CHAOS;CHILD
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 89% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 20+ hours (94%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 89% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 52% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Digital Native” (Started Chapter 1) and “Sumo Sticker” (Started Chapter 2): from 100% to 68% of starters.
- Only 65% 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 4,169 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 48.6h for positive, 33h 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 (65.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Digital Native Started Chapter 1 100%
- Sumo Sticker Started Chapter 2 Most players quit here 68% −32
- School Festival! Started Chapter 3 62% −6
- Her Words Started Chapter 4 60% −2
- Gigalomaniacs Started Chapter 5 58% −1
- Their Resistance I Started Chapter 6 58% −1
- Their Resistance II Started Chapter 7 56% −1
- Betrayal Started Chapter 8 55% −2
- Duel Started Chapter 9 54% −1
- Serika Onoe Started Chapter 10 54%
- Takuru Miyashiro Started Chapter 11 53%
- First Ending Reached the Over Sky End 52% −1
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
- Digital Native Started Chapter 1 100%
- My First Delusion Trigger Didn’t Get Scared, and Tried a Delusion Trigger 78%
- Sumo Sticker Started Chapter 2 68%
- School Festival! Started Chapter 3 62%
- Her Words Started Chapter 4 60%
- Gigalomaniacs Started Chapter 5 58%
- Their Resistance I Started Chapter 6 58%
- Their Resistance II Started Chapter 7 56%
- Betrayal Started Chapter 8 55%
- Duel Started Chapter 9 54%
- Serika Onoe Started Chapter 10 54%
- Takuru Miyashiro Started Chapter 11 53%
- First Ending Reached the Over Sky End 52%
- Adios Gracias! Discovered Hinae Arimura’s Chapter 45%
- True World Reached the Dark Sky End 42%
- A Wind is Blowing. I Can Feel It. An Amazing Wind Blew 41%
- Mmm! Discovered Hana Kazuki’s Chapter 41%
- Pandemic Call Reached the Deep Sky End 40%
- Give Up on the Case, Takuru Discovered Nono Kurusu’s Chapter 39%
- U-Umm… Discovered Uki Yamazoe’s Chapter 39%
- Heads or Tails Reached the Real Sky End 39%
- Butterfly Reached the Dream Sky End 38%
- Okay Discovered the True Route 38%
- Sound Complete Listened to All Sound 38%
- Enough. I'm Disappointed. Reached the Bad End 38%
- Chaos Child Reached the Silent Sky End 38%
- A Positive Person (Third Time) Saw All Positive Delusions 32%
- I Knew You Were a Wrong-Sider Got It Wrong On a Mapping Trigger 20 Times 26%
- CG Complete Saw All Event CG 23%
- A Negative Person (Third Time) Saw All Negative Delusions 22%
- I Am a Right-Sider Made No Mistakes When Putting Up The Data 21%
- TIPS Complete Saw All TIPS 21%
- Gigalomaniac Tried All Delusion Triggers 20%
- Super-Perfectionst Mastered Chaos;Child 16%