Headliner: NoviNews

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 836 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 5.5h 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 (96% 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 (59)

• Day 1 Complete Day 1 100%
• Day 2 Complete Day 2 95%
• Day 3 Complete Day 3 89%
• Adopt a Dog Woof, woof! 88%
• Day 4 Complete Day 4 85%
• Day 5 Complete Day 5. Are you bored yet? 83%
• Day 6 Complete Day 6. Bet you're bored... 80%
• Day 7 Why are you even playing this? 78%
• Day 8 Don't you have, like, Red Dead Redemption 2 to play or something? 75%
• Day9 Well, the good news is we're almost over... 74%
• Comedy Star Help Justin perform well at his first show 73%
• Day 10 My god, what have you done...? 72%
• Day 11 Oh, you're still here? 70%
• What a Crowd! Bring a big crowd to Justin's first show 70%
• Day 12 Guess you must like the game a bit, huh :) 70%
• Adopt a Drone Beeb, boop! 69%
• Nationalized Healthcare Healthcare for all! 69%
• Day 13 AWW, you DO like it, don't you!? You're almost done! 69%
• Day 14 Yaaaay, thanks for playing :D 68%
• HEADLINER Complete the Game 68%
• Drone Incident What the hell just happened!? 65%
• You're Fired! Lose your job 62%
• Conspiracy! The truth is out there... 61%
• True Love Get Evie to date you 60%
• Assassination PM Wolff gets assassinated 60%
• Bye, Boss Get your Boss taken away 59%
• Business Success! Help the local shopkeeper thrive 54%
• Burn, Baby, Burn! Set a competitor on fire 51%
• Affordable Medicine Cause drug prices to go down 48%
• Privatized Healthcare Efficient and quality care for those who can afford it 46%
• Sell Out Rudy's Moonshine thrives 42%
• Taken Away Have Justin disappear forever 41%
• Return Customer Complete the game twice 36%
• Business Fail! Help the local shopkeeper go under 34%
• Minister of Information Become the Headliner of the Nation 32%
• Deported They ain't takin' our jobs no longer! 32%
• War Novistan invades Learis 31%
• Prevent Drone Incident Keeping Novistan safe! 31%
• Price Hike Cause drug prices to go up 28%
• Share your story! Share your ending with the community! 28%
• Call to Fame Help Justin begin a promising career 26%
• Barely a Crowd... Keep a small crowd at Justin's show 23%
• Crime Profiling Domestic Only blame Novistanians for crimes 21%
• Dronno to the Rescue! Make a life-long friend who saves your life 20%
• Impeachment PM Wolff gets impeached 20%
• Smooth Criminal Alert the murderer in time for them to skip town 20%
• Elementary, Watson! Help cops solve the murder 20%
• Comedy Fail Help Justin perform badly at his first show 16%
• Lose a Drone Beep, boop :( 15%
• True Hate Get Evie to despise you 15%
• Crime Profiling Foreigners Only blame foreigners for crimes 14%
• Bad Blood Have local shopkeeper's store burned 14%
• Deep Pockets Save up 600ʯ 14%
• Lose a Dog Woof, woof :( 12%
• Death by Press The Headliner was never heard nor seen again 6.5%
• Hospitalized Not all comedians have what it takes... 6.4%
• Fifth Time's the Charm Beat the game 5 times 6.0%
• Good Job, Headliner! Make your Boss proud 5.9%
• Overdose . . . 4.1%