Adventure
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 63% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 1,080
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 10h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 63% 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.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,086 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.4h for positive, 6.6h 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 (62.8% 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 (31)
- Feed Fill Petronius' bowl. 100%
- Melody Listen to Faye's song all the way through. 99%
- Hand Get Ed to shake Julia's hand. 93%
- One Complete Ed's first therapy session. 92%
- Blanket Do not let Faye get cold. 89%
- Sam Find Samuel Franklin. 83%
- Two Complete Ed's second therapy session. 75%
- Support Comfort Robert. 73%
- Gun Find evidence against Ed Miller. 72%
- Groceries Get mom's congratulations for storing the groceries quickly. 72%
- Three Complete Ed's third therapy session. 71%
- Four Complete Ed's fourth therapy session. 68%
- Tree Dive into Julia and Nick's past. 68%
- Five Complete Ed's fifth therapy session. 66%
- Engine Fix a car. 65%
- Jenny Confirm the existence of Ed's daughter. 65%
- Canyon Throw Ed's car down the cliff. 65%
- BFF Kill Lisa Horowitz. 64%
- Host Make sure Ed doesn't get thirsty. 64%
- Orphan Get rid of your father's influence. 64%
- Scar Take a seat. 63%
- Pliers Convince Adam to release you. 63%
- Vertigo Overcome Vertigo by saving Esther Franklin and Jenny. 63%
- Restaurant Dine at Mamma Louise. 61%
- Flamingo Say goodbye to a childhood friend. 61%
- Romance Get Julia and Nick together. 60%
- Brotherhood Complete the Pirate Brotherhood's secret handshake. 46%
- Feast Feed Frankie Laine just like he deserves. 44%
- Stone Access one of Julia's childhood memories. 40%
- MVP Help Eddie Miller become the season's hero. 37%
- Figurines Find all of Captain Roberts' spies. 26%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.