When does BONEWORKS get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 10h it's 1 in 45 (2%). Fully opens up by hour 10.

How many players finish BONEWORKS?

23% of players who start reach the ending.

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BONEWORKS

Dec 10, 2019 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 23% of players who started

Started playing 64% of owners

Steam reviews 92% positive of 36,492

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 10h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
Fully opens up by hour 10.
23% of players who start reach the ending.
Most players drop off before “Full Circle” (Back to Tuscany): only 23% of starters get there.
Only 64% 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 36,785 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 9.7h for positive, 4.9h 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 (64.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Full Circle Back to Tuscany Most players quit here 23% −77

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (16)

story milestone ending side

My First Sandbox Unlocked the Museum Basement Sandbox 100%
[REDACTED] Unlock redacted chamber 85%
You don't need to see identification Authentication skip 79%
You didn't listen Unlocked Zombie Mode 57%
Of The Void Enter the Voidway 35%
Flying Miles Unlock The Hover Junkers module 27%
Full Circle Back to Tuscany 23%
Recursion Recursion through [REDACTED] 19%
Time Test Complete the handgun course 16%
Fantasy Land Beat the entire arena 8.4%
Junk Hunter Unlock Hover ship 7.8%
Locksmith Unlock all doors in lockout mode 6.2%
Headset King Kill 100 headsets in Arena without dying 4.1%
Vaccine Survive Zombie Warehouse 3.0%
Hall of Buttons Click all the buttons! 2.7%
Survive Make it to round 15 on survival on hard or greater difficulty 2.3%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.