Agent A: A puzzle in disguise
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 5h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 75% of games we track.
- 61% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Secrets Await” (Access the hidden pool door) and “Save the day...!?” (Hit the briefcase kill switch): from 81% to 72% of starters.
- 95% 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 6,376 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 5.3h for positive, 4h 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 (95.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Infiltrator Infiltrate Ruby's secret lair 100%
- Target Acquired Locate Ruby La Rouge 98% −2
- Cat Burglar Disable the house alarm system 92% −7
- Open Sesame Open a stone doorway 87% −5
- The Electrician Disarm the electric pool 82% −5
- Secrets Await Access the hidden pool door 81% −1
- Save the day...!? Hit the briefcase kill switch Most players quit here 72% −9
- Very Very Shh-neaky Sneak into Ruby's hideout 68% −5
- The Extraction Download Ruby's mission 66% −2
- Radar Rebel Broadcast warning message to Agent B 65%
- Recon Expert Uncover Ruby's mission 65%
- Super Sleuth Find Ruby's submarine 62% −3
- The Final Blow Sabotage Ruby's submarine 61%
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
- Infiltrator Infiltrate Ruby's secret lair 100%
- Target Acquired Locate Ruby La Rouge 98%
- Cat Burglar Disable the house alarm system 92%
- Open Sesame Open a stone doorway 87%
- The Electrician Disarm the electric pool 82%
- Secrets Await Access the hidden pool door 81%
- Save the day...!? Hit the briefcase kill switch 72%
- Very Very Shh-neaky Sneak into Ruby's hideout 68%
- The Extraction Download Ruby's mission 66%
- Radar Rebel Broadcast warning message to Agent B 65%
- Recon Expert Uncover Ruby's mission 65%
- Super Sleuth Find Ruby's submarine 62%
- The Final Blow Sabotage Ruby's submarine 61%
- Glissando Glide Look up glissando in a dictionary, you'll know what to do Agent... HINT: start from the marked key 50%
- Cat Door Courier Deliver a surprise to Onyx and you'll have an ally for life 20%
- Talk time with Trevor Complete all conversations with Trevor 20%
- Boing, Boing, Boing Make a 'Boing' sound 10 times quickly 18%
- STAR 69 Investigate Ruby's phone call records 18%
- Finger Plunge Overflow the sink a second time 17%
- Target Practice Shoot the gun range target 100 times 15%
- Bad Hair Day Give Agent A an 'electrifying' hairdo 13%
- Wuka Wuka Show us your DJ skills, scratch a record for 10 seconds 13%
- Catch and Release Release your latest catch... HINT: not Ruby though 13%
- Spy-der Web Find every spider web in Agent A 12%
- Glorious Shoe Phone The old phone in the shoe trick eh!? Find a shoe phone 11%
- Sashimi Buzz-Cut Collect the fish bones a second time 10%
- Bird Buffet Give Günther (the crazy Norwegian bird) hiccups 9.8%
- A Parting Gift Give your new ally their favourite delicacy, prepared to perfection 9.7%
- Gasbag with Günther Complete all conversations with Günther 8.5%
- Speedy Spy Complete Agent A in less than 120 minutes 6.6%