The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (54%); after 5h it's 1 in 5 (22%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 82% of games we track.
- 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “So Much Death” (Completed the prologue) and “Full Circle” (Completed the Solo Story): from 100% to 24% of starters.
- 86% 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 11,000 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 6.3h for positive, 5.4h 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 (85.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- So Much Death Completed the prologue 100%
- Full Circle Completed the Solo Story Most players quit here 24% −76
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- So Much Death Completed the prologue 100%
- Compassionate Soul Compassionate was one of top two traits for Andrew 64%
- Amiable Character Amiable was one of top two traits for Daniel 58%
- On A Roll Completed 5 combat events in succession 57%
- Strength From Within Saved Andrew 54%
- Solid As a Rock Maximized Daniel and Taylor's Relationship 53%
- Deeper Understanding Understanding was one of top two traits for Angela 50%
- Forgiveness Saved Mary 46%
- Unbroken Saved Daniel 42%
- Headstrong Heroine Headstrong was one of top two traits for Taylor 42%
- We Are of Water Saved Angela 38%
- Heavy Burden Saved John 36%
- Full Circle Completed the Solo Story 24%
- Our Own Demons Defeated Taylor's demons 16%
- Free Spirit Saved Taylor 16%
- Deathly Visions Found all of the black framed Pictures 15%
- All Together Now Andrew has a good relationship with all characters 15%
- Rational Mind Rational was one of top two traits for John 11%
- Fate Worse Than Death Andrew was saved from himself 10%
- Coven of Witches Finished Movie Night 8.3%
- Salvation Everyone was saved 7.7%
- The Odd Couple Maximized Angela and John's Relationship 6.5%
- Glimmer of Hope Found all of the white framed Pictures 3.3%
- A Complete Picture Found all Pictures 3.2%
- That Dream is Your Enemy No-one survived 2.3%
- Dirty Little Secrets Found all witchcraft secrets 2.2%
- Secrets Too Dark Found all family secrets 2.1%
- Considered Opinion Chose all of the Head decisions 1.9%
- Instinctive Reaction Chose all of the Heart decisions 1.8%
- No Escaping Fate Everyone died at the ruined house 1.6%