Out of the Park Baseball 26

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 844 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 63.9h for positive, 70h 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 (61% 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 (201)

• Going Streaking Bronze Individual Streak 100%
• Player of the Week Player of the Week Winner 97%
• Pitcher of the Month Win the pitcher of the month 81%
• Shutdown Streak 10 Game Shutdown Streak 81%
• Rookie of the Month Win the rookie of the month 81%
• HR Streak 4 game HR streak 80%
• Batter of the Month Win the batter of the month 80%
• Going to the Playoffs Reach the post-season 79%
• Great Bat Win a silver slugger 78%
• On a Roll Record an 8-game win streak 78%
• RBI Streak 7 Game RBI Streak 78%
• Great Glove Win a fielder of the year award 78%
• Owner Goal Complete Complete an Owner Goal 77%
• Batting Around Bat Around in an inning 77%
• Going Streaking Silver Individual Streak 76%
• Run Streak 9 Game Run Streak 76%
• Milestone Accomplishment Player hits a milestone 75%
• 20/20 Player 20/20 Player 74%
• XBH Streak 7 Game Extra-Base-Hit Streak 72%
• On-Base Streak 30 Game On-Base Streak 70%
• Double Dinger 2 HR Game 69%
• Traded for an All-Star Trade for a recent all-star 68%
• Hit Machine 4 hit game 67%
• Shared Shutout Shared Shutout for the team 65%
• Most Pitching Wins Have a player lead the league in wins 64%
• Corner Painter Strike out 10 batters in a game 64%
• Team Effort Score 6 runs in an inning 62%
• Leave them Loaded Strand the bases loaded 62%
• Save Streak 20 Game Save Streak 62%
• Season Over - Fantastic Score Achieve a top season score 60%
• Win Streak 10 Game Win Streak 60%
• Hit Streak 20 Game Hit Streak 59%
• Quality Outings 10 Game Quality Start Streak 59%
• Knock Them In Get 5 RBI in a game 59%
• Grand Slam! Hit a Grand Slam 58%
• Nothing Earned 20 Game Streak without allowing a run 58%
• ERA Crown Have a player lead the league in ERA 58%
• All Hits Have every player in the lineup get a hit 58%
• Contact Inning 6 hits in an inning 58%
• XBH Machine 3 extra-base hits in a game 58%
• Finals, Baby Reach the finals 58%
• Home Run Champion Have a player lead the league in HR 57%
• How Sweep it is Sweep a playoff series 57%
• Rookie of the Year Win the rookie of the year award 57%
• Shutdown Streak 15 Game Shutdown Streak 57%
• Pitcher of the Year Win the pitcher of the year award 57%
• Batting Champion Have a player lead the league in BA 56%
• MVP! Win the MVP 55%
• Most Popular Star Have the top vote-getter for the All-Star Game 55%
• Season Over - Great Job Achieve a great season score 54%
• Leading off in style Hit a leadoff HR 54%
• Walk it off Walk-off hit 54%
• Reliever of the Year Win the Reliever of the Year award 54%
• Champions! Win the championship 53%
• Comeback Come back from a 4 run deficit to win 51%
• Season Over - Good Score Achieve a solid season score 51%
• Gunning them down Throw out 2 runners on the bases 49%
• On a Roll Record a 12-game win streak 48%
• Walk Off HR Hit a walk-off HR 46%
• 5-Star Catch 5-Star Catch in a game 44%
• Milestone Win 500 Career Wins 43%
• On-Base Streak 40 Game On-Base Streak 43%
• Going Streaking Gold Individual Streak 43%
• 30/30 Player 30/30 Player 43%
• Touch the Plate Score 4 runs in a game 42%
• All-Star MVP MVP of the All-star game 40%
• Slugfest Score 15 runs in a game 39%
• Manager of the Year Win the manager of the year award 38%
• Save Streak 30 Game Save Streak 38%
• Shutdown Streak 20 Game Shutdown Streak 37%
• Power Inning 3 HR in an inning 37%
• Run Streak 13 Game Run Streak 35%
• RBI Streak 10 Game RBI Streak 33%
• In the Wheelhouse 5 hit game 33%
• Running Fast 3 SB in a game 33%
• Shutting Them Down Score 10 runs in a shutout 33%
• Putting up Zeros Pitch a shutout 33%
• Doing it with Style Win the championship in a sweep 32%
• In Control CG with no BB allowed 31%
• 1-2-3, Struck out the Side Closer strikes out the side 31%
• Quality Outings 15 Game Quality Start Streak 31%
• Win Streak 15 Game Win Streak 30%
• HR Streak 6 game HR streak 30%
• Turning Two 3 DP in a game 30%
• Pitching Triple Crown Win the pitching triple crown 29%
• On a Roll Record a 16-game win streak 27%
• Moneyball Win the championship on a low budget 27%
• Triple Dinger 3 HR Game 27%
• XBH Streak 10 Game Extra-Base-Hit Streak 26%
• Traded for an MVP Trade for a recent MVP winner 26%
• Hitting Triple Crown Win the hitting triple crown 24%
• Quality Outing First Quality Start 24%
• Triple Play Turn a Triple Play 24%
• Saved! First Save 23%
• On-Base Streak 50 Game On-Base Streak 23%
• Save Streak 40 Game Save Streak 23%
• Deliver on a Dynasty Successfully construct a dynasty for your owner 22%
• XBH Machine 4 extra-base hits in a game 21%
• Nothing Earned 30 Game Streak without allowing a run 20%
• 40/40 Player 40/40 Player 20%
• Sweep! First Series Sweep 19%
• Quality Outings 20 Game Quality Start Streak 19%
• Passed with Flying Colors Complete all goals your owner tasks you with 19%
• Double Digits Score 10 runs in an inning 19%
• Run Streak 16 Game Run Streak 18%
• Win Streak 20 Game Win Streak 18%
• Dealmaker First Trade 18%
• HR Streak 7 game HR streak 18%
• RBI Streak 13 Game RBI Streak 18%
• Milestone Win 1500 Career Wins 17%
• Hired Help First Free Agent Signing 17%
• Flavor of the Week First Player of the Week award 17%
• Contact Inning 9 hits in an inning 16%
