Simply Chess
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 3h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 12% 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 3,672 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 8 reviews: 8.8h for positive, 0.8h 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 (11.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (11)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to The Arena Win first Online Game 100%
- AI-10 Beat 10 Levels of AI 22%
- 10 Down. Finish 10 Online Games 22%
- White Always Mates Eternal, unvarying triumph? 17%
- Patron of the Arts Financially support the development of Simply Chess. 16%
- AI-25 Beat 25 Levels of AI 12%
- Arpad Elo Get a non-provisional Elo Rating (play 15 rated online games). 11%
- I'm 100 Win 100 Games 11%
- ? How about Global Thermonuclear War? 10%
- Dark Horse Are you ready for the perfect storm? Beat someone ranked 20 points above you (in a rated game when both of you exist on the leaderboard). 9.2%
- Centurian Finish 100 Online Games 8.4%