The Painscreek Killings
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.
- At least 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- 84% 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 6,499 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 12.6h for positive, 6.2h 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 (83.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Truth Revealed Truth Revealed ≥32% −68
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 (33)
story milestone ending side
- James Howard's Story James Howard's Story 100%
- Tutorial Completed Tutorial Completed 94%
- Mary Martinez's Story Mary Martinez's Story 61%
- Andrew Reed's Story Andrew Reed's Story 59%
- The Secret Lies With Her The Secret Lies With Her 44%
- Trisha Roberts' Story Trisha Roberts' Story 44%
- The Hidden Truth The Hidden Truth 44%
- Guest's Lost Cap Guest's Lost Cap 42%
- Scott's Secrets Scott's Secrets 42%
- Oliver Gibson's Story Oliver Gibson's Story 39%
- Dying Man's Letter Dying Man's Letter 39%
- Here She Lies Here She Lies 39%
- Scott Brooks' Story Scott Brooks' Story 38%
- Dorothy Patterson's Story Dorothy Patterson's Story 37%
- Sofia Miller's Story Sofia Miller's Story 37%
- Vivian Roberts' Story Vivian Roberts' Story 36%
- Bernard Hopkin's Story Bernard Hopkin's Story 36%
- All Tools Found All Tools Found 35%
- Best Friends Forever Best Friends Forever 34%
- Bloody Knife Bloody Knife 34%
- Steve Moss' Story Steve Moss' Story 33%
- Wanda Tyler's Story Wanda Tyler's Story 32%
- Matthew Brooks' Story Matthew Brooks' Story 32%
- Truth Revealed Truth Revealed 32%
- Charles Roberts' Story Charles Roberts' Story 32%
- All Keys Found All Keys Found 30%
- All Newspaper Articles Found All Newspaper Articles Found 29%
- Derrick Tyler's Story Derrick Tyler's Story 26%
- You're Fired You're Fired 19%
- Missing Journalist Missing Journalist 19%
- All Letters Found All Letters Found 15%
- Case Unsolved Case Unsolved 14%
- Completionist Completionist 10%