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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 46% of players who started
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 6,425
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 46% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “New Beginnings” ([Tape 1] Completed "Autumn Lockhart, 1995"): only 76% of starters get there.
- 95% 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 6,462 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 14.8h for positive, 10.7h 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 (94.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- New Beginnings [Tape 1] Completed "Autumn Lockhart, 1995". Most players quit here 77% −23
- The Abyss [Tape 1] Completed "The Abyss". 58% −18
- The Last Note [Tape 1] Completed "...& Rage". 57% −1
- Tape 1: BLOOM Completed Tape 1. 57%
- Lost and Found [Tape 2] Completed "Pieces of Autumn Part 2". 48% −9
- The Pact [Tape 2] Completed "Enter the Void". 46% −1
- Remember Us [Tape 2] Completed "Remember Me/Remember Us". 46%
- Tape 2: RAGE Completed Tape 2. 46%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- Schrödinger's Cat [Tape 1] Gave your cat a name. 100%
- Blank Tape [Tape 1] Discovered your very first Collectible Memoir. 95%
- Directorial Debut [Tape 1] Watched your very first Memoir compilation. 88%
- Once More, With Feeling [Tape 1] Reminisced ten different times. 80%
- New Beginnings [Tape 1] Completed "Autumn Lockhart, 1995". 77%
- Home Movie [Tape 1] Completed your first Collectible Memoir. 73%
- The Abyss [Tape 1] Completed "The Abyss". 58%
- Editor [Tape 1] Reordered a Memoir. 58%
- Geez-o-Meow [Tape 1] Pet your cat on two different days. 57%
- The Last Note [Tape 1] Completed "...& Rage". 57%
- Tape 1: BLOOM Completed Tape 1. 57%
- Butterfly Effect [Tape 1] Altered the story. 57%
- Silent Protagonist [Tape 1] Chose silence during three dialogues opportunities. 54%
- Double Feature [Tape 1] Completed 20% of all Collectible Memoirs. 51%
- Lost and Found [Tape 2] Completed "Pieces of Autumn Part 2". 48%
- Stand by Me [Tape 2] Bonded with all the girls. 47%
- Memory Remix [Tape 1] Replaced footage in a Memoir. 46%
- The Pact [Tape 2] Completed "Enter the Void". 46%
- Free Spirit [Tape 2] Gave Gertie some love. 46%
- Remember Us [Tape 2] Completed "Remember Me/Remember Us". 46%
- Tape 2: RAGE Completed Tape 2. 46%
- Enter the Void [Tape 2] Went down the abyss… 45%
- Here’s Mary! [Tape 1] Went all the way through the Bloody Mary. 45%
- Heart Event [Tape 2] Found Pam's missing book. 43%
- Dead Poets Society [Tape 2] Supported Kat in her decision. 43%
- Breakfast Club [Tape 2] Recounted the full infiltration to Nora. 41%
- Screening Room [Tape 2] Played back the concert video on your TV. 36%
- Partners in Time [Tape 2] Resolved Autumn's break down. 27%
- Eye See You [Tape 2] Revealed all the images from the Magic Eye book. 26%
- Collector's Edition [Tape 1] Completed 50% of all Collectible Memoirs. 25%
- Dear Diary [Tape 2] Examined all items in Swann's secret spot. 25%
- Jusant [Tape 1] Completed a cairn. 24%
- Director's Cut [Tape 1] Edited a Memoir after you've watched it's compilation. 23%
- MOO! [Tape 1] Made the moo box moo. 23%
- Heartbreak [Tape 1] Removed lovelock from the fence. 19%
- Patient Zero [Tape 1] Ate a dirty peanut. 18%
- Producer's Cut [Tape 1] Deleted footage. 18%
- Un-Unpacking [Tape 2] Packed your box in less than 3 minutes. 17%
- Gordon, it’s 10:10am [Tape 1] Examined the alarm clock at 10:10am. 15%
- Critical Roll [Tape 1] Rolled a natural 20. 12%
- Dub and Dubber [Tape 1] Imitated people on tape. 11%
- 90s Chic [Tape 2] Changed outfits at every opportunity. 11%
- Documentary Filmmaker [Tape 1] Captured a new subject in "Collectible Mode". 9.5%
- Nailed it! [Tape 2] Tried all shapes on the pin screen. 9.2%
- Lights Out [Tape 1] Turned off the power when using the bar's breaker panel. 7.7%
- Chekhov's Gun [Tape 1] Peeked into Autumn's stuff. 7.4%
- Cinema Paradiso [Tape 1] Marked 10 pieces of footage as favourites. 6.4%
- I’ll see you again in 27 years. [Tape 2] Called the wrong number. 5.7%
- Complete Box Set [Tape 2] Completed all Collectible Memoirs. 3.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.