Adventure
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 44% of players who started
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 4,748
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 11 reviews are negative (9%); after 5h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 91% of games we track.
- 44% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Number One” (Power Hoagie's Chron-o-John): only 46% of starters get there.
- 77% 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 4,782 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 7.1h for positive, 3.5h 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 (77.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Number One Power Hoagie's Chron-o-John Most players quit here 46% −54
- Number Two Power Laverne's Chron-o-John 45% −1
- Yesterday's News Defeat Purple Tentacle yesterday 44% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (58)
story milestone ending side
- Rap Sheet: Trespasser Find Fred's basement workshop 100%
- Not Raised in a Barn Close a door 70%
- Rap Sheet: Thief Pick up 15 things that don't belong to you 67%
- Only Hoagie Can Make a Tree Create a cherry tree 61%
- Only George Can Destroy a Tree Destroy a cherry tree 61%
- Rap Sheet: Yegg Open the safe 57%
- Obvious, Really... Make it rain 55%
- Rap Sheet: Kleptomaniac Pick up 30 things that don't belong to you 54%
- Windsock it to Me Change the flag 53%
- Games History Major Play Maniac Mansion 53%
- Dude, It's Like, Cannibalism Hoagie eats a Hoagie 53%
- Costume Quest Clothe Laverne in the costume 52%
- Novelty Enthusiast Get all six novelty items 50%
- Moronic drone Get a job 50%
- Rap Sheet: Vandal Deflate Oozo 49%
- Chateau Eau Neaux Make vinegar 49%
- WWSCD? Climb through the chimney with all three kids 49%
- It's an Honor Just to Compete Enter the human contest 48%
- Don't Try This at Home Microwave the frozen hamster 48%
- Behind Every Great Man Is a Quality Roadie Red makes a super battery with only a little help from Hoagie 47%
- Rap Sheet: Cheat Disqualify Harold 47%
- Coffee Achiever Wake up Dr. Fred 47%
- Of Course It Would Still Weigh the Same Get a tiny sweater 47%
- Oh Right, I'm Playing a Cartoon! Make a skunk 47%
- It's an Honor Just to Compete But Winning Is Better Win the human contest 46%
- Dialog Puzzles Are Hard Get Fred to sign the contract 46%
- Number One Power Hoagie's Chron-o-John 46%
- Rap Sheet: Adventure Gamer Pick up 45 things that don't belong to you 46%
- Flush Acquire a diamond 45%
- Number Two Power Laverne's Chron-o-John 45%
- You Suck Vacuum up a hamster 45%
- Yesterday's News Defeat Purple Tentacle yesterday 44%
- Olive Branch Return the stamp album to Weird Ed 42%
- Mental Patience Play the whole game without skipping a cutscene 35%
- That Only Works With Alligators Try to flush the hamster 32%
- We're All Brothers Ask the IRS agents if they're related 32%
- ...Take on the Words! Sit through the end credits 30%
- Energy Conscious Turn off the television 29%
- Are You My Mummy? Talk to Dead Cousin Ted with all three kids 26%
- And Then the Universe Explodes Try to mix the decaf and caffeinated coffees 26%
- Voiding the Warranty Try to put something metal in the microwave 21%
- And Then the Universe Implodes Try to mix the disappearing ink with Booboo-B-Gone 17%
- Now You're Pushing It Try to microwave the hamster again after he's thawed out 17%
- Rap Sheet: Fraud Try to alter the contract with Booboo-B-Gone 16%
- You Call That a Hint? Try to wash the dirty car with the brush 16%
- That Joke Never Gets Old Squirt five different people with disappearing ink 15%
- Missing Pink Try to mix the red paint and the Booboo-B-Gone 13%
- That Should Have Worked Hoagie uses battery with Chron-o-John instead of plug 13%
- I'm Sure He'd Never Notice Try to swap the textbook with the stamp album 13%
- Can't Win and Chew Gum at the Same Time Laverne tries the chattering teeth on her human during the human show 12%
- Master Plumber Flush 50 objects through time 12%
- Rap Sheet: Forger Try to sign the contract yourself with the quill pen 12%
- Most Annoying Guest Ever Ring the front desk bell 100 times 8.3%
- ESRB Violation Laverne thinks about eating the cat 8.0%
- Alas, Our Lazy Speechwriters Didn't Cover This Talk to Washington, Jefferson, or Hancock while they're outside 7.6%
- Music Appreciation Award Reach yesterday without turning the stereo off 7.4%
- Chef Cook the hamster in Maniac Mansion (Don't try this at home, kids!) 6.2%
- OCD Get all other achievements in the game 5.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.