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When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 772 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 11.8h for positive, 3.4h 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 (65.8% 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 (34)

• NO MORE COMPLAINING Solve your first tenant complaint and be rewarded 100%
• EVERYONE NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS Have 3 or more tenants with positive moods on one estate 89%
• COUNCIL LETTER Accomplish a council mission 71%
• CHILD BOOM Have a single tenant produce 7 children 70%
• HEAVY INDUSTRY Upgrade a Resource 67%
• HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Maximise the efficiency of a foreman's work force 59%
• NEW TOWN SYMMETRY Build 5 estates with 100% land usage 49%
• CHANGING ROOMS Upgrade all rooms in one property 46%
• KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Produce a Super-Tenant 40%
• TRUMPED Build 100 properties 37%
• BROWN ENVELOPE Create your first Gangster Bribe 37%
• GOOD DOG Have a guard dog protect a property 34%
• BUILT LIKE A THUG Have a worker knock out 5 enemy workers without dying 33%
• CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY Upgrade all Resources in one game 33%
• BREAK A LEG Cause a foreman to retire . . . permanently 32%
• COOKING WITH GAS Fully stock all types of resources 32%
• CHANGE IN COUNCIL Capture 3 rival properties 32%
• HIGH ROLLER Earn 100,000 in rent during a calendar year 29%
• SELF-ASSESSMENT Pay $50,000 in Tax Bills 28%
• GODFATHER INFLUENCE Produce 3 Gangsters 23%
• 133MHZ Install a top of the range computer in a property owned by the Major 21%
• PARTY LIKE IT'S 1997 Start an undesired house party 21%
• CONTROLLED DEMOLITION Destroy an Undesirable Building 20%
• PACKING HEAT Produce a fully weaponized Gangster 18%
• GRAND DESIGNS Build your first commission 18%
• JAILBIRD Get your first inmate 16%
• MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Win a game 13%
• MAXIMUM SECURITY Get 5 police officers patrolling 13%
• LANDLORD FROM HELL 10 or more simultaneous complaining tenants 12%
• CAN'T GET ALONG Evicting your 5th tenant in one game 8.4%
• ALL THE SIGHTS Play all maps for at least a year each 5.5%
• TOUGH ENOUGH ? Build a commission on the original hardcore difficulty 3.8%
• INFESTED COLON Cause infestation of 3 properties on Upper Colon estate 3.5%
• DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING Picket 3 rival resources simultaneously 2.7%