Until Dawn™
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 7h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- 59% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “I Know What You Did Last Year ” (Complete ‘the Prologue’) and “Our Host” (The psycho’s identity was revealed): from 100% to 65% of starters.
- 89% 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 5,464 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 10.7h for positive, 7.8h 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 (89.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I Know What You Did Last Year Complete ‘the Prologue’ 100%
- Our Host The psycho’s identity was revealed Most players quit here 65% −35
- The Cabin in the Blackwoods Complete a full playthrough of Until Dawn 59% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- I Know What You Did Last Year Complete ‘the Prologue’ 100%
- Lodge Fever Both Matt and Emily started separate confrontations in the lodge 71%
- Our Host The psycho’s identity was revealed 65%
- The Cabin in the Blackwoods Complete a full playthrough of Until Dawn 59%
- The Psycho Path Sam or Ashley attacked the Psycho with a weapon 56%
- Patient Sematary Mike picked up the odd figurine 48%
- An American Survivor in Canada Mike successfully escapes the Sanatorium in Chapter 9 47%
- Talk to eM Emily slapped Ashley after the truth was revealed 47%
- The Skillful Wolf Man Mike kept the wolf alive throughout the Sanatorium 44%
- One Hour Selfie Take a bad selfie with Jessica 35%
- When a Psycho Calls Sam escapes from the Psycho 34%
- Blackwood Country The group respected the wildlife of the mountain 28%
- Drag Me Through Hell Mike saved Jessica from an unknown attacker without failing a quick time event 28%
- Carnival of Solitude Shake the Snow Globe 24%
- Just Breathe Emily or Matt used the flare gun to successfully defend themselves against an attacker 19%
- You Let The Wrong One In! Ashley or Chris opened the trap door 18%
- They All Live All eight friends survived until dawn 18%
- Saw That Coming Mike sawed his fingers off with the broken machete 11%
- Nightmare on Ash Street Ashley hesitated and failed to let Chris inside in time 9.7%
- We Need To Talk About Josh Achieved the best ending for Josh 9.5%
- It’s Shining Find all the new interactables across Blackwood Mountain 9.0%
- The Fateful Descent The group found all the clues from the 1952 Clueline 8.6%
- Fatal Destination Despite Dr. Hill’s warning, you tried changing the past 8.1%
- The Tale of The Two Sisters The group found all the clues from the Twins Clueline 8.0%
- An Omen? The group found all 36 totems on the mountain 5.6%
- You Opened Their Eyes The group found all the clues from the Mystery Man Clueline 5.6%
- This Is THE End Nobody survived until dawn 4.6%
- Only Others Left Alive Matt and Jessica were the only ones to survive until dawn 3.6%
- A Symphony of Horror Achievements You collected all achievements in Until Dawn 3.0%