A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Hospital” and “The Forest”: from 72% to 51% of starters.
- 92% 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 2,619 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 9h for positive, 5.9h 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 (92.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Prologue Find Martin. 100%
- The Ranch Leave the ranch. 89% −11
- The Hospital Find your way out of the hospital. 72% −17
- The Forest Go through the forest. Most players quit here 51% −21
- The Lake House Witness the Arrival. 49% −2
- The Campsite Reach the road beyond the campsite. 37% −12
- The Trainwreck Cross the river through the trainwreck. 34% −4
- The Chase Survive until you reach the hospital. 33%
- The Pump Station Find a way out of the pump station. 28% −5
- The Harbor Reach the dock. 26% −2
- The Fire Station Get on the boat and escape. 24% −2
- A Peaceful Path Complete the game on "Easy" or higher difficulty. 24%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (52)
story milestone ending side
- Prologue Find Martin. 100%
- Distracted Child Collect a toy. 91%
- The Ranch Leave the ranch. 89%
- Music Single Collect a mixtape. 86%
- Too Much Noise Your first death due to making too much noise. 79%
- Projecting Look at all the children's drawings in the basement of "The Ranch." 77%
- The Hospital Find your way out of the hospital. 72%
- The Forest Go through the forest. 51%
- The Lake House Witness the Arrival. 49%
- The Campsite Reach the road beyond the campsite. 37%
- The Trainwreck Cross the river through the trainwreck. 34%
- The Chase Survive until you reach the hospital. 33%
- Collector Collect 10 toys. 33%
- The Pump Station Find a way out of the pump station. 28%
- Inhale, Exhale Use 30 inhalers. 26%
- The Harbor Reach the dock. 26%
- Casual Reader Collect all the documents scattered in an area. 25%
- Hold your Breath Successfully resist an asthma attack. 25%
- Combinations with Repetition Open your first briefcase. 24%
- The Fire Station Get on the boat and escape. 24%
- A Peaceful Path Complete the game on "Easy" or higher difficulty. 24%
- Seeing Turn on the pool lights in "The Fire Station." 22%
- Lighting Light all the candles in the hospital chapel. 21%
- Hitting Complete "The Chase" without dying. 18%
- A Dangerous Road Complete the game on "Medium" or higher difficulty. 17%
- Passionate Unlock your first 3D Model in the Extra Menu. 17%
- Over There Break 25 bottles. 16%
- A Run Through the Bushes Complete the area where Mark died in "The Forest" in under 1:45 minutes. 15%
- Art Lover Unlock your first Concept Art in the Extra Menu. 15%
- Resolving Find the combination to open the briefcase in "The Lake House." 11%
- A Fast Swim After activating the sprinklers, exit the pool in "The Fire Station" in under 7:00 minutes. 11%
- Attention Find the diner's door combination on the first try in "The Harbor." 11%
- Flash in the Dark Use 15 flares. 9.0%
- Disappear Among the Caravans Leave the parking lot at "The Campsite" in under 7:00 minutes. 7.4%
- Like Wind on Water Leave the shipyard in "The Harbor" in under 2:15 minutes. 6.5%
- A Quick Breath Reach the boat in "The Fire Station" in under 2:15 minutes. 5.5%
- Changing Have the monster destroy three screens (over the tutorial ones) in "The Harbor" in the same attempt. 4.4%
- Patron Unlock all 3D Models in the Extra Menu. 4.2%
- A Safe Path Completely empty 20 sandbags. 3.8%
- An Arduous Journey Complete the game on "Hard" difficulty. 3.6%
- A Jump from the Window Collect the plank and leave the house garden in "The Forest" in under 3:30 minutes. 3.0%
- Fast As a Train Cross the train over the bridge in "The Trainwreck" in under 6:30 minutes. 2.7%
- In and Out in a Second Turn the power back on and leave the warehouse in "The Harbor" in under 3:15 minutes. 2.6%
- Code Breaker Open all briefcases along your journey. 2.6%
- Art Critic Unlock all Concept Art in the Extra Menu. 2.6%
- Lightning Between the Valves Deactivate the pumps and reach the sewer in "The Pump Station" in under 7:00 minutes. 2.1%
- Remembering Throw a bottle at each of the four large animal statues in the garden of the forest house. 1.4%
- Ordering Drop the two buckets from the porch in "The Campsite." 1.4%
- Chasing Away Scare away all the flocks of birds in "The Trainwreck." 1.3%
- Completionist Collect all toys along your journey. 1.3%
- Playlist Collect all mixtapes along your journey. 1.3%
- Assiduous Reader Collect all the documents scattered along your journey. 1.3%