Before Your Eyes
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 40 reviews are negative (2%); after 3h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 99% of games we track.
- 100% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 63% 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 24,789 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 288 reviews: 2h for positive, 1.6h 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 (62.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Before Your Eyes Complete the game. 100%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (11)
story milestone ending side
- Before Your Eyes Complete the game. 100%
- Eyes Of Steel You can win any staring contest. 69%
- Star Gazer Complete the Constellation. 67%
- Philhellenist Choose Greece. 65%
- Punctilious Take all the notes in class. 31%
- Egyptologist Choose Egypt. 31%
- Redo Live both sides of a big decision. 23%
- Where's my face? Recalibrate 10 Times. 22%
- Even Keeled Never show your anger. 19%
- Virtuoso Ignore distractions from piano. 19%
- Obnoxious Provoke the Ferryman's ire. 11%