The Rewinder
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
- 58% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Yesterday Once More” (Complete the first memory level): only 81% of starters get there.
- 94% 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 7,481 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 6.4h for positive, 4.3h 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 (94.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Yesterday Once More Complete the first memory level Most players quit here 81% −19
- The Storm is Coming Complete the second memory level 76% −5
- Pearls Fall on the Jade Plate Complete the third memory level 70% −6
- Shifting Perspectives Complete the fourth & fifth memory level 61% −9
- Here We Meet Again The End 58% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- A Stolen Moment of Reprieve Have some tea at Qi Yun's place 100%
- You Can Pet the Dog in ‘The Rewinder’ ...Exactly what it says on the tin 91%
- Yesterday Once More Complete the first memory level 81%
- The Storm is Coming Complete the second memory level 76%
- Perfect Pitch Pass the musical shrine puzzle 72%
- Pearls Fall on the Jade Plate Complete the third memory level 70%
- All of Chang'an's Flowers Use the "fast forward" function in a memory level 67%
- The Road not Taken Reach the top of Zhuxi mountain 67%
- Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me 63%
- Shifting Perspectives Complete the fourth & fifth memory level 61%
- The Savior Save a villager from the spider 60%
- The things which I have seen I now can see no more … 60%
- The Scholar Pass the Alchemist's Furnace puzzle 59%
- From Prey to Predator Catch the spider in your "web" 59%
- An Unfamiliar Familiar Land Have a toast with the friends of Luhe village 58%
- Here We Meet Again The End 58%
- The One that Understands my Sound ...and my Soul 53%
- The Prankster Give Tudi diluted spirits 34%
- To Stories and Beyond Find Misty Mountain Studio in the game 27%
- Summoning Spring Collect all the flowers 25%
- Many Regrets Unspoken Complete the secret memory level 25%
- Burning Bridges Arrive at the burnt tree ending 17%
- Gold Digger Discover the golden family heirloom 13%
- Love and War Bring Alex out of the darkness 12%
- Family Man Enter the shrine on your first attempt 10%
- Double or Nothing Defeat Alex's final form 10%
- Treading Water Fail to change the course of history 10%
- Short Sighted Fix Edwin's hunger but doom the whole village 9.8%
- Unfinished Business ...Is everything resolved? 9.4%