The Fall
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 4h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 61% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Allegory” (Escape the cave) and “Domesticated” (Complete all domestic tests): from 100% to 71% of starters.
- Only 57% 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 3,722 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 2.8h 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 (56.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Allegory Escape the cave. 100%
- Domesticated Complete all domestic tests. Most players quit here 71% −29
- Validated Complete your evaluation. 61% −10
- Fallen Complete Episode 1. 61%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (17)
story milestone ending side
- Allegory Escape the cave. 100%
- Domesticated Complete all domestic tests. 71%
- Regicide Make a royal mess. 62%
- Validated Complete your evaluation. 61%
- Diag-Gnostic Collect all logs. 61%
- Fallen Complete Episode 1. 61%
- Doesn't Learn Kids these days... 48%
- Face-Off Evaluation: Complete. 47%
- Ask Questions Later Repair Reaper. 45%
- Consider That a Divorce It's better to have loved and lost... 44%
- Merciful Evaluation: Pending... 21%
- Fungicide I couldn't escape! 13%
- In a Barrel Nice reflexes! 12%
- Sadistic Light 'em up. 10%
- On Second Thought... Come clean. 9.8%
- Tin Man You never even gave it a second thought... 7.2%
- Military Machine 6 feet under. 6.0%