Ghost of a Tale
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 15h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Unbound” (Escape from Tilo’s cell) and “End to End ” (Reach the end of the game): from 100% to 18% of starters.
- 89% 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 5,362 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 19.2h for positive, 4.5h 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 (89% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Unbound Escape from Tilo’s cell. 100%
- End to End Reach the end of the game. Most players quit here 18% −82
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- Unbound Escape from Tilo’s cell. 100%
- The Pinnacle Reach the highest point in the highest tower. 41%
- The Mushroom King Gather fifty-five mushrooms. 30%
- Lost Hope Found Discover Duinlan’s tomb. 26%
- The Draught Open all window shutters. 25%
- Lake Shore Reach the desolate shore. 24%
- A Name to a Face Discover the name of every possible character in Dwindling Heights. 20%
- Handker-thief Steal all of the Rat Guards' handkerchiefs. 19%
- End to End Reach the end of the game. 18%
- Play All Play all songs during the course of the game. 17%
- Arachnophobia Rid Dwindling Heights of all spiders. 16%
- Gusto and Fatale Complete all of Gusto and Fatale's quests. 13%
- The Golden Suit Complete the full set of Duinlan's armour. 11%
- All Skilled Up Learn all skills in the adventure. 11%
- Lore Master Finish every secondary quest. 7.3%
- The Scholar Unlock forty-five footnotes. 4.8%
- The Arsonist Set fire to all inflammable items in Dwindling Heights. 4.6%
- Like a Ghost Complete the game without alerting any guards. 2.4%
- Crash Diet Complete the game without ever eating to regain energy. 2.2%
- Dodgy Mouse Complete the game without getting hit by an enemy. 2.0%