Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 20h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Solitary spa time” (Complete The Well of Tranquility) and “Cake and betrayal” (Complete The Astral Academy Gardens): from 93% to 80% of starters.
- 88% 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 3,509 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 20.6h for positive, 13.3h 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 (88.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Quiet as a mouse Complete The Town Library 100%
- Stone into sand Complete The Garden of Eternal Shade 97% −3
- Solitary spa time Complete The Well of Tranquility 93% −3
- Cake and betrayal Complete The Astral Academy Gardens Most players quit here 80% −13
- Means to an end Complete The Long Way to Town 70% −10
- Shady shortcut of a thief Complete Sinister Back Alleys 65% −5
- The Great Council Complete The Royal Castle 60% −5
- The shameful Villains of Trine Complete The Tallest Tower 55% −5
- Trapped and forgotten Complete Dungeons and Sewer Rats 51% −4
- Watery Woes Complete Smuggler's Way 48% −3
- Goodbye, Sweet Gems Complete Gemstone Caverns 45% −3
- Some climbing to do Complete Brackenridge Path 43% −2
- Barbara! We're coming! Complete The Astral Observatory 41% −2
- The Autumn Light Complete Autumn Woods 39% −2
- The Swamp Witch Complete Petrified Marshes 38% −1
- Memoirs of a squire Complete The Bastion of Hope 36% −2
- Wings and Metal and Hot Air Complete The Magnificent Airship 35% −1
- Lampaca Lands Complete The Floating Archipelago 34% −1
- My Humble House Complete The Clockwork Palace 33% −1
- The Empty Throne Complete The Dethroning 32% −1
- The Clockwork Conspiracy Thwart Sunny's and Goderic's plans 32%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (62)
story milestone ending side
- Quiet as a mouse Complete The Town Library 100%
- Stone into sand Complete The Garden of Eternal Shade 97%
- Solitary spa time Complete The Well of Tranquility 93%
- Cake and betrayal Complete The Astral Academy Gardens 80%
- Ace Boom-Boom When a defeated Clockwork Mosquito is exploding, use the blast to destroy another Clockwork Mosquito 71%
- Flimflam Doppelgangers Defeat the Clockwork Knights posing as the Heroes of Trine in the Red Rose Inn 70%
- Means to an end Complete The Long Way to Town 70%
- Shady shortcut of a thief Complete Sinister Back Alleys 65%
- The Great Council Complete The Royal Castle 60%
- The shameful Villains of Trine Complete The Tallest Tower 55%
- Trapped and forgotten Complete Dungeons and Sewer Rats 51%
- Watery Woes Complete Smuggler's Way 48%
- Goodbye, Sweet Gems Complete Gemstone Caverns 45%
- Ferocious Flora Destroy an enemy using a projectile from a Wall Spitter Plant 44%
- Some climbing to do Complete Brackenridge Path 43%
- Barbara! We're coming! Complete The Astral Observatory 41%
- The Autumn Light Complete Autumn Woods 39%
- The Swamp Witch Complete Petrified Marshes 38%
- Memoirs of a squire Complete The Bastion of Hope 36%
- One Fell Swoop Destroy two enemies with a single arrow 36%
- Wings and Metal and Hot Air Complete The Magnificent Airship 35%
- Lampaca Lands Complete The Floating Archipelago 34%
- Frolicking Fungi Find the Dancing Mushrooms in the Autumn Woods 33%
- My Humble House Complete The Clockwork Palace 33%
- The Clockwork Conspiracy Thwart Sunny's and Goderic's plans 32%
- The Empty Throne Complete The Dethroning 32%
- The Haunted Hunt Collect all experience in The Garden of Eternal Shade 30%
- Friends in High Places, literally Meet all the three Astral Observatory Wizards 29%
- Better than Fireballs Use Amadeus to destroy a Clockwork Mosquito with a conjured item 28%
- Checking out Everything Collect all experience in The Town Library 24%
- More than Soap Bubbles Collect all experience in The Well of Tranquility 20%
- Tentacle Tag Don't let Kraken's tentacles hit you in the Smuggler's Way 17%
- The Juiciest Fruits Collect all experience in The Astral Academy Gardens 16%
- The Thoroughfare Tracking Collect all experience in The Long Way to Town 14%
- Treasures from the Tower Collect all experience in The Tallest Tower 14%
- The Shady Spoils Collect all experience in Sinister Back Alleys 14%
- Driving Out the Evil Charge the Church Bell in the Garden of Eternal Shade 14%
- Casting the Hook Collect all experience in Smuggler's Way 14%
- Combing Through the Castle Collect all experience in The Royal Castle 13%
- Escaping, yet exploring Collect all experience in Dungeons and Sewer Rats 13%
- Leaving No Stone Unturned Collect all experience in Gemstone Caverns 12%
- Knight's Quest Collect all experience in The Bastion of Hope 11%
- Looking High and Low Collect all experience in Brackenridge Path 11%
- Gazing Stars Collect all experience in The Astral Observatory 11%
- Go Out for a Spin During a single fight, make a Clockwork Guardian use the Spin Attack five times 11%
- Woodsy Wisdom Collect all experience in Autumn Woods 11%
- Scouting the Swamp Collect all experience in Petrified Marshes 10%
- Shipwide Search Collect all experience in The Magnificent Airship 9.9%
- Floating Bounty Collect all experience in The Floating Archipelago 9.9%
- The Famous Box Wizard Conjure a box to comply with the Shopkeeper's request in The Tallest Tower 9.6%
- Palace Pursuit Collect all experience in The Clockwork Palace 9.4%
- Experienced Heroes Collect all experience throughout Acts I-V 8.9%
- The Gossip Collect all Tidbits throughout Acts I-V 8.7%
- The Postmaster Collect all Letters throughout Acts I-V 8.6%
- The Fashionmonger Collect all Bags and Hats throughout Acts I-V 7.8%
- The Red Rose Inn Takeout Deliver the Pie from the Red Rose Inn to the end of the level 7.2%
- Sledding Stretch How far can you go with Pontius's Shield Sliding? 5.5%
- Fragile: Handle with Care Complete a level without breaking any of the Wooden Boxes 5.2%
- See-through Fisticuffs Destroy an enemy using an unarmed Pontius Clone 4.8%
- Boreal Bowling Use Amadeus's Spinning Ball to destroy a chilled enemy 4.2%
- Made of Sugar Cross all the rivers in the Long Way to Town without touching the water 4.1%
- As Luck Would Have It Complete a level without taking any damage 3.6%