Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

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 828 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 18.4h 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 (32.6% 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 (59)

• Only Reed Blood Complete Act 1 of "The Hangman" 100%
• Wired Erica saves Scott from the trap 96%
• Hanged Complete Act 2 of "The Hangman" 81%
• A Parallel Universe Examine the Scarlet Furies poster 75%
• Gumshoe All Q&A puzzles are correctly answered the first time 75%
• Boston Tea Party Complete Act 3 of "The Hangman" 56%
• Badaboomdingdang! Help Terence with his problem, and get his help in return 55%
• Not A Witch Successfully complete "The Hangman" 55%
• Hear No Evil Complete the Tess interrogation 54%
• Pay Your Respects Say goodbye to Davies 50%
• Privacy Violation Sneak a peek in someone else's inbox 50%
• See No Evil Open the puzzle box 50%
• Suffer! Find the Suffer 50%
• Speak No Evil Use a divination device to get Melissa's help 50%
• Bad Breakup See vision of Kelsey's death 50%
• Greedy Bastard Find all the evidence indicating the Dean's corruption 50%
• Nothing Gets Past You No wrong answers on the Wise Monkey quiz 49%
• Do No Evil Successfully complete "The Wise Monkey" 49%
• Caffeine Addict Take the coffee from Tess 48%
• The Oracle Unveiled Complete Act 1 of "The Oracle" 47%
• Dear Journal Use the journal to get a hint 47%
• Cog-nected Erica and Cordelia make a special connection 44%
• Your Secrets Aren't Safe Complete Act 2 of "The Oracle" 44%
• Going Down Complete Act 3 of "The Oracle" 44%
• Trip Down Memory Lane Complete all memories in the apartment 44%
• The Past is Prologue Complete Act 1 of "The Cain Killer" 44%
• I Didn't See This Coming Successfully complete "The Oracle" 43%
• Back in 'Nam Successfully help a friend remember what Bao-Thanh said 43%
• The Fugitive Complete Act 2 of "The Cain Killer" 43%
• There's No I in Team Complete Act 3 of "The Cain Killer" 42%
• Cogged Successfully complete "The Cain Killer" 41%
• Filmed in Shakycam Use the camera to view all the numbers painted on the wall 40%
• Take That, Jack! Protect a fellow agent 40%
• A Question of Trust McAdams trusts you after a tense exchange in a car 39%
• Deadbeat Dad The interrogation subject is coerced into talking 38%
• The Good Sister Never lose any of Keith's trust in the Lakehouse 38%
• Federal Protection Save Jetta during the undercover operation 37%
• Busy Work No one can get work done if you keep calling down to the office 33%
• Bad Attitude Establish a bad relationship with McAdams 32%
• Big Girl Now Complete "The Hangman" without texting Erica's dad 32%
• Eye of the Beholder Two women see art very differently 30%
• Trying to Quit Refuse the coffee from Tess 29%
• A Little Birdie Find the hidden Phoenix Online Logo 29%
• The Right Tool for the Job Thoroughly use cognition to help Keith with his problem 29%
• Disgrace to the Bureau All Q&A puzzles are answered incorrectly 28%
• Stand Your Ground Fire at the car in the parking lot 23%
• Patron of the Arts Erica gets a close look at all the notable art 23%
• No Time For Games! Find the game within the game 23%
• Avoidable Casualties Let Jetta die during the undercover operation 22%
• Guilt-Ridden Erica fails to save Scott from the trap 21%
• PenPointing Try to place the pen in all possible places 20%
• FBI Itch Ignore Terence's problem and find your own solution 18%
• Asphyxia You went a little too far and the interrogation subject passed out 17%
• Do A Barrel Roll! Dive clear of the car in the parking lot 16%
• A Question of Dust McAdams doesn’t trust you after a tense exchange in a car 15%
• Moves Like Bauer Couldn't protect a fellow agent 15%
• McCoy, With a Donut, in the Jail Convince Robert to come to the station, get John's help, keep Robert in jail 14%
• Good Cop/Bad Cop Force Robert's interrogation, get Sully's help, let Robert go free. 13%
• Can't Stay Out of the Office Perform a character switch, starting somewhere outside 12%