EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE

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 1,446 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 1.9h for positive, 0.4h 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 (71% 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 (26)

• HERD Kills count: 15 100%
• IT BEGINS Death count: 1 94%
• LEAD Rounds fired: 100 79%
• DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Find 5 documents 64%
• SWARM Kills count: 50 64%
• MORE LEAD Rounds fired: 200 61%
• TECHNODEATH Deploy a Gadget 44%
• JUST THE BEGINNING Leaving Building C 44%
• DAD, YOU WERE RIGHT As big as an elephant 37%
• BLACK FRIDAY Upgrades Cost: >1000 37%
• TO BE CONTINUED Complete the Prologue 18%
• THE EASY WAY Complete the Prologue at Easy difficulty or higher 17%
• DROP LIKE FLIES Death count: 10 13%
• I HAD BETTER DAYS Complete the Prologue at Medium difficulty or higher 9.6%
• RESEARCHER Collect all the documents in the Prologue 8.3%
• ENGINEERING Use a Device 6.9%
• A CLEAN SWEEP Kill 400 Walking Soulless 6.9%
• ARACHNOPHOBIA Kill 10 Spitting Spiders 4.4%
• THE HARD KIND Complete the Prologue at Hard difficulty or higher 3.8%
• I DON'T LIKE SHOOTING Finish a level with only melee weapons 3.5%
• TAP TAP TAP Kill 350 Small Spiders 3.5%
• BUTCHER Kill 350 enemies with the Old Axe 3.4%
• WAKING UP Complete the Prologue at Nightmare difficulty 3.4%
• QUICK NIGHTMARE HANDSHAKE Kill the Hand in less than 20 seconds on NIGHTMARE difficulty 3.1%
• LONE SURVIVOR Survive the whole Prologue on NIGHTMARE difficulty with the same volunteer 3.0%
• MADE OF STEEL Finish a level without taking any damaged on NIGHTMARE difficulty 2.8%