AdventureCasual
9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 62% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 1,532
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 4h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 62% 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 1,545 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 3.8h for positive, 3.6h 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 (61.9% 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 (19)
- It's Something Finish your first Hidden-Object Puzzle. 100%
- Puzzle Solver Solve a Puzzle without using the Skip button. 99%
- Freshman Complete your first Detective Mode. 98%
- Clue Finder Find three Clues connected to your investigation. 96%
- Unaided Complete three Hidden-Object Puzzles without using the Hint button. 94%
- Avid Reader Read three newspapers. 94%
- Shoo! Get rid of Breebo for good. 93%
- Show Me More Watch the cutscene in the museum. 91%
- Puzzle Addict Solve five Puzzles without using the Skip button. 91%
- Clue Seeker Find five Clues connected to your investigation. 90%
- Scrupulous Gather information on all of the characters. 88%
- Dick Tracy Complete all the Detective Mode scenes. 88%
- Last Stand Save yourself. 88%
- Clue Master Find all Clues connected to your investigation. 87%
- Puzzle Master Solve all Puzzles without using the Skip button. 61%
- Cat Lady Play with Breebo. 38%
- Arsene Lupin Solve three Lockpick puzzles in less than one minute. 34%
- Clue Collector Find all nine 21%
- Achievementologist Complete all other achievements. 19%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.