A Place, Forbidden

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 469 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 2.2h for positive, 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 (42.4% 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 (10)

• Clean Up, Clean Up Begin your fruitless task. [Start cleaning up the Library] 100%
• Terrible Knowledge Find a piece of that which will seal your fate. [Acquire your first piece of Forbidden Knowledge] 80%
• Very Mature The Librarian is displeased. [Act uncouthly with a printer] 74%
• Doomed Quite the thespian, aren't you? [Read both play exerpts] 40%
• A Sharp Mind You broke down every barrier in your path. [Complete all primary puzzles] 40%
• A New Form Fail to find what you seek. [Acquire Ending 1] 33%
• No Escape You were meant to fail. [Attempt to open the door beyond your reach] 25%
• Librarian Gain much more than you bargained for. [Acquire Ending 2] 19%
• All the Pieces - But to What? You've found everything you need... [Acquire all Forbidden Knowledge] 15%
• Keen Eyed A fan of short fiction, aren't we? [Examine every tiny book] 12%