BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (18%); after 3h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- 4% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “IMPETUS.COMPLETE” (Complete Impetus): only 13% of starters get there.
- 88% 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 3,975 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 4h for positive, 4.2h 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 (88.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- IMPETUS.COMPLETE Complete Impetus Most players quit here 13% −87
- TENACITY.COMPLETE Complete Tenacity 9% −4
- TRIUMPH.COMPLETE Complete Triumph 4% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (26)
story milestone ending side
- RAINBOW.POWER Get CommanderVideo's cape 100%
- BIT.TRIPPER Register a high score on the leaderboards 97%
- BONUS.GET Complete a bonus challenge 93%
- EVERYONE.PLAYED BRAID Bonk after missing a Gold Bar to rewind time and try again 81%
- ROASTIN.MARSHMALLOWS Roast your mallows over a campfire 71%
- RUNNER.UP Jump 1,000 times 54%
- HEART.OF.GOLD Collect 1,000 Gold Bars 36%
- LONGEST.JOURNEY Complete Odyssey 18%
- IMPETUS.COMPLETE Complete Impetus 13%
- GONE.FISHIN Catch a fish! 13%
- AMNESIA.MAKES YOU AFRAID Get Bonked by a monster 8.8%
- TENACITY.COMPLETE Complete Tenacity 8.7%
- DEJA.VU Repel 100 Beats 8.0%
- PLAYING.TRINE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND Find 3 friends and beat the challenges they are in 6.8%
- PERFECT.PIECE Get a PERFECT on one challenge 6.3%
- THROW.DOWN Complete The Gauntlet 6.0%
- BURGER.MOUTH BURGER MOUTH 4.3%
- TRIUMPH.COMPLETE Complete Triumph 4.1%
- ENDURE Complete a level in one sitting 4.0%
- TIMBLETAUNT Watch the hidden cutscene 3.2%
- MISSTEP Get the Game Over 2.5%
- RUNNING.HARD Beat all challenges on Perfect difficulty 2.0%
- FLAWLESS.IMPETUS Get a PERFECT score in all Impetus Challenges 1.8%
- FLAWLESS.TENACITY Get a PERFECT score in all Tenacity Challenges 1.8%
- MASTER.RUNNER Get a PERFECT in all challenges 1.7%
- FLAWLESS.TRIUMPH Get a PERFECT score in all Triumph Challenges 1.7%