12% −88
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (15)
story milestone ending side
- First of Many Died once. 100%
- Kind of Blue Acquired the Cerulean Aura. 60%
- Rouge-like Acquired the Crimson Aura. 44%
- Instant Fun Acquired the Springheel Boots. 31%
- Wouldn't It Be Cool If... Acquired the Spider Gloves. 28%
- Boop! Found Sammy and Lara a.k.a. Princess Boopypoo and the Countess von Flufflebutts a.k.a. I put my cats in a video game because I am five years old. 20%
- Nth Time's the Charm Lost the game in any mode. 17%
- You Had to Win the Game Won the game in any mode. 12%
- Cartographer Traversed every room. 7.2%
- Treasure Hunter Collected every money bag. 5.9%
- An Achievement called "Completionist" Won the game in any mode with a 100% rating. 5.4%
- Places to Go, People to See Won the game in any mode in under ten minutes. 3.5%
- Nap Time Won the game as a cat. 3.1%
- #yolo #swag #nbd Won the game while wearing sunglasses. 2.7%
- If Our Eyes Aren't Real Won the game in the Mirrorverse. 0.8%