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Verlet Swing
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 717
What the data shows
- 83% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (83%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- Only 67% 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 725 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 4.1h for positive, 2.3h 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 (67% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (28)
- Ouch, that hurt Die while moving really fast 100%
- Went very, very, very, very fast Reach more than 130 km/h 94%
- Museum trip Complete Checkmate, History 91%
- It was wet Complete Mobymart 65%
- Wait, how far does this go? Hook something extremely far away 61%
- Now I’m hungry Complete Nimis Non Laute 53%
- Just one more attempt mom! Die more than 50 times on a level in a single go 52%
- Damn, I'm good Earn your first perfect ranking 43%
- Turned it off, then back on again Complete Wondercon 1998 40%
- Challenger! Complete a challenge 8.4%
- How did I even get here? Complete Crimson Court 5.1%
- I forgive you I beat the final level and all I got was this crappy achievement 4.9%
- Look what I made mom! Create your first level 4.8%
- For the whole wide world to see Publish your first level 3.6%
- An eye for an eye Enter through the goat eye in The Depths 3.1%
- Event Horizon Find the Julbock’s hidden entrance! 2.8%
- Museum VIP Earn all perfect rankings in Checkmate, History 2.8%
- Damn, I'm really good Earn half of all available perfect rankings 2.2%
- Crystal Clear Water Earn all perfect rankings in Mobymart 2.2%
- Stepping it up Complete half of all available challenges 2.1%
- Exquisite Cuisine Earn all perfect rankings in Nimis Non Laute 2.1%
- DAAAAAAAMN Earn all available perfect rankings 1.9%
- Overclocked! Earn all perfect rankings in Wondercon 1998 1.9%
- Hell hath no fury Earn all perfect rankings in Crimson Court 1.9%
- And I accepted them all! Complete all available challenges 1.5%
- Golden God! Earn all achievements 1.5%
- I am a god Complete the Hardcore Marathon challenge 1.5%
- The Bird's Legacy Complete the Marathon challenge under 15 minutes 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.