Gerda: A Flame in Winter

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 571 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 8.4h for positive, 6.3h 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 (75.2% 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 (59)

• Certified Completed the Tutorial 100%
• The Cache Found the papers in the chicken coop 87%
• Beans, Beans, Beans Found the note about beans 86%
• Refugees Discovered Esther and Sophia 81%
• Underground Discovered the Smuggler's Den behind the inn 76%
• Point of No Return Broke into the clinic 74%
• Good Christian Gathered information in the Sunday mass 70%
• Gossip Girl Gossiped with several banquet attendees 62%
• High Society Gained audience with Algot Vestergaard 62%
• Industrial Espionage Broke into the factory 58%
• Bad News Discovered the train schedule 58%
• Diversion Tactics Caused a distraction at the station 56%
• By the Skin of Her Teeth Escaped the train station attack 55%
• William J. Blazkowicz Tried to pick up the knife 54%
• Cat Burglar Didn't wake Harald in the clinic 43%
• Trash Panda Dug through the trash 38%
• We Can Do It! Supported Esther in fixing the radio 29%
• Master Saboteur Scratched the Gestapo car 28%
• True Dane Got drunk at the banquet 23%
• Peace Broker 2 or less (out of 10) main characters died 22%
• Not in Copenhagen Anymore Formed a new resistance group at the inn. 19%
• Learning the Ropes Completed the tutorial in Liva's story. 18%
• The Thrill of the Fight Completed a mission with your new group in Liva's story. 17%
• A Narrow Escape Escaped the ambush in Liva's story. 16%
• Party Crasher Completed the final mission in Liva's story. 15%
• Survivor Lived to tell the tale 15%
• Historical Materialism Unlocked all historical facts in Liva's story. 15%
• Goes Around, Comes Around Got your revenge on Toft. 14%
• You Gotta Let Them Come To You Tried to pet the cat 14%
• Casino Royale Won the card game 13%
• Raising the Stakes Completed a high-stakes mission in Liva's story. 13%
• The Big Picture Eliminated Eriksen. 12%
• Righteous Took every opportunity to spend time with Esther and Sophia 10%
• Sorry... Here, have this. Gave the best gift to the team member who trusted you the least. 9.4%
• The Dream Got Anders to open up to you four times. 8.4%
• We Didn't Start The Fire Interrupted the Schalburg party with a fiery distraction. 8.2%
• This is Tinglev! Kicked the snitch onto the train tracks, causing his untimely demise. 8.2%
• Dutiful Led your team with a strong sense of duty. 8.0%
• Hans Christian Andersen Used up all your matches 7.0%
• Diplomat 5 or more Relation with all factions 6.9%
• The Grief Got Bente to open up to you four times. 6.8%
• Careful Led your team with a caring attitude. 6.0%
• The Devotion Got Peter to open up to you four times. 5.5%
• Bestie Took every opportunity to spend time with Margit 5.5%
• Hippocratic Oath Used Gerda's nursing skills to treat 5 people or more 5.3%
• Chaos Agent 7 or more (out of 10) main characters died 4.8%
• The Guilt Got Kesse to open up to you four times. 4.5%
• Minmaxer Achieved 7 or more in Relations with all factions 4.0%
• Furious Led your team with a fire and brimstone approach. 3.9%
• That's THE Sparrow to You Chose to be very particular about your alias three times in a single playthrough. 3.3%
• Shady Dealer Took every opportunity to spend time with Reinhardt 2.7%
• Intimate Knowledge Unlocked all character secrets 2.5%
• Humanities Student Unlocked all historical facts 2.3%
• Final Touch Finished the snowman. 1.6%
• Mailbox Mingle Listened in on Gerda's conversation at the mailbox. 1.5%
• Squad Support Got all team members to open up to you four times. 1.5%
• Resistance Fighter Took every opportunity to spend time with the Resistance 1.3%
• Angel of Death Got every possible character killed in a single playthrough. 1.2%
• Renegade 2 or less Relation with all factions 1.1%