Braid
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Traversed World 2” (Travel all the way across World 2) and “Traversed World 3” (Travel all the way across World 3): from 100% to 70% of starters.
- 88% 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 9,903 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.7h for positive, 1.6h 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 (87.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Traversed World 2 Travel all the way across World 2. 100%
- Traversed World 3 Travel all the way across World 3. Most players quit here 70% −30
- Traversed World 4 Travel all the way across World 4. 51% −19
- Traversed World 5 Travel all the way across World 5. 42% −9
- Traversed World 6 Travel all the way across World 6. 38% −3
- Closure Complete the game. 30% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (12)
story milestone ending side
- Traversed World 2 Travel all the way across World 2. 100%
- Traversed World 3 Travel all the way across World 3. 70%
- Solved World 2 Fit together all the world 2 puzzle pieces and align the puzzle in its frame. 62%
- Traversed World 4 Travel all the way across World 4. 51%
- Solved World 3 Fit together all the world 3 puzzle pieces and align the puzzle in its frame. 50%
- Traversed World 5 Travel all the way across World 5. 42%
- Solved World 4 Fit together all the world 4 puzzle pieces and align the puzzle in its frame. 38%
- Traversed World 6 Travel all the way across World 6. 38%
- Solved World 5 Fit together all the world 5 puzzle pieces and align the puzzle in its frame. 34%
- Solved World 6 Fit together all the world 6 puzzle pieces and align the puzzle in its frame. 31%
- Closure Complete the game. 30%
- Speed Run Complete a full speed run, beating the challenge time. 1.7%