Darkwood
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 10h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- At least 7% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Finished prologue” (Make it through the Prologue) and “Chapter 2”: from 100% to 12% of starters.
- 74% 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 25,393 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 17.6h for positive, 2.7h 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 (73.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Finished prologue Make it through the Prologue. 100%
- Chapter 2 Make it to Chapter 2. Most players quit here 12% −88
- Bliss Go to bed in the Epilogue. ≥7% −5
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (15)
story milestone ending side
- Finished prologue Make it through the Prologue. 100%
- Kill the pig... Kill the Mutated Pig inside the pigsheds. 17%
- Sleep in the grave Go to sleep in the grave while dreaming. 14%
- Wolf's path Give the key to Wolf. 12%
- Chapter 2 Make it to Chapter 2. 12%
- Musician's path Give the key to the Musician. 8.8%
- Only ashes remain Burn the Talking Tree. 7.1%
- Bliss Go to bed in the Epilogue. 6.9%
- Burn them all Burn the Being in the Epilogue. 5.6%
- Insatiable hunger Eat the Mushroom Granny. 4.5%
- Trapped villagers In the swamp, trap the villagers in the quarry with the giant boulder. 4.2%
- Willpower Do not succumb to the Doctor's trap. 4.1%
- No sleep for the wicked Kill the Black Chomper while dreaming. 3.8%
- Merciful Complete Chapter 2 without burning the Talking Tree. 3.5%
- Entertainer Survive Wolf's ambush. 3.4%