DYSMANTLE
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 20h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Gatekeeper” and “Means of Escaping” (Find the Escape Pod): from 100% to 60% of starters.
- Only 69% 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 11,729 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 41.9h for positive, 5.2h 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 (68.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Gatekeeper Beat the Gatekeeper. 100%
- Means of Escaping Find the Escape Pod. Most players quit here 61% −39
- Law Beat the Law automaton. 42% −18
- Reaper Beat the Reaper automaton. 41% −1
- Crown Beat the Crown automaton. 29% −12
- Sword Beat the Sword automaton. 27% −1
- Crown Station Reach the Crown Station. 26% −1
- Escape the Island Escape the Island. 20% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- Gatekeeper Beat the Gatekeeper. 100%
- Monster Slayer Kill 100 monsters of any type. 88%
- Means of Escaping Find the Escape Pod. 61%
- Fish You Were Here Catch 10 fish of any rarity. 55%
- Full Load Fill 10 material slots full of materials. 53%
- Getting Farmer Grow and harvest 10 plants. 51%
- Inventor Invent 60 recipes. 48%
- Who Wants to Leaf Forever Fill 8 material slots with the same type of material. 47%
- Build It And They Will Come Build 10 structures of any type. 46%
- Green Finger Grow and harvest any 6 different types of plants. 45%
- Law Beat the Law automaton. 42%
- Reaper Beat the Reaper automaton. 41%
- Gear Up Upgrade 7 Tools to the maximum level. 34%
- Crown Beat the Crown automaton. 29%
- Sword Beat the Sword automaton. 27%
- Fan of Radio Listen to 50 different radio broadcasts. 27%
- Gold Medalist Earn 10 gold level Medals. 26%
- Crown Station Reach the Crown Station. 26%
- Link Towers Discover and activate all Link Towers on the Island. 23%
- Escape the Island Escape the Island. 20%
- Enkindled Light all Campfires on the Island. 19%
- Ark Nemesis Complete the ark. 18%
- Myth People Investigate all the Myth Tablets on the Island. 18%
- Fishful Thinking Catch 5 fish of legendary rarity. 18%
- Rude Archaeologist Complete all Tombs on the Island. 16%
- Shelter Cleaner Visit all shelters on the Island. 13%
- Side Hustle Complete all the Side Quests. 9.7%
- Master of Obelisks Max out all the Obelisks on the Island. 9.1%
- Animal Friend Feed animals 10 times. 7.8%
- Well Well Well Use all Wishing Wells on the Island. 7.0%
- Rifter Travel through all the Rifts on the Island. 6.7%
- Perfect Timing Open all Timed Chests on the Island. 5.1%
- Treasure Digger Dig up all buried treasures on the Island. 4.6%
- Perfect Interest Complete all Points of Interest on all locations. 4.2%