Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 4h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Reap what you sow” (Now you're getting the hang of it!): only 70% of starters get there.
- 74% 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 2,685 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 6h for positive, 3.2h 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 (73.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Reap what you sow Now you're getting the hang of it! Most players quit here 70% −30
- Don't be suspicious!!! Give Stubbs a hand! 56% −14
- Rock and Parole Do it for the meme! 53% −3
- Next Time Bring a Map We know what you did. 43% −10
- Dawn of the Dead So many deals! 39% −4
- Unprotected whoopie! You look good in those genes. 36% −4
- I make a PP Soil the water supply with your finely aged urine 32% −4
- Army of Darkness Neither rain, nor sleet, nor bullets, nor brains 29% −3
- Does this look infected? Eh, shake it off 27% −2
- Meeting with Death Clear your calendar. 23% −4
- Hands-on parenting Bon apetit 22% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- 1 easy payment of… It's been 15 years. You ate your first brain. Was it worth it? 100%
- That didn't age well Complete the painfully slow, forced tutorial 88%
- Dirt Cheap 10 Sod-O-Mobile kills 85%
- The Spleen Stun 10 enemies with your Unholy Flatulence 73%
- Un-Re-Animated You're a zombie that died. 72%
- Reap what you sow Now you're getting the hang of it! 70%
- Bust a Gut Trigger a gut grenade in mid-air 62%
- We got a twitcher! We got a twitcher! 59%
- Don't be suspicious!!! Give Stubbs a hand! 56%
- Rock and Parole Do it for the meme! 53%
- Next Time Bring a Map We know what you did. 43%
- Car-Daver Get run over by a vehicle 40%
- Cletus Defeatus Sooey! Feedin' time! 39%
- Dawn of the Dead So many deals! 39%
- Plowed Up 5 Tractor Kills 36%
- Unprotected whoopie! You look good in those genes. 36%
- 360-No-Brains Land a jump tackle 34%
- Bahhh-Barian You shouldn't pet the sheep 34%
- I make a PP Soil the water supply with your finely aged urine 32%
- Army of Darkness Neither rain, nor sleet, nor bullets, nor brains 29%
- DIE WYE DIE! Mahlzeit 27%
- Does this look infected? Eh, shake it off 27%
- Sausage Fest Load a jeep up with the squad 24%
- Tanks for the Memories 10 Tank kills 23%
- Meeting with Death Clear your calendar. 23%
- Hands-on parenting Bon apetit 22%
- The First Law of Robotics Get killed by a robot 19%
- Obsessive Possessor Possess each type of enemy once 19%
- Should've hid in a fridge Get killed by an airstrike 15%
- Strike! 10 kills with a single Sputum Head 9.9%
- Stubbs Otaku! Your friends all just read that achievement title. You need help. 3.9%
- It's a real groaner! 100% the dance battle. We thought that was impossible. 3.7%
- Fast Zombies Beat the game in under two hours 3.4%
- Crypt-O-Currency Eat 2005 brains 3.2%
- Six Seasons and a Movie Demand a sequel. 2.8%