SIMULACRA
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 4h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- At least 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- 83% 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 4,770 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 5h for positive, 3.8h 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 (82.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- You found Anna You win??? ≥27% −73
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 (24)
story milestone ending side
- You've got Mail Get into Anna's email 100%
- The Gift of Jab Login to Anna's social media 94%
- The Internet Never Forgets Once a criminal, always a criminal 71%
- Derezzed No pictures are left broken 64%
- Ask her anything Just don't be a jerk 63%
- Gossip Girl Tell'em EVERYTHING 53%
- That Is Just A Compliment Maybe he is just flirting? 51%
- Looking for love Love in a hopeless place 49%
- She Needs To Know Not good at keeping secrets 46%
- Crime Doesn't Pay Just leave it to the cops next time 40%
- Run Greg run Vigilante justice 33%
- That Is Not A Compliment Harassers are literally the worst 30%
- She Loves Me! All this time... is that how you feel? 29%
- You found Anna You win??? 27%
- You killed Anna You lose??? 19%
- Just In Time Phew!!!! 18%
- Punked! He deserves to be tricked 18%
- This Is The Police! Impersonating a cop is a federal offence. 17%
- You're hired! You can start next Monday 14%
- A happy ending Happily ever after... or is it? 13%
- Sharing Is Caring It is a fair trade 11%
- Windy Convergence Find the hidden truth. 7.3%
- Wordsmith No words are left unsolved 6.4%
- This is too much NOPE NOPE NOPE 6.2%