AdventureIndieSimulation
Make it indie!
The first 2 hours are a test
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 8% of owners
Steam reviews 47% positive of 1,285
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 3h it's almost 1 in 2 (45%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- Only 8% 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 1,297 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 268 reviews: 1.5h for positive, 1.4h 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 (8.1% 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 (9)
- Woody Allen Eighty percent of success is showing up. 100%
- Socrates An unexamined life is not worth living. 94%
- Eleanor Roosevelt Do one thing every day that scares you. 90%
- Pablo Picasso Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. 89%
- Jim Rohn Either you run the day, or the day runs you. 88%
- Vince Lombardi Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. 86%
- Henry Ford Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. 86%
- Bad ending! Maybe another time... 85%
- Good ending! You made it 69%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.