ActionAdventureIndieSimulation
Don't Be Afraid
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 1,023
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 3h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 83% 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 1,040 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 3.7h for positive, 2.4h 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 (82.8% 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 (26)
- David alone in home Start the game 100%
- Into the dark Go calmly through the darkness 95%
- Diligent student Complete the tutorial 75%
- Don't Be Afraid! Die... For the first time. 65%
- Ugly mouth! Escape the monster from the basement 61%
- A friendly child Help find the missing piece of the puzzle 49%
- Peekaboo Look for the hidden doll. 48%
- And one more! Attend a party on the third floor 46%
- Carnival Escape from Theodor 43%
- This is the end Reach the end credits 42%
- Bad Trip Survive the hallucinations prepared by Theodor. 42%
- Eternal Sleep Unlock the Death Ending 41%
- Jack-In-The-Box Listen to the friendly melody 31%
- Welcome to the Carnival! Accept the gift from Theodor. 31%
- Little Artist Find all of the drawings scattered around the house. 20%
- A land of toys Find the land of toys 19%
- Madhouse Get killed by each of Franklin's monstrosities. 14%
- Kitten lover Go down the stairs, to see the kittens. 13%
- May God have mercy upon his soul Help the captured policeman 9.5%
- Lever puzzle Solve the puzzle with the levers 7.1%
- Mama's Boy Unlock the Mother Ending 7.1%
- Run for the hills Unlock the Escape Ending 6.9%
- Old Friend Give Jamie the lost bunny. 5.7%
- Time Traveller Unlock all of the available endings. 5.2%
- Freezing Cold Fail to escape the cold room. 4.7%
- One man's treasure... Can be yours Keep the lost bunny. 4.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.