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Garden of Witches
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 48% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 2,238
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 5h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 75% of games we track.
- Only 48% 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 2,276 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.2h for positive, 5.7h 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 (48.4% 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 (31)
- Fiena Defeat Fiena in Chapter 1. 100%
- A Learning Experience Die for the first time. 99%
- First Imprint Obtain an Imprint for the first time. 95%
- Abigail Defeat Abigail in Chapter 1. 93%
- Rims & Berry Defeat Rims and Berry in Chapter 1. 92%
- Chloe Defeat Chloe in Chapter 1. 89%
- A Glimpse into a Dream Complete Chapter 1. 86%
- Shadow Put Nahatra to sleep in Chapter 1. 86%
- Imprint Complete Obtain three Imprints for a single Spell in one run. 83%
- Watering the Flowers Complete Chapter 2. 71%
- Leaving the Nest Complete Chapter 3. 61%
- The Candle Goes Out Complete Chapter 4. 58%
- Nightmare Put Nahatra, who's trapped in a nightmare, to sleep in Chapter 4. 58%
- Witch Shrouded in Curses Select all three Curses in a single run. 57%
- Witch Embraced by Blessings Remove all three Curses in a single run. 56%
- The Tea Party Must Go On Complete Chapter 5. 56%
- Quilt Complete Complete every upgrade. 52%
- Dawn Complete Epilogue 1. 51%
- Swamp Flow Unlock a Special Skill in Epilogue 1. 50%
- Singing Scissors Obtain Singing Scissors in Epilogue 1. 49%
- Scissors Collector Collect all Scissors. 44%
- A Strange Mirror Complete Epilogue 2. 42%
- Imitation Defeat the shoddy copy of Sil in Epilogue 3. 41%
- Mirror of Memories Use Shasha's Mirror for the first time in Epilogue 3. 41%
- Spell Collector Collect all Spells. 39%
- Good Night Complete Epilogue 3. 38%
- Master of the Mirror Defeat the Mirror Witch in Epilogue 3. 38%
- A Master's Touch Restore every crafted artifact in Epilogue 2. 23%
- Who Needs Healing? Complete a Main Chapter run without choosing any reward that restores HP. 23%
- A Good Friend Complete all upgrades for Maydel's Gift in Epilogue 1. 19%
- The Die Is Cast Spend at least 10 Dice during a single reward selection. 17%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.