The Silent Age
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 3h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- 63% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Working for the Man” (Buzzwords from the boss) and “Gordian Knot” (Think like a samurai): from 100% to 83% of starters.
- 75% 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 7,242 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 4.2h for positive, 3h 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 (75.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Working for the Man Buzzwords from the boss 100%
- Gordian Knot Think like a samurai Most players quit here 83% −17
- Contaminator Extreme gardening 78% −5
- Where There's Smoke ...There's a fire 74% −4
- Handyman Get ready to ride 72% −1
- See You Later In a while... 71% −2
- Fahrenheit 451 Quest for fire 70% −1
- Marksman Shoot first. Think later. 65% −5
- Deja Vu We've met before haven't we? 64% −1
- Sleeper Take a long nap 63%
- 21st Century Man Complete The Silent Age 63%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- Working for the Man Buzzwords from the boss 100%
- Gordian Knot Think like a samurai 83%
- Contaminator Extreme gardening 78%
- Data Error That does not compute 77%
- Couch Potato Chill for a moment 75%
- Where There's Smoke ...There's a fire 74%
- Handyman Get ready to ride 72%
- See You Later In a while... 71%
- Fahrenheit 451 Quest for fire 70%
- Marksman Shoot first. Think later. 65%
- Deja Vu We've met before haven't we? 64%
- Sleeper Take a long nap 63%
- 21st Century Man Complete The Silent Age 63%
- Butterfingers Whoops! 57%
- Evidence Tampering Get the memo 39%
- Dear Diary Read Lambert's progress reports 34%
- Wrong Tool You'd think that would work... 33%
- Fanboy Stay hungry. Stay foolish. 30%
- Suspect Zero Watch and learn 27%
- Host of the Air Find a box full of secrets 27%
- Pyromaniac Play with fire 25%
- Re-Animator This should be dead simple 19%
- Hobo Time to get your hands dirty 18%
- Mixology Impatience is a virtue 17%