The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (76%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 98% of games we track.
- At least 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- 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 6,412 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 8.9h for positive, 7.2h 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 (88.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Murder Castle Completed the prologue 100%
- Happy Ending Everyone survived ≥15% −85
story milestone ending (most common 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
- Murder Castle Completed the prologue 100%
- Sparks Jamie and Erin kissed 80%
- Toasty Charlie maintained control during dinner 71%
- Until Death Do Us Part 2 Jeff and Marie watched each other die 57%
- 0451 Jamie reset the fuse box 52%
- Shattering Expectations Kate and Jamie both escaped the glass trap 51%
- Phoenix Charlie survived the furnace 51%
- Happier Ending The dog made it off the island alive 50%
- Hark! Mark got the lighthouse working 44%
- Ignited Jamie chose to save Erin in the suffocation chamber 44%
- Shocking Fixed all of the fuse boxes 44%
- Rekindled Kate and Mark rekindled their relationship 26%
- Happy Ending Everyone survived 15%
- Lend Me A Hand? Charlie's hand was crushed 14%
- Can You Pet The Dog? Yes, you can pet the dog 12%
- Extinguished Jamie chose to sacrifice herself in the glass trap 11%
- Unhappy Ending No-one survived 8.5%
- Camera Shy Found all of the Black Framed Pictures 8.4%
- Hope You Enjoyed Your Stay Completed the Solo Story 7.3%
- Man of Many Interests Found all of Du'Met's business cards 6.0%
- Award Worthy Kate fell for Du'Met's impersonation 5.9%
- Investigator Found all of the Silver Framed Secrets 5.3%
- The Cycle Continues Mark agreed to Du'Met's proposal 5.2%
- Photogenic Found all of the White Framed Pictures 5.0%
- I Like Money Collected 200 obols 3.7%
- Say Cheese! Took a photo of each crew member 3.3%
- Guilty The crew didn't trust Charlie and he paid the price 2.7%
- Collector Found all of the Secrets 2.0%
- Handy Obtained all of the inventory items 1.8%
- Crime Scene Photographer Found all of Mark's photo opportunities 1.7%