Layers of Fear

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 1,788 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 10.1h 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 (93.8% 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 (52)

• Something important Collect an item 100%
• A piece of the story Collect a piece of the story 87%
• It's covered up for a reason Get working on your Magnum Opus 84%
• Wanderer Take a thousand steps 81%
• Scraps of love Find a memento of your family 78%
• The artist’s impression Collect a rat sketch 72%
• Sign of weakness Destroy one of the objects with light 66%
• Do what you have to Find something to hold her back 66%
• Refuse to look Avoid your enemy 59%
• Face your fears See your enemy and fail 49%
• Whispers long forgotten Gather 42 whisper items 38%
• Finished it Finish the Magnum Opus 37%
• Sound Bite Use the phonograph 25%
• Lights, Camera, Action! Begin shooting your movie 24%
• A Slice of Life Find your first photo slide 24%
• Debut Find your first movie poster 23%
• Another Perspective Find something to hold it back 23%
• The art of movement Make the mannequin play 23%
• First steps Make the first step towards freedom 16%
• Breaking free Break the first chain 15%
• I remember It Like Was Yesterday Recall 6 of your childhood memories 15%
• Tough conversation Live through the first conversation 15%
• Heavy Burden Go through the Hypnotic Maze 15%
• Casting Finished Make the final decision 14%
• Playtime Live through the second conversation 14%
• Instinct of self-preservation Heed the warning 14%
• True Reflection Complete Writer’s Story 13%
• A new way Live through the third conversation 13%
• The tragedy unfolds See the end of Musician’s story 13%
• Something to think about Collect 11 items 13%
• Body of Work Bring 11 movie posters to your cabin 12%
• Inheritance Get your inheritance 12%
• Fisherman Spot something through spyglass 12%
• Dark correspondence Collect 32 notes 12%
• Full Scoop Listen 4 phonograph interviews 10%
• Se7en Seas Save all the lost souls 10%
• A Mosaic of Misery View 8 photo slides in your cabin 9.7%
• We Are Not Alone Bring 3 mysterious items to your cabin 9.2%
• The Perfect Storm Send out an SOS 8.3%
• Preferred Parent Stuck to one parent’s side through the entirety of the quarrel vision. 7.9%
• It was worth a try Dial 911 6.5%
• Rocket Science Journey through space without hitting a single obstacle 5.7%
• In One Take Get through the set without getting caught in the lights 4.6%
• Immortalized in my heart Gather 12 family mementos 4.5%
• The Big Picture Assemble all the puzzle pieces 3.6%
• Once Upon a Time Watch the entire Little Red Riding Hood story. 3.3%
• You might have a problem Gather 12 drawings of the rodents 3.2%
• The Tree and the Apple Discover your true inheritance. 2.6%
• Sword of the Serpent Slay the evil serpent roaming the land of the fables. 2.0%
• Letting Go Break the loop. 1.9%
• You Can’t Handle the Truth Decrypt a mysterious item 1.8%
• The whole story Earn all trophies 1.3%