The Invisible Hours

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 530 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.4h for positive, 0.6h 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 (78.7% 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 (36)

• The Ghost Be walked through by a character 100%
• The Follower Activate Following mode 90%
• The Scientist Find the first Tesla Diary 57%
• The Missing Husband Find the Ulysses poem 53%
• The Meddler Find the secret workshop in the basement 53%
• The Butler Try to bang the gong 46%
• The Chemist Find the chemistry notes 43%
• The Spy Watch Bernhardt putting on makeup 42%
• The Genius Watch Edison play chess 41%
• The Mad Writer Find the library receipt 40%
• The Cartographer Explore the entire Island 39%
• The Rich Man Watch Vanderberg's murder 36%
• The Host Discover who killed Tesla 35%
• The Time Traveller Travel back in time with Flora 35%
• The Lovers Watch Bernhardt and Mundy recite Shakespeare 35%
• The Detective Watch Gustav's fall 33%
• The Father Watch Mundy's death 30%
• The Astronomer Look through the telescope 28%
• The House Watch all the scenes in chapter 1 27%
• The Secrets Watch all the scenes in chapter 3 27%
• The Fox Find the fox 27%
• The Park Ranger Find Deadlight logo 26%
• The Hatter Find the hats 25%
• The Guests Watch all the scenes in chapter 2 25%
• The Collector Collect all the clues 24%
• The Shadow Watch Gustav for the entire game 24%
• The Priest Find Lafcadio Boone's mask 21%
• The Liars Watch all the scenes in chapter 4 21%
• The Mailman Find all the letters from the guests 19%
• The Medium Use the Spirit Radio 17%
• The Photographer Find old photos of all the characters 17%
• The Best Friend Find Edison's food bowl 17%
• The Room Service Go to the hotel room 16%
• The Altruist Find all of Tesla's diaries 12%
• The Reporter Find all the newspapers clips 11%
• The Sailor Listen to the lullaby 11%