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SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 16% of players who started
Started playing 79% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 3,106
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 15h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Door That Should Not Be” and “Elsewhere”: from 100% to 50% of starters.
- 79% 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 3,133 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 19.8h for positive, 7.1h 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 (78.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Door That Should Not Be Daniel has become trapped in the Husher Mansion... or elsewhere. 100%
- Elsewhere You have rescued Daniel from the Husher Mansion. Most players quit here 50% −50
- Silence in Heaven You have found Isaac Färber and his music box. 30% −20
- The Yellow Brick Road You have discovered Sebastian P. Husher's whereabouts. 23% −7
- Through the Looking Glass You have found Sebastian P. Husher and lived to tell the tale. 18% −5
- The Masque of the Red Death You have completed Berenice's first dream. 16% −2
- Morella You have completed Berenice's second dream. 16%
- The Pit and the Pendulum You have completed Berenice's third dream. 16%
- On the Shoulders of Giants You have discovered what to do with the music box. 16%
- There and Back Again You have left the music box where it belongs. 16%
- Every Now and Then You have witnessed the end of Daniel's story. 16%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- A Door That Should Not Be Daniel has become trapped in the Husher Mansion... or elsewhere. 100%
- Hold The Door! Learn how to block The Door. 84%
- Dying of the Light Learn how to resist The Darkness. 68%
- Elsewhere You have rescued Daniel from the Husher Mansion. 50%
- Paper Shadows Complete the Husher Haiku Collection. 42%
- A Quiet Place Learn how to survive The Silence. 42%
- Silence in Heaven You have found Isaac Färber and his music box. 30%
- It Gazes Back Learn how to escape The Abyss. 26%
- The Yellow Brick Road You have discovered Sebastian P. Husher's whereabouts. 23%
- Deus in Absentia Learn how to stand your ground against The Requiem. 21%
- Reflections Sebastian P. Husher, in the cell, with the mirror. 21%
- Through the Looking Glass You have found Sebastian P. Husher and lived to tell the tale. 18%
- The Masque of the Red Death You have completed Berenice's first dream. 16%
- Princess in Shining Armor Sophie has found Daniel and saved his life (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 16%
- Morella You have completed Berenice's second dream. 16%
- A Parting Gift Pick up a gift from a character you previously lost (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 16%
- The Pit and the Pendulum You have completed Berenice's third dream. 16%
- On the Shoulders of Giants You have discovered what to do with the music box. 16%
- There and Back Again You have left the music box where it belongs. 16%
- Every Now and Then You have witnessed the end of Daniel's story. 16%
- The Fall of the House of Husher Find Daniel at the Husher Mansion, without losing any characters, on Edgar Allan Poe or higher difficulty. 15%
- The Tooth Fairy Find Coltar's Wisdom Tooth. 15%
- An Unexpected Guest Alexander has returned to the Husher Mansion, but he didn't find the person he was expecting (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 14%
- An Alarming Discovery Alina has entered the Husher Mansion and gone above and beyond the call of duty (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 14%
- Hands-on Boss Etienne has found Daniel and saved his life (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 14%
- The Shadow Out of Time Find three ominous references to ancient times. 13%
- The Oval Portrait Find all of Ariadne's Lost Drawings. 11%
- Shielded by Madness Discover the truth about Ariadne. 10%
- Faster than Death Find Isaac Färber, without losing any characters, on Edgar Allan Poe or higher difficulty. 9.0%
- Homecoming Erica has found her father (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 8.9%
- Honoris Causa Omar has survived The Great Library (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 8.4%
- Summa Cum Laude Discover Sebastian P. Husher's whereabouts, without losing any characters, on Edgar Allan Poe or higher difficulty. 8.4%
- Downpour René has found Isaac Färber (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 8.2%
- A Practical Lesson Grace has survived The Great Library (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 7.5%
- Her Caring Gaze Lidia discovered what to do with the music box (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 6.3%
- Blind to the Horror Discover what to do with the music box, without losing any characters, on Edgar Allan Poe or higher difficulty. 6.3%
- Till Horror Do Us Part Find Maxwell's Lucky Coin. 6.3%
- One for All, All for One Find Sebastian P. Husher, without losing any characters, on Edgar Allan Poe or higher difficulty. 5.7%
- The Unforgiven Ernest paved the way for Daniel to find Sebastian P. Husher (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 5.6%
- It of Many Faces Complete the Tarot Deck. 4.7%
- Cleaning After Myself Finish an episode (in which there is more than one character) playing exclusively as Daniel (M.R. James or higher difficulty). 3.8%
- Deaf to the Song Complete the game, without losing any characters, on Edgar Allan Poe or higher difficulty. 2.8%
- Alone in the Dark Complete the game, without losing any characters and choosing Daniel whenever he is available, on Edgar Allan Poe or higher difficulty. 2.0%
- The Presence Waits Dreaming Complete the game on H.P. Lovecraft difficulty. 1.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.