The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone

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 414 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 3.9h for positive, 2.6h 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 (63% 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 (27)

• SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND Meet the Beast. 100%
• SEBASTIAN'S HANDIWORK Obtain the Grasp. 59%
• COG GOES PERFECTION Complete every cog puzzle and unlock Sebastian's safe. 52%
• THE LONG DARK Send a corpse down the shaft in the Tower of Cogs. 49%
• THE DIRECTION OF OUR FATE Repair the Solar Engine. 42%
• WHAT IS THE EMBERSTONE? Complete Episode 2. 41%
• FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWED Collect all the tapes in the game. 36%
• I'M THE DOCTOR FOR YOU Solve every Gauntlet puzzle. 32%
• YOUR EXISTENCE IS INFURIATING Kill the Mother Wizgog. 31%
• DUNGEONMANVR Clear the crypt without using the flashlight. 14%
• ARCHIVIST Read all the stories of the people of Ember. 11%
• FINISH HIM Dismember 44 limbs. 11%
• FLY SWATTER Pop a Wizgog without using the Arbalest. 7.0%
• TOWER BUILDER - SMALL Build a small tower in the Culling Grounds. 5.2%
• PACIFIST Finish the game without harming any Wizgogs. 4.9%
• GOGBUSTER Kill every Wizgog in the Culling Grounds. 2.2%
• IT'S NOT A BUG, IT'S A CREATURE Kill the captured Wizgog. 1.9%
• EMBER LULLABY Have a nap in the Transport Room tent. 1.7%
• PICTURE PERFECT View all the Polaroids in the game. 1.6%
• BOX SEATS Reunite the spectators of the Cull. 1.4%
• EMBER COLLECTOR Collect, view, and read all the lore in the game. 1.1%
• SPACE JAM Give Hermie a new home. 1.1%
• ARIZONA SUNSHINE Blast 10 corpses with a single Arbalest shot. 1.0%
• I HAVE THE POWER Play the Cosmic Key. 1.0%
• YOU'LL FLOAT TOO Activate the Easter Egg. 1.0%
• END, BEGIN, ALL THE SAME Complete the game within a 93 minute runtime. 0.8%
• TOWER BUILDER - LARGE Build a large tower in the Culling Grounds. 0.8%