I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 5h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 13% 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 4,121 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 5.9h for positive, 3.4h 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 (13.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (13)
story milestone ending side
- The suicidal loner Play with Gorrister 100%
- The yellow hysterical Play with Ellen 96%
- The favorite torture toy Play with Benny 77%
- Not yet Try to quench Ellen's thirst 70%
- One brilliant engineer Discover's the secret passage with Ellen 69%
- The cynical paranoid Play with Ted 67%
- Not so easy Try to eat fruit, pot of food or vines with Benny 63%
- Compassion translator Communicate with the boy, using the monitor on Benny's scenario 56%
- Filling an empty chest Acquire Gorrister's heart 44%
- Sleeping love On Ted's scenario, wake Ellen up 42%
- Cleaning the sins of the past Wipe Gorrister's hands from the blood of the animals 35%
- Faithfull fool On Ted's scenario, don't fall on the maiden's charms 32%
- The Truth Beyond the Pain Unlock all achievements 20%