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The Eyes of Ara
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 855
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (59%); after 15h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 88% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 87% 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 855 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 16.2h for positive, 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 (87.3% 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 (28)
- The Signal Complete the Tutorial 100%
- The Light of Stars Find your first Blue Orb 77%
- Abandoned Halls Complete Chapter 1 71%
- Memories of Times Past Complete Chapter 2 60%
- The Ghost of Crazy Catherine Locate Lady Catherine's Secret Room 48%
- Well Read: Travelers' Tale Read each copy of Christopher's favourite book 42%
- Consequences, Shmonsequences, As Long As I'm Rich. Loot the treasure horde 42%
- The Pursuit of Knowledge Complete Chapter 3 41%
- Just Deserts Locate Baron Contington's Hidden Trophy Room 39%
- Dreamscapes Find Astra's missing paintings 38%
- The Altar Unlock the door to the Altar of Night 36%
- Prost! Locate the Mountain Bräu Brewery 35%
- The Eyes of Ara Complete the Epilogue 32%
- Drei zwei eins Reunite Alexander's lost action figures 28%
- Well Read: Scattered Thoughts Read each of Christopher's journals, Clementine's scattered journal pages, and Astra's notes 27%
- Radio Silence Turn off all of the Radios 27%
- Well Read: Amateure Astronomer Read each copy of "The Edge of Infinity" and all "Wonders of Space" posters 25%
- Captured Moments Assemble Clementine's scattered photo album 23%
- Budgeting for Indies Collect Christopher's scattered coin collection 22%
- To All Who Made This Possible Locate the Backer's Gallery Secret Room 20%
- A Vote of Confidence Find Mike's lost coin collection 16%
- Written In the Stars Discover an odd star formation using the telescope 15%
- Celestial Mechanics Spend 5 minutes stargazing in the Planetarium 14%
- Well Read: A Show of Support Read each of the Backer's Books 14%
- A Perplexing Present Open the gift during the Merry Mysteries seasonal event 4.8%
- Fear Himself Find a way into the Pumpkin Lord's Tomb during the Haunted Halloween seasonal event. 4.4%
- Lights Out Extinguish all of the blue Jack-'o-Lanterns during the Haunted Halloween seasonal event. 4.2%
- North Pole Postal Service Find all of the children's letters to Santa during the Merry Mysteries seasonal event 4.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.