ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy
Dead Age
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 12% of players who started
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 5,611
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (69%); after 10h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- At least 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 67% 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 5,583 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 11.7h for positive, 4.2h 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 (67.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Successful Ending 2 Complete with game and defeat the punks. ≥12% −88
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (77)
story milestone ending side
- Bitten Pedestrian Fighter Defeat 3 Bitten Pedestrians. 100%
- Survivor Survive for 3 or more days. 69%
- Wallstreet Shark Defeat 3 suits. 68%
- Cheerleader Fighter Defeat 3 Cheerleader. 66%
- Survivor Hank Hank reaches camp alive. 63%
- Survivor Bill Bill reaches camp alive. 60%
- Craft Rookie Craft an item. 60%
- Bitten Pedestrian Killer Defeat 10 Bitten Pedestrians. 57%
- Wave Rider Survive 3 encounters in which attackers approach in waves. 55%
- Survivor Lydia Lydia reaches camp alive. 53%
- Wolf Fighter Defeat 3 Wolves. 53%
- Punk Fighter Defeat 3 punks. 50%
- Survivor Jennifer Jennifer reaches camp alive. 48%
- Shop Newbie Make a purchase at the shop. 48%
- Survivor Liz Liz reaches camp alive. 45%
- Rager Fighter Defeat 3 Ragers. 45%
- Wallstreet Assassin Defeat 10 suits. 45%
- Cheerleader Killer Defeat 10 Cheerleader. 44%
- Scavenger Fighter Defeat 3 scavengers. 43%
- Survival Expert Survive for 10 or more days. 43%
- Craft Adept Craft three items. 41%
- Survivor Jamal Jamal reaches camp alive. 41%
- Wolf Killer Defeat 10 Wolves. 41%
- Civilian's Protector Rescue 3 civilians. 38%
- Prisoner Fighter Defeat 3 undead prisoners. 36%
- Craft Master Craft six items. 34%
- Undead Cop Fighter Defeat 3 undead cops. 30%
- Wave Fighter Survive 10 encounters in which attackers approach in waves. 30%
- Rager Killer Defeat 10 Ragers. 29%
- Shop Regular Buy three things at the shop. 28%
- Scavenger Killer Defeat 10 scavengers. 26%
- Civilian's Savior Rescue 6 civilians. 25%
- Soldier Fighter Defeat 3 soldiers. 25%
- Survival Master Survived until day 20. 25%
- Punk Killer Defeat 10 punks. 24%
- Survivor Larissa Larissa reaches camp alive. 24%
- Prisoner Killer Defeat 10 undead prisoners. 23%
- Undead Soldier Fighter Defeat 3 undead soldiers. 23%
- Hound Fighter Defeat 3 German Shepherds. 22%
- Undead Cop Killer Defeat 10 undead cops. 22%
- Boss Fighter Defeat 3 bosses. 21%
- Shop Expert Buy six objects at the shop. 21%
- Undead Civilian Fighter Defeat 3 undead civilians. 21%
- Family Samaritan Accept two trade deals made by the hungry family. 20%
- Patient Fighter Defeat 3 infected patients. 19%
- Undead Civilian Killer Defeat 10 undead civilians. 19%
- Survivor Mason Mason reaches camp alive. 19%
- Survivor Mary Mary reaches camp alive. 19%
- Survivor Sharon Sharon reaches camp alive. 18%
- Civilian's Hero Rescue 10 civilians. 18%
- Patient Killer Defeat 10 infected patients. 18%
- Undead Punk Fighter Defeate 3 undead punks. 17%
- Undead Scavenger Fighter Defeat 3 undead scavengers. 17%
- Survival Grandmaster Survived until day 33. 16%
- Undead Punk Killer Defeate 10 undead punks. 15%
- Survivor James James reaches camp alive. 15%
- Survivor Terence Survivor Terence 15%
- Undead Soldier Killer Defeat 10 undead soldiers. 14%
- Cowboy Fighter Defeat 3 undead cowboys. 14%
- Undead Scientist Fighter Defeat 3 scientists. 14%
- Undead Scavenger Killer Defeat 10 undead scavengers. 13%
- Undead Scientist Killer Defeat 10 scientists. 13%
- Successful Ending 2 Complete with game and defeat the punks. 12%
- Hound Killer Defeat 10 German Shepherds. 12%
- Failed Ending 1 Unlock the early ending on day 20. 11%
- Cowboy Killer Defeat 10 undead cowboys. 11%
- Successful Ending 3 Complete the game and save the world. 11%
- Soldier Killer Defeat 10 soldiers. 8.2%
- Romance Jennifer Complete the game in love with Jennifer. 7.3%
- Family Bleeding Heart Accept four trade offers made by the hungry family. 6.4%
- Successful Ending 1 Unlock the bare minimum success ending. 4.7%
- Romance Lydia Complete the game in love with Lydia. 4.7%
- Unromanceable Complete the game without falling in love. 4.7%
- Romance Larissa Complete the game in love with Larissa. 4.6%
- Resilient Turn down three offers made by the hungry family. 3.9%
- Failed Ending 3 Unlock the ending in which you fail to reach the bunker. 3.0%
- Failed Ending 2 Unlock the early ending in the desert. 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.