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Sepia Tears
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 43% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 1,008
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 3h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Only 43% 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 1,011 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 2.8h for positive, 0.5h 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 (43.1% 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 (11)
- Take a Peek Got caught in the act. 100%
- Confess Put your heart on the line. 77%
- Don't Confess Some things are better left unsaid. 73%
- First of January There's a bright future ahead of you. 71%
- 50% Crit Made it through the morning unharmed (unlike last time) 52%
- Paradise Found You can't make me leave 46%
- It's a Secret (?) Learned something new about an old friend 43%
- Unannounced Visitor There's an art to jumping through windows 42%
- Familial Affection Familial, but not familiar... 42%
- We Watched the Clouds She's always been far, far ahead of me 42%
- Sepia Tears It's all in the past 42%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.