Ghost Exorcism INC.
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 5h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 20% 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 5,497 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 14.5h for positive, 5.7h 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 (19.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- Apprentice Investigator Correctly determine the type of entity for the first time. 100%
- Apprentice Exorcist Exorcise your first supernatural entity. 97%
- Starting a collection? Bring a cursed object back to the Hub. 88%
- Don't worry, I'll help you! Find and rescue your first unconscious NPC teammate. 81%
- Powerful words. Successfully recite the Exorcism Book for the first time. 74%
- New, but brilliant. Reach level 10. 71%
- Head in the clouds. Exorcise a Memory entity for the first time. 69%
- Theyy're heere! Exorcise a Poltergeist for the first time. 58%
- Creepy crawler. Exorcise a Revenant for the first time. 56%
- Small but deadly... Exorcise a Child entity for the first time. 50%
- Perfect! Complete all objectives in the tutorial. 49%
- The absence of light. Exorcise a Shadow entity for the first time. 46%
- That was intense! Exorcise a Fallen entity for the first time. 40%
- Delrith? Exorcise a Demon for the first time. 38%
- I hate clowns... Exorcise a Clown entity for the first time. 27%
- Getting too old for this. Reach level 50. 23%
- Moo? Use the Moo Cup for the first time. 22%
- Woops, wrong game? In Normal, Hard or Rescue, correctly fill out the Ghostpedia, but safely return to the Hub without completing the exorcism. 21%
- We told you not to turn off the light! Perform the exorcism of a Wisp entity for the first time. 21%
- Nobody will miss these, right? Bring a total of 50 cursed objects back to the Hub. 16%
- Daft Punk - Around The World Unlock all available maps. 15%
- Multi-Talented Exorcise at least 2 entities during a Multi-Entity Contract. 15%
- Adept Exorcist Exorcise 50 supernatural entities. 12%
- Everybody gets rescued! Find and rescue 50 unconscious NPC teammates. 10%
- You're not here for the money? Exorcise an entity without entering any evidence. 9.6%
- Adept Investigator Correctly determine the type of 50 entities. 9.6%
- Prestige within reach! Reach level 75. 9.6%
- More entities? More fun! Encounter and exorcise more than one entity during a mission that is not Multi-Entity. 9.1%
- THE GLORIOUS MOO! Damage an entity with the Moo Cup. 8.6%
- Your friend, the ground. Get knocked to the ground 100 times. 8.6%
- Professional Kleptomaniac Bring a total of 100 cursed objects back to the Hub. 8.1%
- Memories of the past. Exorcise 10 Memory entities. 5.1%
- Expert Exorcist Exorcise 100 supernatural entities. 5.1%
- Desmond Doss style. Find and rescue 100 unconscious NPC teammates. 5.1%
- Show-off... Buy 20 Neutrino-Guns. 4.6%
- Welcome to Bronze! Reach Bronze prestige. 4.6%
- Expert Investigator Correctly determine the type of 100 entities. 4.1%
- You who should not be named Rename yourself, but give no name. 4.1%
- Once upon a time... Rename yourself to GHC in the Profile app. 3.6%
- Supernatural parenting.All those younglings... Exorcise 25 Child entities. 2.0%
- The risky gaze. Exorcise 25 Fallen entities. 2.0%
- But why is the plant floating? Exorcise 25 Poltergeists. 2.0%
- I dare it to stand up! Exorcise 25 Revenants. 2.0%
- I bring flashlights! Exorcise 25 Shadow entities. 2.0%
- Financial success! Earned at least 100,000! 2.0%
- I REALLY hate clowns... Exorcise 25 Clown entities. 1.5%
- Just doin' my job. Exorcise 25 Demons. 1.5%
- All those younglings... Exorcise 50 Child entities. 1.0%
- Clowns hate ME! Exorcise 50 Clown entities. 1.0%
- I'm not trapped in here with you. Exorcise 50 Demons. 1.0%
- I (should?) do this blindfolded! Exorcise 50 Fallen entities. 1.0%
- Seriously, that plant is floating! Exorcise 50 Poltergeists. 1.0%
- Stay down! Exorcise 50 Revenants. 1.0%
- Cast out the darkness. Exorcise 50 Shadow entities. 1.0%
- Klaatu barada nikto! Successfully recite the Exorcism Book 100 times. 1.0%
- That's a familiar number... Accept a total of 666 contracts. 1.0%
- Bank account? You ARE the bank! Earned at least 1,000,000! 1.0%
- Lightbringer Legionnaire Perform the exorcism of a Wisp entity 25 times. 0.5%
- Eternal Lightbearer Perform the exorcism of a Wisp entity 50 times. 0.5%