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Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 7h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- At least 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “I am an Observer” (Complete your first Dream Eater sequence) and “Drug trail” (Interrogate Amir’s clients): from 100% to 47% of starters.
- Only 49% 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 5,994 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 8.8h for positive, 3.3h 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 (49.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I am an Observer Complete your first Dream Eater sequence. 100%
- Drug trail Interrogate Amir’s clients. Most players quit here 47% −53
- Body snatcher Decide the fate of the merging minds. 42% −5
- Pearls before swine Decide the fate of the organ farm. 31% −12
- It’s a trap! Survive Adam’s trapware. 30% −1
- The prodigal son Embrace Adam. ≥29% −1
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 (19)
story milestone ending side
- I am an Observer Complete your first Dream Eater sequence. 100%
- Drug trail Interrogate Amir’s clients. 47%
- Outbreak Find 10 nanophage patient cards. 47%
- KPD! Open up! Interrogate 20 tenants. 45%
- Body snatcher Decide the fate of the merging minds. 42%
- C0D38R3AK3R Decrypt Adam’s figurine. 39%
- Pearls before swine Decide the fate of the organ farm. 31%
- It’s a trap! Survive Adam’s trapware. 30%
- The prodigal son Embrace Adam. 29%
- A death in the family Reject Adam. 28%
- Altered states Overdose on synchronization pills. 28%
- Obsessive Analyze 100 objects. 24%
- Noble Sword Complete all With Fire And Sword: Spiders arcade games 8.8%
- A work in progress Find all RC cars and recall a memory of Adam. 7.5%
- By any other name Find all roses and discover the final resting place. 7.1%
- Unbreakable Finish the game without dying. 4.9%
- The root of all evil Find and listen to all patient interview recordings. 4.5%
- Voxel runner Earn 3000 points during a single trapware run. 4.1%
- Pandemic Find all nanophage patient cards in a single playthrough. 3.5%