Melatonin
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 3h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
- 51% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Indulgence” (Get through night 1) and “Under pressure” (Get through night 2): from 100% to 82% of starters.
- Only 59% 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 8,359 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 4.4h for positive, 1.4h 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 (58.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Indulgence Get through night 1 100%
- Under pressure Get through night 2 Most players quit here 82% −18
- Meditation Get through night 3 65% −17
- Setbacks Get through night 4 54% −11
- New day Get through the morning 51% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (14)
story milestone ending side
- Indulgence Get through night 1 100%
- Star precision Score 3 stars in a level 89%
- Under pressure Get through night 2 82%
- Ring precision Score 3 rings in a level 72%
- Meditation Get through night 3 65%
- Setbacks Get through night 4 54%
- New day Get through the morning 51%
- Star perfectionist Get a perfect score in scored mode 23%
- Ring perfectionist Get a perfect score in hard mode 18%
- Creator Finish a custom edited level 18%
- Honor roll Perfect the tutorial 8.5%
- Stargazer Collect all stars in the game 5.6%
- Ring collector Collect all rings in the game 4.9%
- Go to bed Get all perfect scores 1.4%