Baba Is You
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 95% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 7+ hours (98%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 98% of games we track.
- 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Water Is Sink” (Complete the lake) and “Cog Is Push” (Complete the solitary isle): from 100% to 50% of starters.
- Only 53% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 24,949 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 15.1h for positive, 4.8h 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 (53.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Water Is Sink Complete the lake. 100%
- Cog Is Push Complete the solitary isle. Most players quit here 50% −50
- Box Has Key Complete the ruins. 38% −12
- Leaf Is Move Complete the forest of fall. 26% −12
- Tree Is Shift Complete the forest. 18% −8
- Rocket Is Dust Complete the space area. 13% −4
- Baba Is End Beat the game. 16% +3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (18)
story milestone ending side
- Water Is Sink Complete the lake. 100%
- Cog Is Push Complete the solitary isle. 50%
- Box Has Key Complete the ruins. 38%
- Leaf Is Move Complete the forest of fall. 26%
- Tree Is Shift Complete the forest. 18%
- Baba Is End Beat the game. 16%
- Rocket Is Dust Complete the space area. 13%
- Baba Is More Complete the abstract area. 11%
- Orb Is Bonus Find an orb. 11%
- Hedge Is Stop Complete the garden. 11%
- Lava Is Hot Complete the cavern. 9.9%
- Bird Is Float Complete the mountain. 9.4%
- B A B A Complete a secret area. 7.9%
- Baba Is All Complete the world map. 7.9%
- The End Really beat the game. 6.0%
- Baba Is Baba Complete a secret area. 5.6%
- Not Baba Complete a secret area. 5.6%
- What Complete a secret area. 5.3%