Paper Sorcerer

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 653 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.1h for positive, 3.7h 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 (45.2% 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 (39)

• Knight Errant Too bad nobody knew his name... 100%
• Amateur Secret What are you doing digging up secrets like this? You'll get in trouble. 54%
• Beginner Secret Everyone's gotta start somewhere. 54%
• Baby's First Secret One small secret, but it's a big step in your sleuthing. 52%
• Decimate Me Decimate is only a tenth destroyed, you know? Not that impressive if you ask me. 52%
• Journeyman Secret How many hidden doors are there even? 38%
• Hazy Oasis Tricky one here, don't get too confused. 37%
• Apprentice Secret Seems like you're learning pretty quickly, keep it up. 36%
• Newbie Secret You're doing pretty good for a greenhorn. 35%
• Whispered Secret Sometimes you learn from eavesdropping, sometimes you just figure it out. 33%
• Never Be Defeated Be careful of that axe. 28%
• Arrow's Mark How do you even pronounce his name, anyway? 23%
• Turquoise Secret It really has a rather nice color to it, doesn't it? 20%
• Memories' Return What'll happen, that blood red gem... 20%
• Amber Secret They say this secret might have somthing cool trapped inside. 20%
• Aquamarine Secret Do you miss the ocean, or water at all after being in a dusty book for so long? 19%
• Moonstone Secret Maybe it'll be useful to know stuff like this. 18%
• Diamond Secret No secret shines as brilliant as this one. 18%
• Sapphire Secret What a gem of a secret! 18%
• Emerald Secret Emerald rather invokes nature, but does this secret really have anything to do with that? 18%
• Ruby Secret A secret as red as blood. 18%
• Copper Secret Not the most impressive one, but it's been going up in price lately because it's useful. 18%
• Prayer for Every One Pacifists have it pretty tough, huh? 17%
• Jade Secret Sorry, no dragons around here. 16%
• Mage Duel Magic vs. magic, how will it it turn out? 16%
• Gold Secret All that is secret does not glitter, but this one does! 14%
• Amethyst Secret They say Amethyst protects from poison, but you haven't seen any positive effects. 14%
• Swordbreaker Was he as daft as he was burly? 14%
• Silver Secret Do you find secrets professionally? I'm impressed. 13%
• Freedom? Turning the page to the last chapter... 12%
• Platinum Secret Truly one of your ability doesn't belong in a prison. 11%
• Mythril Secret They say this kind of secret is pretty rare, maybe even mythical? 6.9%
• Paperback Nothing like reading a paperback all in one sitting. 5.8%
• Popup Book Did you enjoy the story? Let's go to bed now. 4.4%
• Hardcover Let's curl up by the fire with a good book. 2.9%
• Adamantite Secret So many secrets, you must keep them in a pile somewhere. 2.9%
• Codex The master of this tome wields an incomprehensible power. 2.4%
• Master of Secrets You've discovered another hidden door! What a sleuth you are! 2.2%
• Demon's Solution Quite the puzzle master, beating a Demon at his own game. 2.2%