Eastward
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (12%).
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “True Lies” (Complete Chapter 1): only 65% of starters get there.
- 76% of owners got the first achievement.
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 16,743 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 23.4h for positive, 11h 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 (75.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- True Lies Complete Chapter 1. Most players quit here 65% −35
- Nightmare Complete Chapter 2. 51% −14
- Dream Come True Complete Chapter 3. 32% −19
- King of Darkness Complete Chapter 4. 30% −2
- The Knight Departs Complete Chapter 5. 28% −2
- Monkollywood Complete Chapter 6. 25% −3
- End Of the Endless Complete Chapter 7. 22% −3
- A New Beginning Complete the game. 21% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Pixball Newbie Obtain a Pixball. 100%
- Chef-in-Training Cook your first dish. 92%
- True Lies Complete Chapter 1. 65%
- No I in Team Defeat an enemy while it's being controlled by Sam. 60%
- Nightmare Complete Chapter 2. 51%
- Stoned to Death Defeat an enemy using clutter from off the ground. 49%
- Ear Lender Interact with 50 different NPCs. 48%
- Social Butterfly Interact with 100 different NPCs. 34%
- Dream Come True Complete Chapter 3. 32%
- King of Darkness Complete Chapter 4. 30%
- The Knight Departs Complete Chapter 5. 28%
- Monkollywood Complete Chapter 6. 25%
- Jack of all Trades Try all five jobs with John. 25%
- End Of the Endless Complete Chapter 7. 22%
- A New Beginning Complete the game. 21%
- Monster Pack Upgrade your backpack to its maximum capacity. 18%
- Naturally Gifted Learn all of Sam's abilities. 12%
- Prepared for Anything Upgrade your bomb and ammo boxes to their maximum capacities. 9.0%
- Human Refrigerator Collect every ingredient in the game. 8.3%
- Another Story Defeat the Demon King in Earth Born. 6.2%
- Armed to the Teeth Upgrade all weapons to their max levels. 5.4%
- Salty Stinking Rich Obtain 1,000 salt from off a Salt Bug. 5.3%
- A Person with Heart Obtain a "heart" from the people of New Dam City. 4.9%
- Five-Star Chef Collect every recipe in the game. 3.2%
- Pixball Collector Collect at least 1 of every type of Pixball. 2.1%
- Nutrient Fortified Reach max hearts. 2.0%
- Earth Born Complete the true ending in Earth Born. 2.0%
- Pixball Master Collect every single Pixball. 1.6%
- Treasure Hunter Open all the treasure boxes in the game. 1.5%
- Fat and Happy Eat every food item in the game. 1.3%