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Psychonauts
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 32% of players who started
Started playing 52% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 19,420
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 15h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Your Last Chance to Chicken Out” (Complete Basic Braining) and “A Victory for Good Taste” (Complete Sasha’s Shooting Gallery): from 100% to 70% of starters.
- Only 52% 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 19,418 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 16.7h for positive, 8.7h 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 (51.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Your Last Chance to Chicken Out Complete Basic Braining. 100%
- A Victory for Good Taste Complete Sasha’s Shooting Gallery. Most players quit here 70% −30
- Rolling Rock Star Complete Milla’s Dance Party. 60% −10
- For Insurance Reasons Complete Lungfishopolis. 52% −8
- Time to Deliver the Milk Complete The Milkman Conspiracy. 45% −7
- You're All So Kind Complete Gloria’s Theater. 40% −5
- Thanks for All the Snails Complete Waterloo World. 39% −2
- I Always Loved You More Complete Black Velvetopia. 37% −1
- Height of Insanity Complete The Asylum. 35% −2
- I Thought That Was Unbeatable! Complete Meat Circus. 32% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (37)
story milestone ending side
- Your Last Chance to Chicken Out Complete Basic Braining. 100%
- A Victory for Good Taste Complete Sasha’s Shooting Gallery. 70%
- Junior PSI Cadet Achieve Rank 20. 64%
- Rolling Rock Star Complete Milla’s Dance Party. 60%
- For Insurance Reasons Complete Lungfishopolis. 52%
- Regular PSI Cadet Achieve Rank 40. 47%
- Time to Deliver the Milk Complete The Milkman Conspiracy. 45%
- You're All So Kind Complete Gloria’s Theater. 40%
- Thanks for All the Snails Complete Waterloo World. 39%
- They Should Totally Sell Those Earn all Merit Badges. 38%
- I Always Loved You More Complete Black Velvetopia. 37%
- Height of Insanity Complete The Asylum. 35%
- I Thought That Was Unbeatable! Complete Meat Circus. 32%
- I'm Sure She's Over It Uncover Milla's Secret. 31%
- Advanced PSI Cadet Achieve Rank 60. 31%
- Mmm… Bacon! Use the bacon. A lot. 26%
- Maybe It's the Hair Spy on Bobby's love life. 22%
- Wolpaw Says Thanks Hear Vernon's Ghost Story. 22%
- Look at those Pansies! Find Edgar's Secret Garden. 20%
- Made Man Witness Maloof's transformation. 20%
- No Solid Food for Six Hours Re-brain the Children. 19%
- Super PSI Cadet Achieve Rank 80. 17%
- Camp Gossip Read many bulletin board messages. 17%
- I'm Gonna Live Forever Find all Golden Helmets. 16%
- They Call Me the Hunter Redeem all 16 Scavenger Hunt Items. 15%
- A Slice of History Discover the secret history of Whispering Rock. 15%
- Holiday Dinner Cook and consume two different kinds of roast in one sitting. 14%
- Self Aware See yourself through the eyes of many others. 13%
- Stump Speech Give the Coach's speech on the stump. 11%
- No More Secrets Crack all Vaults. 11%
- I LOVE PUNCHING! Complete the Punchy Target mini-game. 11%
- Happy Bags Sort all Emotional Baggage. 10%
- Victory Tour Revisit all brains after completion. 8.9%
- Figgy Piggy Gather all Figments. 8.7%
- I Think They Were Impressed Introduce all Camp Kids to Mr. Pokeylope. 7.7%
- Christmas Shopping Buy an item from the Camp Store on Christmas. 7.5%
- Math is Hard Achieve Rank 101. 7.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.