AdventureCasualIndie
The Crooked Man
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 79% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 1,281
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 79% 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 1,297 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6.3h for positive, 5.3h 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 (78.9% 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 (27)
- Just Getting Started Finish the Prologue 100%
- Screams of the Sightless Read the books in the hotel library 93%
- Survivor Survive first encounter with the Crooked Man 90%
- Game Over Get Game Over once 85%
- Scene 1 Complete! Finish Scene 1 72%
- COME TO ME Get Game Over 5 times 69%
- Self-Loathing Read the books in the school 64%
- Scene 2 Complete! Finish Scene 2 56%
- Emily's Poem Read the books in the hospital day-room 53%
- Just Let Me Sleep! Go back to bed without answering the phone 52%
- Scene 3 Complete! Finish Scene 3 49%
- Scene 4 Complete! Finish Scene 4 49%
- Bye-Bye Black Bird Beat the game once 44%
- Never, Ever Give Up Get Bad Ending 2 40%
- What a Sissy Get Bad Ending 1 38%
- Oops... You shot Fluffy 38%
- BL?! Try to enter D's bed 37%
- Speed Runner Escape the gas with over 1 minute to spare 33%
- Uncrooked Man Defeat the Crooked Man in Scene 1 without taking any damage 30%
- Goodbye, My Friend! Get Bad Ending 3 29%
- Not Your Fault, David! Get Bad Ending 4 28%
- Gas Chamber Get killed by poison gas 26%
- Sick Leave Try to enter the bed next to D's bed 22%
- Aviation School Isn't For Show Defeat the Crooked Man in Scene 2 without taking any damage 19%
- Sniper Don't miss a single shot at the Crooked Man 18%
- Precious Drink Beat the game without drinking the energy drink 15%
- See You Later, Duke Beat the game twice 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.