When does Scrutinized get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 4h it's 1 in 13 (8%). Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Scrutinized

Aug 5, 2020 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 68% of owners

Steam reviews 89% positive of 1,400

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 4h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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 1,428 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 3.7h 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 (67.9% 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 (22)

Power Tripper Trip the power. 100%
Detective I File 5 reports correctly in a row in a single run. 58%
Gotcha! Catch Tanner in a security camera. 39%
Don't Open It Get hidden Tanner jump scare. 33%
Be Gone! Catch The Kidnapper trying to lockpick a window with your flashlight. 30%
RootKit Pro I Crack 10 phones in a single run. 28%
Detective II File 10 reports correctly in a row in a single run. 17%
Detective III File 15 reports correctly in a row in a single run. 8.2%
RootKit Pro II Crack 20 phones in a single run. 5.6%
Detective IV File 20 reports correctly in a row in a single run. 5.4%
Upgrades Deluxe Get all the upgrades in a single run. 5.4%
Fearless Beat the game with jump scares on. 4.9%
Casual Gamer Beat the game on casual mode. 4.6%
Sherlock Beat the game on detective mode. 2.4%
Faint Of Heart Beat the game with jump scares turned off. 2.2%
RootKit Pro III Crack 30 phones in a single run. 2.1%
True Detective Beat the game with no rejected reports. 2.1%
Gamer Beat the game on normal mode. 1.3%
Poop Yourself Poop your pants. 1.3%
RootKit Pro IV Crack 40 phones in a single run. 1.3%
RootKit God Crack 50 phones in a single run. 1.0%
God Gamer Beat the game on nightmare mode. 0.7%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.