Low achievement completion percentage

[Mavil64]

Why is the completion percentage on these achievements so low? Like... During a completely normal playthrough without guides etc I got an achievement that has a 3% rate. This is extremely low. Don't people play the game they buy? I'm not flexing or anything because this isn't hard to get at all for anyone. it's the one where you save everyone from the stray sheep. but not only that even the regular good Katherine ending has a stupidly low %

[Vaker]

It isn't that easy to save everyone without guide, most players just pick the answer they want when they had to make a choice and sometimes NPCs have to suffer for these choices ;)
I think it's around 9 to 10% completion rate for every ending and most players only complete the game once so it's not that low (besides the fact that the game is quite difficult for some people)

[I Kinda Fail]

Originally posted by Vaker:

It isn't that easy to save everyone without guide, most players just pick the answer they want when they had to make a choice and sometimes NPCs have to suffer for these choices ;)

For me it was that there's no way of knowing who to talk to. I usually started by talking to the 2 old ladies, then went in a circle to the bar, then back to my table. Several times, the NPCs would get up and leave before I had a chance to talk to everyone... so they died. Oh well. Should've drank more, I guess...

@OP: Low completion rates are pretty common on Steam. The game Stardew Valley, for example, has overwhelmingly positive reviews, like 97% positive score... and only like 20% of people have gotten an achievement you can get in year 1.

For comparison, clearing Chapter 9, which I believe is the final chapter of Catherine, has a 20%ish completion rate. The game might be too hard for some, or just not hold their interest. It took me 3 tries before I got into the game; I kept beating the first level, then not wanting to continue because I'm bad at the puzzles. :P

[Spectrum Legacy]

Gamers nowadays have too many options (access to way too many games), so being dedicated to a few of them is somewhat uncommon. People get the game e.g. from a bundle, try it out, get a few early achievements so they begin to contribute to those statistics and then they decide it's not for them to go indepth and invest time, so they move on to the next game. That's a general idea at least.

I've played the console version years ago a bit years ago, so I was excited to get the pc version. I haven't used any guides in my run, but being very thorough in general, I've talked with all npcs and saved the game often. If I saw someone leaving early I bothered me to miss out the story, I usually loaded up the save until I got a general idea who usually leaves first and who stays until the end. I got the cheevo for helping 'em all out, and only realised that they would end up poorly if I didn't talk with them. But again, I imagine ppl in general don't talk with everyone or exhaust their dialogues.

What I sturggle with is getting gold on hard difficulty, finishing babel and finishing rapunzel puzzles. But that comes down to practice, technique and fast decision-making, I just have to get better or be a lamb and read/watch guides.