Gloom

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 609 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 8.8h 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 (90.9% 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)

• First of Many You perished in a dream 100%
• Enter the Forest A place for the lost and demented 54%
• Keep Going Resilience is a virtue 46%
• The Renegade A fallen deity of envy 45%
• The Prophet A false prophet of ill omens 42%
• The Rage An embodiment of deific anger 39%
• Legendary One-of-a-kind weapon 26%
• Enter the Bog A place for the shunned and forgotten 26%
• The Disowned An orphan of spite 23%
• The Wolf An agent of secrecy 22%
• Selfish All for one 22%
• The Parasite An instrument of ascension 22%
• Enter the Abyss A place for silence and emptiness 21%
• Enter the Theatre A place for expression and madness 20%
• Greed He had it coming 20%
• The Abyss A mirror of null existence 19%
• The Writer A narrator of nightmares 19%
• The Ghost A ghastly tide of salvation 19%
• Enter the Limbo A place for ascension 16%
• The Maestro A pillar of demented art 16%
• The Dreamer A pillar of demented faith 14%
• Awakening No more dreaming, no more nightmares 13%
• Cosmic Way A grander existence 8.1%
• The Gate An embryo of the cosmic way 8.1%
• Triumphant You've got the hang of it 7.8%
• Enter the Throne A place for gloom 7.7%
• Necronomicon The book in all its glory 6.1%
• The Monarch Most renowned of them all 5.9%
• Closure To retrieve what was once lost 5.9%
• I Wanna Be the Dreamer Well that's just sadistic 5.6%
• Speedrunner Win in less than 12 minutes 4.6%
• One with the Blade Leo's blades and both eyes simultaneously 4.4%
• Congrats Must be routine at this point 3.9%
• Baby Streak Three wins in a row 3.9%
• Now That's What I Call a Streak Ten wins in a row 2.5%
• Put the Dev to Shame Win in less than 8 minutes and 30 seconds 2.3%