Tormentum - Dark Sorrow
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 4 reviews are negative (22%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- At least 69% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The fugitive” (Escape the castle) and “One way ticket” (Start the train): from 95% to 87% of starters.
- 71% 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 2,796 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 4.9h for positive, 3.9h 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 (70.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Chef Prepare the poisoned meat 100%
- The fugitive Escape the castle 95% −5
- One way ticket Start the train Most players quit here 87% −8
- A farewell to winter Enter the portal 83% −4
- Damnation End the game as evil ≥69% −14
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 (34)
story milestone ending side
- Chef Prepare the poisoned meat 100%
- The fugitive Escape the castle 95%
- Mercy has a face of a woman Free the woman from her cage 94%
- The rodent savior Release the wasteland dweller from the cage 92%
- The wonder years Look at the picture over the mantelpiece in the rat's hut 89%
- Archeologist Find the mysterious drawing in the mines 89%
- One way ticket Start the train 87%
- A farewell to winter Enter the portal 83%
- Wishing well Save the prisoner from the well 81%
- Scarecrow Give the storm egg to the tree creature 81%
- Bookworm Read all books 79%
- Conservator Renovate 30 paintings in the Painter's cathedral 77%
- Crowned reptile Give the treasure from the tombs to the inhabitant of the tower 75%
- Forgiveness Set the Jester free 72%
- Helping hand Fix the machine in the sewers 72%
- Diversion Hide the blades in the torture device 70%
- Damnation End the game as evil 69%
- Long arm of justice Fully release the spikes in the torture device 66%
- Spider food Release the spider 64%
- Sightseer Look at all roadsigns 61%
- Scribe Collect all notes 60%
- Keeper of secrets Don't reveal the winged creature's hideout 60%
- Snitch Reveal the winged creature's hiding place 50%
- Art connoisseur Examine every painting in the Painter's cathedral 46%
- Wall of the damned Look through the hole in the wall in the catacombs 45%
- Salvation End the game as good 40%
- Revenge Leave the Jester for certain death 37%
- The rat king Give the treasure from the tombs to the inhabitants of the wasteland hut 37%
- Assassin Kill the woman imprisoned in the cage 34%
- Deadly trap Kill the wasteland dweller by opening the cage floor 33%
- Death by drowining Drop the prisoner down the well 32%
- Egg for the winged one Give the storm egg to the winged creature 31%
- Art critic Destroy 3 paintings in the Painter's cathedral 30%
- Total recall Finish the game without using the notebook 20%