RUINER
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 5h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Don't even get me started” (Finish Prologue) and “I'm in charge now” (Defeat Nerve): from 100% to 59% of starters.
- 74% 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 12,689 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 5.9h 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 (73.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Don't even get me started Finish Prologue 100%
- I'm in charge now Defeat Nerve Most players quit here 59% −41
- Who's the King? Defeat TrafficKing 34% −25
- Siblings from hell Defeat Sisters 26% −9
- Good dog Finish Epilogue 25%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (33)
story milestone ending side
- Don't even get me started Finish Prologue 100%
- I'm in charge now Defeat Nerve 59%
- Fatality Perform 50 Ruiner kills 44%
- Perfect timing Destroy 3 Angel cores in one go 42%
- Magic mirror Reflect 100 bullets with your shield 40%
- Who's the King? Defeat TrafficKing 34%
- Wanted dead or alive Collect all bounties 26%
- Siblings from hell Defeat Sisters 26%
- Take It Easy Beat the game on Easy Difficulty 25%
- Good dog Finish Epilogue 25%
- KILLYOU! KILLYOU! KILLYOU! Achieve 15 kills combo 21%
- RUINER Beat the game on Normal Difficulty 19%
- Rest in pieces Kill 3 enemies with a one explosion 14%
- CATS person Complete CATS quest 11%
- Kill'em ALL Kill all Angels 5.7%
- Hacker Beat the game on Hard Difficulty 5.3%
- Renaissance Man Acquire all basic abilities 4.9%
- It's Over 9000! Use dash 9001 times 4.6%
- Mind control master Hack 50 enemies 4.6%
- On the fly Destroy Angel core in the air 3.9%
- Fortune seeker Unlock all iChing fortunes 3.8%
- Peace was never an option Finish Arena:Colosseum 3.5%
- Blaze it Burn 420 enemies with flamethrower 3.4%
- Seasoned fighter Score more than 50000 points in Arena:Colosseum 3.4%
- Shield wall Kill 75 enemies with a shield ram 3.4%
- Gotta get pumped! Do 1003 pushups 3.0%
- Mickey Mantle Hit 50 mines with your melee weapon 2.9%
- Ashes to ashes Destroy all dead Hosts' piles 2.4%
- Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Finish NewGame+ 2.3%
- Faster than a bullet Finish Speedrun 2.0%
- GOD MODE: ON Beat the game without dying 1.8%
- Die hard Die 666 times 1.6%
- Dressed to kill Acquire all outfits 1.4%