Message Quest

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 880 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 1.6h for positive, 1.3h 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 (85.9% 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 (18)

• Responsibility Stool Sit on the Responsibility Stool. 100%
• Call to Adventure Take the scroll. 96%
• Interworld Road Merge roads for the first time. 92%
• Mother Leh Survive the Innkeeper's attack. 90%
• Kissing Magic Everyone needs to try it. 89%
• Unknown Story Tell a story that nobody's heard before. 89%
• King of Bards Persuade the King of Bards. 83%
• Laziness Defeat Laziness. 81%
• Madlen's Song Become a true hero. 79%
• Fall of Avarange Save the refugees. 79%
• Delivering Make yourself useful. 78%
• Farewell Get all the answers. 78%
• Neither Snow, Nor Rain Restore the banner. 78%
• Worlds' Remnants Put together the scroll. 78%
• Poor Yorick Meet with Yorick. 77%
• Second Princess Find the second princess. 56%
• First Princess Find the first princess. 56%
• Don't Touch the Glow Bottle Resist temptation. 40%