NEKOPARA Vol. 2
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 93% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 4+ hours (98%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 96% of games we track.
- 62% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “A Cake Shop of Catgirls” (Clear Chapter 1): only 82% of starters get there.
- 80% 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 13,020 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 4.5h 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 (80.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Cake Shop of Catgirls Clear Chapter 1 Most players quit here 82% −18
- Catgirl Affairs Clear Chapter 2 77% −5
- Des soeurs filles-chat très gentilles Clear Chapter 3 74% −2
- The Calm After the Storm Clear Chapter 4 73% −1
- Catty Clear Chapter 5 70% −3
- A Catgirl's Clumsy Heart Clear Chapter 6 65% −5
- The Four Catpanions Clear Chapter 7 62% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- First time running the game. Welcome to NekoPara! 100%
- A Cake Shop of Catgirls Clear Chapter 1 82%
- Play it in Chinese! Try playing it in Chinese! 81%
- Catgirl Affairs Clear Chapter 2 77%
- Des soeurs filles-chat très gentilles Clear Chapter 3 74%
- The Calm After the Storm Clear Chapter 4 73%
- Catty Clear Chapter 5 70%
- A Catgirl's Clumsy Heart Clear Chapter 6 65%
- The Four Catpanions Clear Chapter 7 62%
- Pet Coconut Petted Coconut 58%
- Pet Shigure Petted Shigure 57%
- Pet Azuki Petted Azuki 57%
- Pet Chocola Petted Chocola 56%
- Pet Vanilla Petted Vanilla 56%
- Pet Maple Petted Maple 54%
- Pet Cinnamon Petted Cinnamon 54%
- Play it in English! Try playing it in English! 51%
- Pet Milk Petted Milk 47%
- That something that shakes... Bouncy, bouncy~ 45%
- Play it in Japanese! Try playing it in Japanese! 38%