AdventureIndieRPGSimulation
Hobo: Tough Life
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 8% of players who started
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 10,102
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 15h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- 8% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Long Live the King!” (Become the hobo king): only 8% of starters get there.
- 82% 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 10,164 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 34.9h for positive, 8.3h 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 (82.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Long Live the King! Become the hobo king. Most players quit here 8% −92
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (57)
story milestone ending side
- Excuse me... Talk to a passerby for the first time. 100%
- Finders Keepers Uncover a spectacular find for the first time. 85%
- Let There Be Warmth! Light a fire for the first time. 77%
- Cold Wake-Up Call Wake up from your sleep due to being too cold. 75%
- One more time... for good luck Go through the same shrapnel three times in a row. 68%
- Time to Get Dirty Touch 100 shrapnels. 66%
- Humble Beginnings Place an item into your hideout for the first time. 64%
- Handyman Craft an item for the first time. 52%
- Take Pity... Get 1000 crowns through begging. 37%
- Easy Money Finish your first job opportunity. 31%
- Fighter Win your first battle. 29%
- Dung Beetle Touch 500 shrapnels. 29%
- Tired of Walking Use the public transport for the first time. 26%
- Tables Have Turned Defeat a thug. 26%
- Shhhh... It Happens Let it all go in your pants. 25%
- Rags to Riches Get 5000 crowns through begging. 23%
- Man's Best Friend Save a dog from being eaten. 23%
- The Good Guy Be allowed entry into the Fort. 22%
- Five-finger Discount Steal 100 items from the passersby. 20%
- Click, click, pop Unlock 100 locks. 19%
- Samaritan Complete 30 favors. 18%
- The Thief Rise from an accomplice to a culprit. 17%
- The Guzzler Become one of the initiates. 17%
- Influencer Reach trust 100 with ten different NPCs. 15%
- The Dealer Help Moiser move his goods. 15%
- Zoologist Have 3 different kinds of dead animals in the inventory at the same time. 14%
- Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. Survive the first season. 14%
- The Enforcer Is this the beginning of a new mafia? 13%
- Snake Oil Peddler Sell 100 items to passersby. 13%
- Highway to Hell Perform your first occult ritual. 13%
- The Saint Solve the robbery at the church of St. Maurice. 12%
- The Cleaner Make sure there's peace around the train station... for good. 10%
- The Leader Prove Baron your loyalty... or not. 10%
- What's Yours Is Mine Steal 500 items from the passersby. 9.6%
- Living Large Upgrade your hideout to the maximum level. 7.9%
- Long Live the King! Become the hobo king. 7.8%
- Lock Whisperer Unlock 500 locks. 6.9%
- Is This Even Legal? Craft a weapon from a garden gnome. 5.1%
- David and Goliath Defeat Kroll. 4.4%
- Street Warrior Defeat 50 thugs. 4.0%
- Am I Still Homeless? Have a kitchen, a toilet, a shower and a laundry constructed in your hideouts at the same time. 3.4%
- Busy Bee Finish 30 job opportunities. 3.2%
- Master of All Trades Achieve mastery in all of your skills. (Across multiple worlds) 3.0%
- Renaissance Man Learn all available perks. (Across multiple worlds) 2.8%
- Four of a Kind Unlock all playable characters. 2.8%
- Wolf of Wenceslas Street Sell 500 items to passersby. 2.7%
- Rock Bottom Have all three addictions active at the same time. 2.4%
- I've Been Worse Have all the negative conditions active at the same time. 2.1%
- Deal with the Devil Dress like a fan of the most hardcore music genre. 1.8%
- You're Playing the Wrong Game Reach the score of 100 on the arcade machine. 1.7%
- My Name Is M. Q. Klinger Dress like a woman. 1.7%
- The Witching Hour Cumulatively sleep for one hour outside of your hideouts. 1.6%
- Snow White and Seven Dwarves Have seven garden gnomes placed in your hideouts at the same time. 1.3%
- Master material Survive one season in a hardcore mode. 1.2%
- Model Citizen Reach maximum renown with the police. 1.1%
- Urban Explorer Uncover all points of interest. (Across multiple worlds) 1.0%
- The Legend of Praslav Earn all the other achievements. 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.