When does Emily Wants to Play Too get good?

Hooks you right away. 64% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (64%). Only 40% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Emily Wants to Play Too

Dec 13, 2017 Steam: Very Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 40% of owners

Steam reviews 81% positive of 563

What the data shows

64% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (64%).
Only 40% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 574 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 0.9h 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 (40.2% 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 (14)

Let her in! Even in your nightmares, Emily wants to play too. [Time is key, you must see the answer to know the answer, the answer is near, choose wisely or fail!] 100%
Ma-ma Ma-ma Silence is the key and so is that magnetic keycard. 86%
He Likes the Dark Unlock access to level 3 in the dark with a living mannequin and a doll. #easy 69%
Pop Goes the Weasl Oh, I see, there's another yellow area on the map. 59%
Midnight Hide And Seek You found all seven in the dark. 53%
Faster Than a Dummy You outran that cheeky little dummy for an entire hour. 45%
Musical Lights You found the light! 38%
Good times with old friends. Survive the doll, clown and dummy all hour! 31%
Freezie Tags Finally! You froze every one of those little... 30%
Patience is Key You sat in one spot and did absolutely nothing. 30%
That was tough! You found Emily in the darkness, while avoiding everyone... NICE! 24%
Old Evidence Vult Ludere? Puppet shows? Really old dolls? What!? 22%
Tragic Accident Some people are so unlucky. 21%
NOPE, I'm out! Too scary for you, no sandwich for them. 20%

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