Epistory - Typing Chronicles
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (12%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 87% of games we track.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Burning Hollow” (She found herself alone) and “Forgotten Forest” (The forest was a place of light and peace): from 79% to 56% of starters.
- 79% 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 6,886 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 7.5h for positive, 4.1h 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 (78.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Signal Fire Fire fell from the sky 100%
- Burning Hollow She found herself alone... 79% −21
- Forgotten Forest The forest was a place of light and peace... Most players quit here 57% −22
- Cold Shoulder The angry sea raced across the land 55% −1
- Drowning Halls Water was everywhere… 44% −11
- Static Shock Lightning smote the bitter Earth 36% −9
- Ice Mausoleum She felt cold... 31% −4
- Creation City She stood below a skyborne city... 31%
- Winds of Change Tornado's fury blotted out the sun 30% −2
- Crystalline Mine The mine had been abandoned for some time... 25% −4
- Shattered Isles She found herself in a strange place... 25% −1
- Lost Desert She didn’t know how she arrived in the desert... 22% −3
- Desert Dream My name is... 21%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- Signal Fire Fire fell from the sky 100%
- 1% Muse: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Type 39 words, which is 1% of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 98%
- 1% Muse: Rumpelstiltskin Type 124 words, which is 1% of "Rumpelstiltskin" by The Brothers Grimm 89%
- Quick Draw Kill 10 enemies in less than 30 seconds 80%
- Burning Hollow She found herself alone... 79%
- 1% Muse: Hamlet Type 300 words, which is 1% of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare 76%
- Keep Walking Keep a combo chain for 20 words 72%
- Hunter Kill 100 enemies 70%
- Handwriter Reach the average handwriting speed of 30WPM 67%
- 1% Muse: Gargantua Type 531 words, which is 1% of "Gargantua" by François Rabelais 65%
- Traveller Take 10,000 steps 62%
- Forgotten Forest The forest was a place of light and peace... 57%
- Cold Shoulder The angry sea raced across the land 55%
- 1% Muse: Frankenstein Type 748 words, which is 1% of "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley 54%
- Diamond in the rough Type 100 characters without a mistake 51%
- 1% Muse: Foundation Type 920 words, which is 1% of "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov 49%
- Multitasking Switch 10 times between magic types during a single battle 45%
- Drowning Halls Water was everywhere… 44%
- 1% Muse: Pride and Prejudice Type 1206 words, which is 1% of "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen 42%
- The quick brown fox... Buy all velocity and sprint upgrades 38%
- Static Shock Lightning smote the bitter Earth 36%
- 1% Muse: For Whom the Bell Tolls Type 1740 words, which is 1% of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway 35%
- Ice Mausoleum She felt cold... 31%
- Creation City She stood below a skyborne city... 31%
- Marathon Keep a combo chain for 100 words 30%
- Winds of Change Tornado's fury blotted out the sun 30%
- Slayer Kill 1,000 enemies 28%
- Polyvalent Use all 4 magic types during a single battle 27%
- Crystalline Mine The mine had been abandoned for some time... 25%
- 1% Muse: Bleak House Type 3609 words, which is 1% of "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens 25%
- Shattered Isles She found herself in a strange place... 25%
- Starfox Buy all magics and knockback upgrades 23%
- Typist Reach the average typewriting speed of 45WPM 23%
- My body is ready Max out all upgrades 22%
- Ceraunophilia Zap 500 words with lightning magic 22%
- Lost Desert She didn’t know how she arrived in the desert... 22%
- Desert Dream My name is... 21%
- 1% Muse: The Lord of the Rings Type 4550 words, which is 1% of "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien 20%
- Collector Find all the collectible fragments 19%
- Pyrophilia Burn 500 words with fire magic 16%
- Cryophilia Stop 500 enemies with ice magic 15%
- 1% Muse: War and Peace Type 5613 words, which is 1% of "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy 11%
- Explorer Find all the chests 10%
- Kinetophilia Repel 500 enemies with wind magic 10%
- Bug Spray Clear all insect's nests 9.5%
- And Stay Dead Use all 4 magic types on a unique enemy 8.4%
- Angling a dry ocean Find the prickly fisherman 7.6%
- Advanced Typist Surpass the average and reach typewriting speed of 60WPM 5.3%
- 1% Muse: Dune Type 8390 words, which is 1% of "Dune" by Frank Herbert 4.3%
- 1% Muse: The Harry Potter Saga Type 10844 words, which is 1% of "The Harry Potter Saga" by J.K. Rowling 3.3%
- Cut Diamond Type 500 characters without a mistake 3.2%
- 1% Muse: The Dark Tower Type 12950 words, which is 1% of "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King 3.0%
- Flawless Diamond Type 1000 characters without a mistake 2.7%
- 1% Muse: A Song of Ice and Fire Type 17700 words, which is 1% of the first five volumes of "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin 2.7%
- Insect's Bane Kill 10,000 enemies 2.5%