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D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die -Season One-
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 1,979
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 5h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 87% 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 1,993 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.9h for positive, 6.9h 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 (87% 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 (78)
- White Lake Started playing Season One. 100%
- First Step Completed the Prologue tutorial. 97%
- The Lodger Completed the stunt scene with Amanada in the Prologue. 78%
- Eye-Catching Header Found a Scrap Book article. 75%
- Letters from the Past Found a letter from Little Peggy. 74%
- Just Another P.I. Completed the Prologue. 68%
- Change of Pace Changed the music on the record player at home. 61%
- Meal of the Day Completed one Extra Case from Forrest Kaysen. 60%
- Fashion Savvy Acquired twenty articles of clothing. 55%
- Cracking Down Completed the stunt scene with Zapatero in Ep 1. 54%
- Getting Changed Changed Young's outfit. 53%
- Business As Usual Completed the stunt scene with Amanda in the Prologue without any MISS or POOR ratings. 53%
- Cat Whispers Entered the shop at home and during a Dive. 51%
- Mystery Solved Completed Ep 1. 47%
- Studious Collected 10000 CREDITS. 46%
- Mass Outfit Overhaul Changed the outfit of a character other than Young. 46%
- Memories and Clovers Completed one Extra Case from Roland Walken. 45%
- Perfect Discipline Completed the stunt scene with Amanda in the Prologue with a 75% stunt Synchro Rate. 42%
- Local Epicure Ate 30% of the Food List. 41%
- Ball Possession Completed the stunt scene with Amanda in Ep 2. 39%
- Novice Tabloid Collector Collected eight articles in the Scrap Book. 38%
- Fashion Leader Acquired forty articles of clothing. 37%
- Shaky Cabin Completed the stunt scene in AG117 Machinery Section in Ep 2. 36%
- The Deeper Dive Completed Season One. 35%
- The Hunter Completed the stunt scene with Zapatero in Ep 1 with a 75% stunt Synchro Rate. 34%
- The Tracker Completed the stunt scene with Zapatero in Ep 1 without any MISS or POOR ratings. 33%
- Knowing Where to Look Completed an episode with Objects Found at over 75%. 32%
- Letters She Left Behind Found three letters from Little Peggy. 32%
- Sleuth Prowess Completed one Extra Case from Phillip Cheney. 32%
- Good Listener Completed an episode with Witness Accounts Gathered at over 75%. 31%
- Suspicious Guy Completed one Extra Case from Duncan. 30%
- Flawless Completed Season One without Retrying. 29%
- Fit Investigator Completed the stunt scene in AG117 Machinery Section in Ep 2 without any MISS or POOR ratings. 26%
- A Present For You Completed one Extra Case from Amanda. 26%
- Easy Win Completed the stunt scene with Amanda in Ep 2 without any MISS or POOR ratings. 26%
- Double-Checking Completed one Extra Case from Deborah Anderson. 24%
- Precious Clovers Completed all of the Extra Cases from Roland Walken. 24%
- Flawless Victory Completed the stunt scene with Amanda in Ep 2 with a 75% stunt Synchro Rate. 23%
- World-Class Fashion Model Acquired sixty articles of clothing. 23%
- Piece of Cake Completed one Extra Case from Olivia Jones. 20%
- Trained Tabloid Collector Collected sixteen articles in the Scrap Book. 20%
- Two of a Kind Completed all episodes with Mind Synchro Rate at over 75%. 17%
- Score Hunter Scored 300 points or higher in Clover Touch Score Attack. 17%
- Tipsy Ingested over 100 fl.oz.of alcohol. 15%
- Total Body Fitness Completed the stunt scene in AG117 Machinery Section in Ep 2 with a 75% stunt Synchro Rate. 14%
- High Score Hunter Scored 800 points or higher in Clover Touch Score Attack. 13%
- Getting Rid of the Nuisance Completed one Extra Case from Derek Buchanan. 13%
- Stash of Letters Found six letters from Little Peggy. 13%
- Novice Record Collector Collected five records. 11%
- Flying Trivia Master Completed all of the Extra Cases from Phillip Cheney. 11%
- Fed Up Completed all of the Extra Cases from Derek Buchanan. 11%
- Status Green Completed all of the Extra Cases from Deborah Anderson. 11%
- Observant Completed an episode with Observations Found at over 75%. 11%
- MVP Score Hunter Scored 1200 points or higher in Clover Touch Score Attack. 10%
- Trained Record Collector Collected ten records. 8.4%
- Patching It Up Completed all of the Extra Cases from Olivia Jones. 7.2%
- Master Tabloid Collector Found all of the Scrap Book articles. 7.2%
- Part of the Family Completed all of the Extra Cases from Amanda. 6.6%
- Masterwork Sleuthing Completed all episodes with Objects Found at over 75%. 6.3%
- All the Things She Said Found all of the letters from Little Peggy. 6.3%
- Push for Push's Sake Push over 75% of all pushable objects in all episodes. 6.2%
- Delicious Meal Completed all of the Extra Cases from Forrest Kaysen. 5.9%
- Zoologist Pushed all of the animals (owl, squirrel, pigeon, dog, octopus, pig, and chicken). 5.9%
- Cut It Out Angered Olivia in the cargo container. 5.4%
- Biggest Eater of the East Coast Ate 60% of the Food List. 5.1%
- Stingy Collected all of the Golden CREDITS. 4.7%
- Master Interrogator Completed all episodes with Witness Accounts Gathered at over 75%. 4.6%
- Memories of Her Experienced all of Little Peggy memories. 4.6%
- Master Observer Completed all episodes with Observations Found at over 75%. 4.3%
- Mister Cutting Edge Completed all of the Extra Cases from Duncan. 4.0%
- Thanks for Playing Reached a total play time of 10 hours. 3.9%
- Drunk Ingested over 250 fl.oz.of alcohol. 3.7%
- Nothing Escapes My Gaze Activated Vision 100 times. 3.7%
- Crunchy Fortunes Read all of the Fortune Cookie fortunes. 3.6%
- Master Record Collector Collected twenty records. 3.1%
- World-Class Eater Ate all of the food on the Food List. 2.8%
- Knocked Out Ingested over 500 fl.oz.of alcohol. 2.6%
- Hard Worker Collected 100000 CREDITS. 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.