The Sand Man

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 388 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.9h for positive, 4.4h 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 (74% 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)

• The Crooked Man David makes his appearance 100%
• Hide-and-Seek Find Anne within 3 minutes 93%
• Stealth Mission Escape the mall in a cardboard box 82%
• No More Fantasy Escape the dragon's wrath 78%
• Toothfairy? Received a coin from the toothfairy 76%
• Bottomless Swamp Get Game Over from being pulled into the swamp by Nixie 75%
• One Step Ahead Drop the Sandman down the trap-door 71%
• Fairy Rescue Capture all the fairies of light 66%
• Master Chef Prepare the Sleeping Sand without making any errors 64%
• Authentic 1 Give the unicorn the real pink gem 61%
• To the Dream World Get Game Over by failing to escape the Sandman 61%
• Human Contact Try speaking to every sleeping person 57%
• Don't Stay Up Too Late Get the Good Ending 1 54%
• Is Something There?! Find all suspicious events in various locations 54%
• Fussy Eater Get Game Over by eating the Sandman's cooking 51%
• Gem Expert Give the unicorn the fake pink gem 47%
• Explosion of Anger Speak to the unicorn beaten by the Sandman 46%
• A Fairy's Conscience Read all entries of the Sandman's diary 45%
• To Little Sophie Look at Sophie's photo 44%
• Queen of the Night Get Bad Ending 1 43%
• Authentic 2 Receive the pink gem back from the unicorn 43%
• Welcome Back, Insomnia! Get the Good Ending 2 39%
• Too Much Salt? Make a mistake when preparing the Sleeping Sand 38%
• Sleep With One Eye Open Get Bad Ending 2 37%
• Invisible Sweet Heart Get Bad Ending 3 36%
• Oopsie-Daisy Get caught in the trap after obtaining the fire emerald 27%
• See You in a Bad Dream Get Bad Ending 4 27%