Indie
Alter World
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 9% of owners
Steam reviews 68% positive of 598
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 4h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 9% 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 601 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 246 reviews: 3.6h for positive, 2.4h 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 (8.6% 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 (12)
- Complete 10 Levels Complete 10 Levels 100%
- Die 100 Times Brave enough? die 100 times! 95%
- Read the Credits! Meet developer! 93%
- Switch World 500 times Forever gone to Alter! 84%
- Complete 20 Levels Complete 20 Levels 81%
- Complete 30 Levels Complete 30 Levels 76%
- Complete 40 Levels Complete 40 Levels 73%
- Jump 1000 Times Jump! Jump! Jump!...and again Jump! 73%
- Complete 50 Levels Complete 50 Levels 72%
- Die in last level last death! 72%
- Finish game with first ending finish game with first ending 71%
- Finish game with second ending Finish game with second ending 71%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.