I personally never cared a bit about steam achievements, but I figured it's the easiest way to track how far players progress in the game.
There are lots of optional achievements, but I made sure the are mandatory ones frequently. That way I can see where people are most likely to drop out.
In this list I cut out all the optional ones and just kept in the main quest ones (except for some completionist ones at the end):
Around 30% is how far many people get in their first play session after 3-4 hours. They are likely to just forget about it and not return. Not because of a specific problem in the game.
If you dropped out, where did you drop out? What was the problem?
Were you close to dropping out and some point and why?
Would love to hear all your thoughts! I could make some adjustments to the game and it should help us learn for future games.
- David