• On-Base Streak 60 Game On-Base Streak 16%
• Hit Streak 30 Game Hit Streak 15%
• Gunning them down Throw out 3 runners on the bases 15%
• The Next Generation First Draft Pick 15%
• Rocket Game Strike out 15 batters in a game 15%
• One Hitter Throw a 1-hitter 15%
• Walk Off Slam Hit a walk-off Grand Slam 15%
• Lock Him Up! First Contract Extension 15%
• Rout Score 20 runs in a game 15%
• Score at Will Score 5 runs in a game 14%
• Hey Now, You're an All-Star First All-Star 14%
• Throw a Maddux CG Shutout on under 100 pitches 14%
• Comeback Come back from a 7 run deficit to win 14%
• It's Outta here! First Home Run 14%
• Plate the Runners Get 8 RBI in a game 13%
• Running Hard 4 SB in a game 13%
• Stealing it First Stolen Base 13%
• XBH Streak 12 Game Extra-Base-Hit Streak 13%
• Victory! First Game Win 13%
• Down and Out Score 15 runs in a shutout 13%
• Hi Def Inning 4 strikeout inning 12%
• The Cycle Hit for the cycle 12%
• Immaculate Inning 9-pitch inning with 3 strikeouts 11%
• Power Inning 4 HR in an inning 11%
• Stealing Home Steal Home 11%
• Domination Pitch a no-hitter 9.8%
• Throwing Fire Strike out 18 batters in a game 7.7%
• Turning Two 5 DP in a game 7.7%
• Shared No-Hitter Combined no-hitter 7.4%
• Milestone Win 3000 Career Wins 7.2%
• 5-Star Catch 2 5-Star Catches in a game 7.0%
• Great Game Achieve a pitching game score of at least 100 6.9%
• Hot Bat 6 hit game 6.1%
• Nothing Earned 40 Game Streak without allowing a run 5.4%
• Pounding Score 30 runs in a game 5.4%
• Running Crazy 5 SB in a game 4.9%
• Dominating Show Score 20 runs in a shutout 4.8%
• Hit Streak 40 Game Hit Streak 4.6%
• Bat a Bonds 5+ PA with no official AB in a game 4.3%
• Slugger 4 HR Game 3.8%
• Perfection! Pitch a perfect game 3.6%
• Balanced Offense Score every inning 3.6%
• Crossing the Plate Score 6 or more runs in a game 3.4%
• Drive 'em in Get 10 or more RBI in a game 3.1%
• XBH Machine 5 extra-base hits in a game 3.1%
• Running Insanity 6 SB in a game 2.5%
• Hit Streak 50 Game Hit Streak 2.5%
• Power Inning 5 HR in an inning 2.5%
• Contact Inning 12 hits in an inning 2.0%
• Blowout Inning Score 15 runs in an inning 2.0%
• Gunning them down Throw out 4 runners on the bases 1.6%
• Comeback Come back from a 10 run deficit to win 1.3%
• Natural Cycle Hit for a natural cycle 1.0%
• Turning Two 6 DP in a game 1.0%
• Drive for the Playoffs Make the Playoffs in Drive for the Pennant 0.8%
• 5-Star Catch 3 or more 5-Star Catches in a game 0.3%
• Arizona Diamondbacks Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Arizona Diamondbacks 0.2%
• Detroit Tigers Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Detroit Tigers 0.2%
• Miami Marlins Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Miami Marlins 0.2%
• Houston Astros Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Houston Astros 0.2%
• Kansas City Royals Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Kansas City Royals 0.2%
• Los Angeles Angels Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Los Angeles Angels 0.2%
• Los Angeles Dodgers Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Los Angeles Dodgers 0.2%
• Milwaukee Brewers Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Milwaukee Brewers 0.2%
• Minnesota Twins Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Minnesota Twins 0.2%
• New York Yankees Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as New York Yankees 0.2%
• New York Mets Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as New York Mets 0.2%
• Atlanta Braves Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Atlanta Braves 0.2%
• Athletics Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Athletics 0.2%
• Philadelphia Phillies Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Philadelphia Phillies 0.2%
• Pittsburgh Pirates Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Pittsburgh Pirates 0.2%
• San Diego Padres Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as San Diego Padres 0.2%
• Seattle Mariners Giants Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Seattle Mariners 0.2%
• San Francisco Giants Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as San Francisco Giants 0.2%
• St. Louis Cardinals Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as St. Louis Cardinals 0.2%
• Tampa Bay Rays Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Tampa Bay Rays 0.2%
• Texas Rangers Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Texas Rangers 0.2%
• Toronto Blue Jays Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Toronto Blue Jays 0.2%
• Baltimore Orioles Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Baltimore Orioles 0.2%
• Washington Nationals Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Washington Nationals 0.2%
• Boston Red Sox Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Boston Red Sox 0.2%
• Chicago White Sox Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Chicago White Sox 0.2%
• Chicago Cubs Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Chicago Cubs 0.2%
• Cincinnati Reds Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Cincinnati Reds 0.2%
• Cleveland Guardians Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Cleveland Guardians 0.2%
• Colorado Rockies Drive Complete Drive for the Pennant as Colorado Rockies 0.2%
• Drive for the World Series Win the World Series in Drive for the Pennant 0.2%
• Unassisted Triple Play! Turn an unassisted Triple Play 0.2%