White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (12%).
- At least 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Uninvited Guest” (Enter Main Building 1) and “The School in Darkness” (Arrive at Main Building 2): from 100% to 33% of starters.
- 92% 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 4,626 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 9.7h for positive, 3.8h 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 (91.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Uninvited Guest Enter Main Building 1 100%
- The School in Darkness Arrive at Main Building 2 Most players quit here 33% −67
- The Secret Deepens Arrive at the New Building 22% −11
- Calm Before the Storm Arrive at the Auditorium 17% −5
- Area Ruled by Vengeful Ghosts Visit the Labyrinth 11% −6
- Towards the Light Arrive at the Bottomless Pit 11%
- Worthy Challenge Clear Normal Mode ≥10% −2
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (42)
story milestone ending side
- Uninvited Guest Enter Main Building 1 100%
- Soy Milk is Delicious Delicious Soy Milk 58%
- Yew Experience Death for the First Time 52%
- The School in Darkness Arrive at Main Building 2 33%
- Deep Breath I'm Perfectly Fine 30%
- Somebody's Here Head Ghost Has Nice Hair 27%
- The Secret Deepens Arrive at the New Building 22%
- Fighting Off Pervert You Can't Do this 19%
- Calm Before the Storm Arrive at the Auditorium 17%
- Scared You Woman living in a cabinet 16%
- Gaining Experience Experience Death 10 Times 13%
- Area Ruled by Vengeful Ghosts Visit the Labyrinth 11%
- Towards the Light Arrive at the Bottomless Pit 11%
- Ivy Friendship 10%
- Worthy Challenge Clear Normal Mode 9.5%
- Ebony Hipocrisy 7.6%
- Althea Tired of Love 7.3%
- Piece of Cake Clear Very Easy Mode 7.2%
- No Pain, No Gain Clear Hard Mode 6.1%
- Come Out Come Out Bathroom is Scary 5.5%
- Tougher than Before Clear Easy Mode 5.3%
- Dandelion Sincerity 5.3%
- Hyacinth Forgive Me 4.6%
- Tuberose Dangerous Pleasure 3.9%
- WhiteCrysanthemum Truth 3.8%
- Jasmine You Are Mine 3.8%
- Hide and Seek Each Encounter is a Surprise 3.8%
- marguerite Hidden Love 3.4%
- Resurrection Experience Death 50 Times 2.9%
- Occult Club President Collect All the Ghost Stories of Yeondu High School 2.8%
- Exorcist Encounter All the Ghosts in Yeondu High School 2.7%
- Voice of a Ghost Complete the Ghost Collection 2.5%
- Do you know Soy Milk? Hee-min, Still a Growing Boy? 2.5%
- Hell's Gate Clear Hell Mode 2.4%
- Faint Hello She Approaches from Afar 2.2%
- Unwelcomed Advance Flirt with the Girls 1.9%
- In a State of Nirvana Nothing Fazes Me Now 1.7%
- Transcendent Death Experience Death 100 Times 1.7%
- Infernal Addiction Clear Hell Mode 7 Times 1.4%
- Memory of White Day Complete the Ending Collection 1.4%
- Wait for Her The Scent of the Bathroom is Becoming Heavenly 1.4%
- Conqueror of Hell Clear Hell Mode 10 Times 1.3%