Late Shift
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 4h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- At least 55% of players who start reach the ending.
- 92% 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 9,435 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 3h for positive, 2.2h 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 (91.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Delivery Reject the offer ≥55% −45
story milestone ending (most common 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
- Cause and Effect What are the chances? 100%
- Fair Share Split the share 50/50 78%
- Even Tempered Don't fight 68%
- Shill Bidder Defeat the odds 57%
- The Delivery Reject the offer 55%
- Star-Crossed Lovers More than just friends? 53%
- Good Karma The key to friendship 42%
- Office Clerk Take the high road 39%
- The Frenzy Pull the trigger 39%
- Protector Don't give in 39%
- The Bribe Accept the offer 31%
- The Ploy Convince Parr it's a fake 29%
- Sabotage Enter the wrong code 22%
- The Fool Fall for the bluff 21%
- Interrogation Don't cross the line 19%
- Choices Matter Find all main chapters 17%
- Proficient Storyteller Watch four endings 13%
- The Lion's Den Go to the Tchois 9.9%
- The Coward Go home alone 7.2%
- Expert Storyteller Watch all seven endings 4.7%