Sally Face - Episode One
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 11 reviews are negative (9%); after 7h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 91% of games we track.
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Charley's Pony” (Finished episode one) and “Conjure” (Finished episode two): from 100% to 60% of starters.
- 81% 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 30,413 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 9.1h for positive, 9.3h 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 (81.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Charley's Pony Finished episode one. 100%
- Conjure Finished episode two. Most players quit here 60% −40
- Full of Bologna Finished episode three. 51% −9
- Suffer Finished episode four. 40% −11
- The End? Finished episode five. 33% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- Charley's Pony Finished episode one. 100%
- Go to Sleep Used sleep aid with the tea. 89%
- Metalhead Listened to Sanity's Fall multiple times. 84%
- Conjure Finished episode two. 60%
- Full of Bologna Finished episode three. 51%
- Teeth Where did these come from? 45%
- Devour Found all four Seals. 41%
- Catching Up Talked with everyone in the apartment in episode four. 40%
- Suffer Finished episode four. 40%
- The End? Finished episode five. 33%
- Irritable Bowels Used old laxative with tea. 33%
- Unseen Broke into 403 and talked with Sanderson's ghost. 25%
- The Addison Family Got Addison to talk about his past. 25%
- Dead Potato Painted a picture for Larry. 23%
- Seeker of Knowledge Read all of the notes in episode five. 22%
- The Unknown Found the feet, the eye and the dark one. 20%
- Atonement Had a private moment with Travis. 19%
- House of the Wretched Completed the Gear Boy game. 19%
- A Dark Secret Got Lisa to mention Larry's secret. 18%
- The Box Finished the puzzle box story. 16%
- Memorized Remembered the correct shed code in episode five. 16%
- In Seeking Providence Completed all chapters of the SGB game. 15%
- Dark Melodies Never failed any of the barrier songs. 13%
- Messenger Spoke with the ghost of a cultist. 13%
- Premonition Completed the full intro in episode three. 12%
- Destroyer Destroyed The Endless One without failing. 11%
- Vestige Had all optional conversations within the House in the Void. 11%
- Best Buds Had every optional conversation with Larry. 10%
- Brothers Had all optional conversations with Larry in episode four. 9.0%
- Clumpy! Beat Clumpy bonus level. 8.8%
- Her Fate Collected all VHS tapes 8.5%
- DOG The last memory of mother. 8.2%
- Missing Pages Collected all 11 pages of the journal. 8.0%
- Epilogue Unlocked the Epilogue. 4.8%
- Escaping Death Didn't get a single Game Over. 3.8%