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Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 34% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 222
What the data shows
- 91% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (91%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 96% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 34% 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 223 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 219 reviews: 1.1h for positive, 0.8h 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 (34% 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 (11)
- Complete The Journey Help a simple mayfly make its one day on earth spectacular 100%
- Slow Jam Start any scene on slow 28%
- Pardon Me, Mr. Snail Squeeze past the snail without putting it in a bubble 27%
- Neat Freak Brush the title scene leaves into a nice little pile 20%
- Secret Game Unlock The Secret Game. Use 'F' and 'J' on the keyboard, or left and right triggers on an XBox controller 16%
- Favoritism Favor saving either bees or beetles from the spider 15%
- Kung Fu Fighting Play the melody to Kung Fu Fighting 13%
- Perfect Run Complete all rhythm tap and flick scenes without missing a beat 7.6%
- Beat The Secret Game Make it all the way to the end of the secret game 5.6%
- Beat The Secret Game On Fast Woah, you just did that 5.6%
- Beat The Secret Game On Slow Make it all the way to the end of the secret game playing on slow 5.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.