Monument Valley 2
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 91% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (95%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 94% of games we track.
- 64% of players who start reach the ending.
- 93% 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 4,371 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 2.1h for positive, 1.8h 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 (93.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome to the Valley Completed Prelude 100%
- Going Underground Completed The Vestibule 95% −5
- A Place of Greater Safety Completed The Oasis Most players quit here 90% −5
- Side by Side Completed The Viaduct 86% −3
- Something Sweet Completed The Archipelago 82% −5
- A Farewell Completed The Docks 79% −3
- All is not Black and White Completed The Towers 78% −1
- Friends, Reunited Completed Aphelion 74% −3
- Through the Keyhole Completed Mén-An-Tol 73% −1
- Ro Blossoms Completed The Botanical Gardens 70% −3
- Into the World We Go Completed The Lyceum 68% −2
- Growing Up Completed The Orchard 67% −1
- Connecting the Dots Completed The Sunken City 66% −1
- A Family, Together Again Completed Mirador 65% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (16)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to the Valley Completed Prelude 100%
- Going Underground Completed The Vestibule 95%
- A Place of Greater Safety Completed The Oasis 90%
- Side by Side Completed The Viaduct 86%
- Something Sweet Completed The Archipelago 82%
- A Farewell Completed The Docks 79%
- All is not Black and White Completed The Towers 78%
- Friends, Reunited Completed Aphelion 74%
- Through the Keyhole Completed Mén-An-Tol 73%
- Ro Blossoms Completed The Botanical Gardens 70%
- Into the World We Go Completed The Lyceum 68%
- Growing Up Completed The Orchard 67%
- Connecting the Dots Completed The Sunken City 66%
- A Family, Together Again Completed Mirador 65%
- Lost Forest Completed Lost Forest 58%
- Gone Lizarding Looks like you found an Easter Egg 37%