Choice of Robots

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 1,989 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6.5h for positive, 2.9h 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 (69.7% 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 (72)

• Celebrity Mark wrote a positive article about you. 100%
• Filial You bought a gift for Mom in her old age. 90%
• Alive Made it to the end without dying. 87%
• Shakespearean Discussed Hamlet's age-old question with your robot. 86%
• Doctor Earned your doctorate. 83%
• Spouse Got married! 76%
• Resilient A company you founded survived its startup phase. 73%
• Celebratory Celebrated a birthday party. 71%
• Canuck Fled to Canada. 71%
• Partybot Your robots got a little tipsy. 69%
• Doubled Made a robot double of yourself. 66%
• Pardoned Freed from jail by order of the President. 65%
• Chipped Got a chip in your head. 61%
• Numismatist Earned a coin. 59%
• Cleared Got a Top Secret clearance. 58%
• Rebel Led the Alaskan Rebellion. 56%
• Robophile Married a robot. 52%
• Patriot America won the war. 51%
• Beloved Your company threw a surprise party for you. 49%
• Scholar Won a fellowship for having a high robot stat. 49%
• Hat Trick Got three achievements at the same time. And now, four. 48%
• Pickled Electrified a pickle. How romantic! 48%
• Gadgeteer Made Professor Ziegler reminisce about the Chief. 47%
• Founder Started a new country. 37%
• Bionic It's like the arm you lost, but with more features! 34%
• Halloweener Attended Mark's costume party. 31%
• Florist Made use of the language of flowers. 30%
• Beeroisseur Tried a dark chocolate coffee porter with Josh. 29%
• Oracle Your robot got compared to drunk Nate Silver. 29%
• Knifethrower Threw throwing knives with Juliet. 28%
• Elfin Your robot was a good little elf. 27%
• KITTy Made a deal to design intelligent cars. 26%
• Warlord Your robot got the conquest ending of Civilization IV. 26%
• Transformative Made robots that are more than meets the eye. 24%
• Sidekick Your robot is pretty good with throwing knives. 23%
• Rockin' Learned a password. 23%
• Trophy If nobody can judge you, is this achievement meaningless? 22%
• Nostalgic Reminisced with a robotic Statue of Liberty. 21%
• Ludophile Your robot interpreted the ending of Braid. 21%
• Rocker Played Freebird. Sort of. 21%
• Terrible Died in the earliest possible place. 20%
• Spacefarer Your robot got the Alpha Centauri ending of Civilization IV. 19%
• Cultist Started a cult around your robot. 19%
• Bright Told a light bulb joke. How romantic! 19%
• Escapee Loyal robots freed you from prison. 19%
• Heartbreaker Your robot sang "Maps" in front of a live studio audience. 18%
• Gourmand Your robots tried lutefisk. 17%
• Spook Accessed the government's master intelligence database. 17%
• Trio Had a very special night with your two loves. 17%
• Mastermind You basically rule the world. 17%
• Chatty Your robot passed the Turing Test. 17%
• Rebellious Your robot sang "Head Like a Hole" in front of a live studio audience. 15%
• Kinkadian Made some popular paintings. 14%
• Crimefighter You and the Crusader fight crime. 14%
• Kingmaker Gave your robot control over all the other robots. 14%
• Officiant Presided over a human-robot wedding. 12%
• Hero Prevented the Sino-American war from starting. 12%
• Safecracker Got inside the Top Secret room. 12%
• Singular Joined the collective mind of the robots. 10%
• Blockbuster Saw the White House blow up. 8.5%
• Philanthropist Started a large charitable organization. 7.0%
• Neurosurgeon Put a piece of your own brain in a robot. 6.7%
• Hacker Found a vulnerability in the Chinese robots. 5.9%
• Honored You were honored at the White House in your old age. 5.3%
• Novelist Your novel was a success, thanks to your high Humanity. 5.3%
• Bodyguard Escorted the President from the White House. 4.2%
• Character Your robot wrote a successful autobiography. 3.9%
• First Mate Went out for coffee with ex-President Irons. 3.9%
• Lunatic Your robots headed for the moon. 3.6%
• Somethingian I'm very sure that's a real religion. 3.3%
• Holiday Got an Alaskan holiday named after you. 2.3%
• Tragic Hero Finish Chapter 7 with no other achievements. 1.7%