ActionAdventureIndie
We Happy Few
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 22% of players who started
Started playing 81% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 13,787
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 35h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Downer” (Complete Arthur's intro) and “Mother of All Victories” (Complete "Band of Brothers" encounter): from 100% to 52% of starters.
- 81% 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 13,862 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 30.8h for positive, 11h 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 (81.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Downer Complete Arthur's intro 100%
- Mother of All Victories Complete "Band of Brothers" encounter Most players quit here 52% −48
- Not In Kansas Any More Cross into the Village for the first time 48% −3
- That Kind Of Game Retrieve the credentials from the club 36% −12
- The Great Lubricator Deliver the cod liver oil 25% −12
- The Arthur Hastings Finish Arthur's playthrough 22% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (70)
story milestone ending side
- Downer Complete Arthur's intro 100%
- Mother of All Victories Complete "Band of Brothers" encounter 52%
- Not In Kansas Any More Cross into the Village for the first time 48%
- That Kind Of Game Retrieve the credentials from the club 36%
- Snug as a Bug on a Drug Take the Joy at the very beginning of the game 31%
- Employee of the month Read all newspaper articles as Arthur, and redact only the uncomfortable ones 27%
- The Great Lubricator Deliver the cod liver oil 25%
- Arthur Haste-ings Take Phlash as Arthur 23%
- The Arthur Hastings Finish Arthur's playthrough 22%
- Breaking Blackberry Complete Sally intro 22%
- Gimme Shelter Unlock all of Arthur's shelters 19%
- Baby You're a Rich Man Gain £1000 from looting/bartering across playthroughs 17%
- Archipelagist Set foot on every island 14%
- A Bit of The Old Ultraviolence Kill 100 NPCs in a single playthrough 14%
- The Wyrd Sisters Complete the Crones encounter 12%
- The Toxic Ex Complete speaking with Verloc at the Joy Factory 12%
- Resistance is Futile Talk to Johnny Bolton from the Secret Radio Room 12%
- The Sally Boyle Finish Sally's playthrough 12%
- I Got Better Contract and cure the plague 11%
- Bon Voyage Complete Ollie's intro 11%
- The Slaughterer's Apprentice Finish all of the butcher's apprentice quests 9.8%
- Miss Byng is Indisposed Complete "No Place Like Home" encounter 9.5%
- The Importance of Not Being Seen Finish Mystery House without being spotted once 9.2%
- Get the Float Out of Here Complete "The Jack-o-Bean Club" encounter. 8.9%
- A Heavy Burden Spread the Message 8.9%
- The Ollie Starkey Finish Ollie's playthrough 8.7%
- Enjoy the View Correctly sabotage Clive Birtwhistle's redactor work 8.6%
- Shocking Biology Kill a guy named Ryan Andrews 8.6%
- Cat Burglar In Thomasina House - Collect all fake cats 6.4%
- Sugar Daddy Inject yourself with glucose 10 times 6.0%
- Poor Viv Complete Act 1 5.0%
- One Day in the Life Survived Day 1 5.0%
- Factory Finish Restore Order at Haworth Labs 5.0%
- Gotta Catch Them All! Catch 40 butterflies with Sally's butterfly net 4.9%
- B-Side Survived Day 2 4.9%
- Queen Faraday Complete Act 2 4.8%
- #1 on the Charts Lifetime Achievement Award 4.8%
- Tap Out Shut Off Joy Supply to Waterworks 4.8%
- Deprogrammed Complete Act 3 4.7%
- A Smashing Adventure Complete the DLC 4.7%
- A Bright, Shiny Medal Do Your Duty 4.7%
- Now I Can Die Happy Die while overdosing on Joy 4.1%
- Canal Retentive Find Loot in Canal 3.8%
- Hot on her Heels Find all notes related to Prudence 3.7%
- Mind Blower Blow the minds of 15 people after a Charged Facemelt 3.6%
- Alley Catch Find Loot in Alleyway 3.2%
- Push Over Knock Down 40 NPCs With Whip Shove Combo 3.2%
- Metal Guru Kill 8 Robots in the Intro 3.1%
- Local Hero Save all the Villagers 3.1%
- Love Me Don't Serenade 30 people 3.0%
- Don't You Have Somewhere Else To Be? Survive 50 days 2.6%
- The Hits Just Keep On Coming Hit 3 NPCs with the same Gold Record 2.6%
- Our Prudent Friend Listen to all the phone calls in the phoneboxes 2.3%
- Helter Smelter Push 7 Robots Into the Smelter 1.8%
- Great Vibrations Parry 30 attacks with the Vibe 1.8%
- The Saint Complete the entire game without directly murdering anyone 1.7%
- Shouldn't These Be Red? Destroy 50 Explosive Barrels 1.7%
- The Full Nicky Pole Dance Naked 1.7%
- I Love the Smell of Chloroform in the Mornin Knock out 50 NPCs with the Atomizer 1.6%
- Lighten Up Use 25 lightning rods, playing as Ollie 1.6%
- Remember, Remember Find all collectibles 1.5%
- You Do Know Jack Collect all Uncle Jack Shows 1.5%
- Headmaster Get 100 Eye Shots 1.5%
- All Natural Finish DLC With No Upgrades 1.5%
- Well-Read Pick Up All Lore Items 1.4%
- Golden Idol Vibe all Nick statues 1.4%
- Liner Notes Pick Up All Lore Items 1.4%
- Bibliophile Collect All Lore Notes 1.4%
- Self-Actualized Unlock All Upgrades 1.4%
- Down the Tubes Zap 20 Different TVs with Dart Gun 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.