Monument Valley
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 16 reviews are negative (6%); after 3h it's 1 in 150 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 96% of games we track.
- 54% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Weight Lifted” (Completed The Observatory) and “Deliverance” (Completed The Chasm): from 63% to 54% of starters.
- 96% 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 9,150 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 3.4h for positive, 1.9h 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 (95.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Enter the Valley Completed Prelude 100%
- A Quest for Forgiveness Completed The Garden 97% −3
- An Unexpected Meeting Completed Hidden Temple 93% −4
- New Ways to Walk Completed Water Palace 88% −5
- The Crow People Completed The Spire 82% −6
- Meeting a Friend Completed The Labyrinth 76% −6
- The Unfurled Steps Completed The Rookery 73% −3
- Strange Delights Completed The Box 70% −3
- Paying Respects Completed The Descent 68% −2
- A Weight Lifted Completed The Observatory 63% −4
- Deliverance Completed The Chasm Most players quit here 54% −10
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (19)
story milestone ending side
- Enter the Valley Completed Prelude 100%
- A Quest for Forgiveness Completed The Garden 97%
- An Unexpected Meeting Completed Hidden Temple 93%
- New Ways to Walk Completed Water Palace 88%
- The Crow People Completed The Spire 82%
- Meeting a Friend Completed The Labyrinth 76%
- The Unfurled Steps Completed The Rookery 73%
- Strange Delights Completed The Box 70%
- Paying Respects Completed The Descent 68%
- A Weight Lifted Completed The Observatory 63%
- Deliverance Completed The Chasm 54%
- On the Waters Completed The Serpent Lake 50%
- Retrieval Completed The Thief 47%
- Flowing Upstream Completed Halcyon Court 46%
- Sacrifice Completed The Lost Falls 45%
- Another Point of View Completed The Citadel of Deceit 45%
- A View From All Sides Completed The Oubliette 45%
- Restoration Completed Nocturne 43%
- A Fleeting Dream Completed Ida's Dream 42%