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Dreamfall Chapters
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 35% of players who started
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 4,538
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- 35% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Saga” (The Balance has been rattled): only 60% of starters get there.
- Only 67% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 4,562 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 27.5h for positive, 10.1h 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 (66.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Saga The Balance has been rattled. Most players quit here 60% −40
- Wait, what? Completed Book Two. Completely confused. 44% −15
- Up, up and away! Completed Book Three. 41% −3
- The Girl Who Walks Between Worlds Saga is walking the Songlines. 38% −3
- Journey’s End You finished the journey – but you can always return to the beginning and choose a different path through the story. 35% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- The beginning of the end Zoë left Storytime and was reborn. 100%
- The cold, cold sea Kian escaped Friar's Keep and was reborn. 87%
- Choice & consequence Delivered the boyfriend's lunch. 76%
- Makoya! Finished today's volunteer work. 60%
- Wel-ding! Completed work at the Pandemonium. 60%
- Saga The Balance has been rattled. 60%
- The Test Kian's first mission completed. 51%
- Lost girls Zoë completes Queenie's mission. 46%
- Paying respects Arn Stont's message to his wife Gerdi was delivered. 46%
- Honour & Humanity Listen to the entire National Front speech by Onor Hileriss. 46%
- Data decisions But did you make the right decision? 45%
- Wait, what? Completed Book Two. Completely confused. 44%
- The First Shift Saga has left the House of All Worlds for the first time. 43%
- Let's Get Personal Kian revealed personal information to one of the rebels. 43%
- Total Recall You have finally embraced your memories. 41%
- A Whole New World Zoë has crossed the Divide into Arcadia. 41%
- Up, up and away! Completed Book Three. 41%
- The Goat Whisperer You have a special way with goats. 41%
- The Girl Who Walks Between Worlds Saga is walking the Songlines. 38%
- The Right Mans Identify the right Azadi collaborator. 37%
- Stop the presses! Zoë learns the truth from Sully. 37%
- Enu-time You bonded with Enu. 37%
- The Red Pill WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F**K 37%
- The Watilla is a lie Wonkers will live again. 37%
- The Longest Journey Home Best friends reunited, setting out on their final journey together. 35%
- The Bloodless King Kian's future has been decided for him 35%
- Baby Papa We will never tell... 35%
- Balance is restored Our story comes full circle as the past meets the future. 35%
- Journey’s End You finished the journey – but you can always return to the beginning and choose a different path through the story. 35%
- A farewell to Shitbot From now on, it's Awesomebot. 35%
- A farewell to Enu You said your goodbyes to Enu. 35%
- I thought there wouldn't be stealth! So you thought there wouldn't be stealth and also you suck at it. 31%
- Bad Boys You survived Ge'en with Likho's help. 31%
- TMI Sharing is caring, except when you do it for your own selfish reasons. 31%
- Making amends Respect between brothers, as Kian and Likho see eye to eye. 29%
- World's Greatest Kisser? Biggest. Douchebag. Ever. 27%
- Tool Time You returned the maintenance worker's tools. 25%
- A Man of Notes You found the well-hidden note. 25%
- Shady business What was Jakai doing in that room? 24%
- Feeding the young Kian gave Bip his sand-witch. 23%
- A Murder of Crow You killed Crow, you bastards! 22%
- Sleepover! Got to know Enu properly and said your goodbyes. 21%
- TONIGHT WE FIGHT LIKE DRAGONS A thimbleful of powerful liquor awakens the beast. 19%
- Bird Bath-and-Beyond Bird-poop-flavoured water. Nice one, Kian. 19%
- She's so cute! Completed work at the lab. 18%
- Maaaps! The Map Merchant Returneth, sort of. 15%
- Dead ends Zoë receives a recorded message from Baruti. 13%
- Likho-time You bonded with Likho. 11%
- Single mans You survived Ge'en on your own. 11%
- A farewell to Kidbot She was a good kid. 11%
- Fool me once… You avoided getting stabbed by Klacks 11%
- A farewell to Shepherd You said your goodbyes to Shepherd. 10%
- Never forget Wine, water and liquor? That's going to hurt in the morning. 9.0%
- Let the World Burn Kian rejected the rebels and doomed reality to destruction. Good job! 7.8%
- Master thief Get the fire-flower ingredients without getting caught. 5.8%
- Not So Dirty Dancing So You Think You Can Dance: Marcuria Edition. 5.5%
- Portrait of a Necromancer You found the Necromancer King's secret chamber. 5.1%
- Prophecies Out of the mouths of babes, the future is foretold. 4.8%
- Eggspert You made the best scrambled eggs in the history of mankind. Kudos! 4.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.