CasualIndieSimulationStrategy
The Dweller
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 20% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 669
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 3h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 20% 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 668 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 285 reviews: 3.3h for positive, 2.8h 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 (19.7% 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 (11)
- Boo Scare an archaeologist while in the ground or a wall 100%
- Death Bringer Kill three or more archaeologists in under 1 second 100%
- Pancake Crush an archaeologist with a boulder 91%
- Oops Make a boulder fall off of a level 78%
- Long Way Down Scare an archaeologist off of a cliff 74%
- Curious View the credits 60%
- The One That Got Away Scare an archaeologist and then let him escape off of the level 52%
- Skip Skip a level 39%
- Captured Get captured by an agent 34%
- To the End Beat the game 34%
- Completionist Beat every level 32%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.