Donut County
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 3h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 76% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Donut County” (Destroy the donut shop): only 82% of starters get there.
- 97% 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 12,461 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 2.5h for positive, 1.8h 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 (96.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Donut County Destroy the donut shop. Most players quit here 82% −18
- The Flume Is Doomed Destroy Raccoon Lagoon. 81% −2
- Hacker Hack into the mainframe. 79% −2
- Boss Fight Win the boss fight. 76% −3
- Redeemed Bring everyone back from underground. 76%
story milestone 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
- Pup's Odyssey Release the hot air balloon. 100%
- Donut County Destroy the donut shop. 82%
- The Flume Is Doomed Destroy Raccoon Lagoon. 81%
- Hacker Hack into the mainframe. 79%
- Boss Fight Win the boss fight. 76%
- Redeemed Bring everyone back from underground. 76%
- Pyro Set Pepper's trailer on fire. 68%
- Gamer Stock up on gamer fuel. 61%
- Disrespecter Destroy Trash King's monitor. 52%
- Nerd Complete the Trashopedia. 36%
- Pilot Fly through the donut hole. 33%
- Quack Enthusiast Quack 100 times. 29%
- Escape Find Trash King's secret getaway vehicle. 27%
- Game Over Lose the boss fight. 25%
- Egg Breaker Break 3 dozen eggs. 23%
- Dethroner Destroy Trash King's monument. 23%
- Music Lover Finish Gecko Park without collecting the radio. 22%
- Flawless Complete the boss fight without taking damage. 20%
- Secret Soup Make Chef's secret soup recipe. 19%
- Bandit Break into the vault at Raccoon HQ. 17%