State of Decay: YOSE
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 20h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 79% 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 13,298 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 19.2h for positive, 9.2h 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 (79% 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 (72)
story milestone ending side
- Cannibal Family Picnic Get to the Mt. Tanner Ranger Station. 100%
- I Can See My House From Here Complete a survey activity. 96%
- Holy Rolling Escape Mt. Tanner and find the survivors at the church. 82%
- Gotta Enjoy the Little Things Use a car door to kill a zombie. 77%
- Home Improvement Build a facility. 68%
- Come and Knock On Our Door Convince another enclave to join your community. 62%
- Watch the Birdie! Distract zombies to complete an objective. 56%
- Get Over Here Invite a community member to follow you. 52%
- Serial Monogamist Invite a community member to follow you 10 times. 52%
- Rule #18 Max out a community member's Fighting skill. 50%
- Torn Apart Get killed by zombies. 47%
- Order at DZ Intercept a mysterious supply drop. 47%
- Vehicular Zombicide Run over 250 zombies. 45%
- Horde Hoard Destroy 10 hordes in one day. 45%
- Get Yo' Freak On Kill one of each freak zombie type. 45%
- Movin' On Up! Relocate your home base. 38%
- Badass Complete 50 missions or activities with the same character. 36%
- Trust Me, I'm an Expert Earn a skill specialization for one of your community members. 33%
- Pest Control Destroy 5 infestations in one day. 32%
- The Doctor Brought Thomas Horn to the Landing Zone, at least. 30%
- Rule #2 Max out a community member's Shooting skill. 30%
- Everywhere You Look Get 15 people in your community 27%
- I'll Be There For You Earn 500 Fame. 23%
- Mercy Shot Kill a member of your community to prevent them from turning. 23%
- It Was Just a Police Action Find out what the Army was up to. 22%
- The Bruce Kill 3 zombies with an exploding propane tank. 21%
- Arrested Developments See things through at the courthouse. 21%
- The Surgeon Successfully extract Julene Horn. 20%
- Rule #31 Max out a community member's Wits skill. 19%
- Home on the Grange Play matchmaker for Quentin and Becca. 19%
- Get Outta My Dreams Kill one of each freak zombie type with your car. 18%
- Rule #1 Max out a community member's Cardio skill. 18%
- Letters from Cleo Intercept 5 mysterious supply drops. 18%
- Survivor Escape Trumbull County. 17%
- Gun Thugs Help the Wilkersons resolve their differences. 16%
- Manifest Destiny Build 8 outposts. 15%
- The Friend Reach Breakdown Level 2. 14%
- The Operator Brought Eldridge to Black Friday, but he won't leave. 11%
- The Dead Man Destroy 5 Bloaters (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher). 10%
- Apples and Beans Fix delicious snacks 5 times. 10%
- Flugtag Send an energy drink flying. 9.1%
- The Scion Successfully extract Hadley Westen. 8.7%
- Rucks in Trucks In Lifeline, deliver 6 rucksacks to your base in the back of a single vehicle. 8.6%
- The Bureaucrat Successfully extract Michele Martin. 8.6%
- The Examiner Successfully extract Timothy Hall. 8.5%
- The Protégée Successfully extract Madison Grant. 8.4%
- Watch the World Burn Kill 25 zombies with incendiary shotguns. 8.2%
- The Convict Reach Breakdown Level 3. 7.7%
- Land Usage Build one of every type of facility. 7.5%
- The Colleague Successfully extract Dan Bogatz. 6.8%
- Powder and Primer Craft ammunition 5 times. 6.6%
- The Fighter Destroy 5 Ferals (Breakdown Level 3 or Higher). 6.6%
- The Judge Perform 50 Zombie Executions at Breakdown Level 3 or Higher. 6.5%
- The Phoenix Burn 100 Zombies with Fire (Breakdown Level 2 or Higher). 5.9%
- The Gunner Reach Breakdown Level 4. 5.8%
- The Sacrifice Go out in a Blaze of Glory at Breakdown Level 1 or Higher. 5.7%
- The Survivor Collect 150 Resources at Breakdown Level 4 or Higher. 5.4%
- Ya Always Were An A-Hole Gorman Sacrifice your life in a blaze of glory. 5.3%
- Double Dead Perform a hand to hand double kill special attack. 5.2%
- The Veteran Reach Breakdown Level 5. 5.1%
- The Scholar Complete All Research Projects (Breakdown Level 1 or Higher). 5.1%
- Freak Hunt Complete all hunting missions with Sasquatch. 4.9%
- The Mercenary Destroy 5 Juggernauts at Breakdown Level 5 or Higher. 4.6%
- The Scientist Reach Breakdown Level 6. 4.6%
- Last Voice of Danforth Escape Danforth with Vienna Cho in your community. 4.1%
- The Ninja Execute 50 Stealth Kills at Breakdown Level 5 or Higher. 3.8%
- The Sniper Earn 25 Headshot Streaks (Breakdown Level 4 or Higher). 3.8%
- Under Siege Survive 10 sieges on your base in a single playthrough. 3.7%
- War Never Changes Survive detonating a nuclear device in Danforth. 3.7%
- The Rescuer Unlock All Heroes. 3.0%
- Maverick Survive 2 minutes within a Danger Zone. 3.0%
- Wired for War Kill 100 zombies with Drone Strikes. 2.3%