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The Story of Henry Bishop
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 72% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 549
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 3h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 72% 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 557 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 2.8h 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 (71.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (24)
- First meeting. Is it a ghost? 100%
- The road to Stonebridge. You arrived at the town of Stonebridge. 69%
- Let the light burn. You turned on the electricity in the house. 67%
- Hello old house. You have arrived at the Nelson’s mansion. 67%
- Damned gramophone. A strange prayer comes from the gramophone. 63%
- Handmaid's Diary You found the handmaid’s diary. 61%
- Nelson's diary. You have found the diary of the owner of the house. 58%
- Treasure map. You have found a map that will show the path to the treasure. 57%
- Bones. Find a decayed body. 57%
- Treasure. You found a treasure buried many years ago. 57%
- Who lives in the fountain? Meet the one who lives in the fountain. 54%
- Hammer. Received hammer weapon. 54%
- Prayer mannequins. You got your hands on a mannequin. 53%
- Doll. You made the doll dance. 52%
- Baseball bat Received a baseball bat weapon. 48%
- Shotgun. Received a short-barreled shotgun weapon. 45%
- Who is in the coffin? Find out who is lying in a coffin in an old church. 43%
- The last record. You got the last record. 42%
- The mysterious door. You solved the riddle and opened the door. 42%
- The ritual was a success. The ritual ended successfully. 29%
- Documents. You have collected all the documents. 29%
- Is this a monster? Find and kill the monster. 26%
- Who is she? You killed a demon in the guise of a man. 26%
- The ritual failed. The ritual failed. 23%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.