Adventure
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 70% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 1,181
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 70% 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 1,186 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 13.2h for positive, 3.5h 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 (70.3% 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 (51)
- Storms Ahead Read the Paper on Day 1 100%
- Mime After Mime Get rid of the cop in Jackson Square 78%
- At First Sight Meet Malia Gedde 78%
- Snake Hunter Find a clue at Lake Pontchartrain 76%
- Optimistic Day One Complete Day 1 75%
- Identity Thief Obtain a false ID 66%
- Southern Charmer Excessive flirting! 63%
- Unauthorized Copy Get a copy of the Voodoo Murders File 62%
- Twisty Day Two Complete Day 2 61%
- Advanced Voodoo Studies Sit through the Voodoo lecture 59%
- Stalking 101 Find Madame Cazaunoux's address 59%
- Star-crossed Lovers Have a fated run-in 58%
- Making An Impression Make a jewelry mold 57%
- Tempting Day Three Complete Day 3 57%
- What a Croc! Make a large purchase from Willy 54%
- Checkmate! Help Sam improve his game 54%
- Three Dragons Find the secrets of Granddaddy's Clock 54%
- Eyes of the Snake Witness a chilling death 54%
- Frantic Day Four Complete Day 4 53%
- Family History Read Gunter's journal 52%
- Snake Attack! Survive the deadly python 52%
- Secret Decoder Ring Translate a mysterious code 52%
- Compelling Evidence Change Mosely's mind about the Voodoo Murders Case 52%
- Feverish Day Five Complete Day 5 52%
- Breaking and Entering Get inside Mosely's Office 51%
- Coffin Rigger Hide the tracker 51%
- Keeping the Beat Decode the rada drum message 51%
- Now You're Speaking My Language! Leave your own Voodoo code message 51%
- Slithering Day Six Complete Day 6 50%
- The Shadow Hunters Have a long chat with Wolfgang 50%
- A Fallen Friend Discover a shocking loss 50%
- Dragon Fire Complete the initiation ceremony 49%
- Solemn Day Seven Complete Day 7 49%
- Every Good Castle Has a Secret Passage Open a secret door 49%
- Enlightened Day Eight Complete Day 8 49%
- Paper Trail Complete your research 49%
- Sit Back and Enjoy the Show Take in a snake dance performance 49%
- Gotta Get 'Em All Collect all the tiles 49%
- Fortune's Son Have your fortune told 48%
- Pitfall Harry Would Be Proud! Get past the mummies like a true adventurer! 48%
- Knotty Day Nine Complete Day 9 48%
- Express Elevator to Hell Enter the secret Voodoo Hounfour 47%
- Strength in Numbers Enter the ceremony with back-up 45%
- Mercy is the Better Part of Valor Try to save Malia 45%
- Triumphant Day Ten Complete Day 10 45%
- Novice Schattenjäger Complete the game with less than 362 points 42%
- Voodoo Studies 101 Exhaust Dr. John on the topic of Voodoo 35%
- Grandma's Boy Compliment Gran as thoroughly as she deserves 34%
- Solo Mission Enter the ceremony alone 15%
- No Mercy Don't try to save Malia 15%
- Master Schattenjäger Complete with game with a full score of 362 points 8.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.