Bugsnax
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 15h it's 1 in 110 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 36% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Gone Home” (Find your way to Snaxburg) and “Vacation's End” (Complete the main story of Bugsnax): from 86% to 36% of starters.
- 94% 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 9,672 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 17.1h for positive, 1.1h 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 (94.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Gone Home Find your way to Snaxburg. 86% −14
- Vacation's End Complete the main story of Bugsnax. Most players quit here 36% −50
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Everybody Gets One Catch your first Bugsnak. 100%
- Gone Home Find your way to Snaxburg. 86%
- Wonderfalls Check behind the waterfall for secrets. 83%
- Double Trapper Catch more than one Bugsnak in your Snak Trap at once. 62%
- Quartermaster Catch 25 unique species of Bugsnax. 60%
- I'm Stuffed Fully transform a Grumpus. 51%
- Halfway There Catch 50 unique species of Bugsnax. 49%
- Perf Dirt Steal Beffica's diary from her cave. 48%
- In The Arms of the Gramble Donate max amount of Bugsnax to Gramble's ranch. 45%
- Launch Party Stun a flying Bugsnak by launching another Bugsnak at it. 44%
- Talkin' Bout Bugsnax Interview every Grumpus. 44%
- Know Thy Neighbor Return every Grumpus to Snaxburg. 43%
- Vacation's End Complete the main story of Bugsnax. 36%
- That Reminds Me of A Puzzle Solve the secret of the lava cave or the secret of the dunes. 35%
- Bossy Bugs Defeat all of the Legendary Bugsnax. 34%
- Combo Meal Transform a Grumpus with Bunger, Fryder, and Sodie. 32%
- Survivor All of the Grumpuses survive. 32%
- Sidetracked Complete all of the side quests. 32%
- Midnight Snak Transform Gramble. 31%
- Documentarian Watch all of Lizbert's video diaries. 31%
- Candid Cryptid Scan the Snaxsquatch. 30%
- Deep Impact Complete the adventure at Broken Tooth. 29%
- Grab Bag Empty one biome of all its Snakpods. 28%
- Got to Catch Them All Catch 100 unique species of Bugsnax. 28%
- Say Cheese! Scan a Grumpus after saucing them with cheese. 24%
- Clothesline Stun a Bugsnak with the Trip Shot attached to your Buggy Ball. 23%
- Feeding Frenzy Fully transform every Grumpus. 20%
- Live Laugh Hut Fully furnish your hut. 19%
- Sundae Best Transform a Grumpus with Scoopy, Banopper, and Cheery. 19%
- Dapper Capper Collect 10 hats. 17%