The Beast Inside
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 7h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Where it all begins” (Complete Chapter 1) and “Long Arm of Justice” (Defeat John Norton): from 92% to 51% of starters.
- 76% 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 12,283 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.8h for positive, 6h 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 (75.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Housekeeping Find the Key to the Attic 100%
- Where it all begins Complete Chapter 1 92% −8
- Long Arm of Justice Defeat John Norton Most players quit here 51% −41
- Cold Bastard Defeat Walter Gilman 29% −22
- The True Beast Finish the game 26% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (27)
story milestone ending side
- Housekeeping Find the Key to the Attic 100%
- Where it all begins Complete Chapter 1 92%
- Long Arm of Justice Defeat John Norton 51%
- Eagle Eye Find 10 hidden messages 46%
- Avid reader Collect 10 notes as Nicolas 41%
- Codebreaker Solve the Enigma 39%
- Librarian Collect 10 notes as Adam 36%
- No noise Shoot down all anomalies 34%
- Moth Light 30 candles 33%
- Full tank Collect 50 bottles of kerosene 32%
- Cold Bastard Defeat Walter Gilman 29%
- The True Beast Finish the game 26%
- Boy with the matches Collect 50 boxes of matches 21%
- Ghostbuster Chase away Norton's Ghost 10 times in the woods 18%
- Gonzo journalist Collect all newspaper clippings 17%
- Awakening the Beast Choice No. 2 (Evil Nicolas) 16%
- Breaking with the past Choice No. 1 (Good Nicolas) 14%
- Closed ward Ending No. 1 (Adam is sick) 11%
- Sparrow Ending No. 3 (Adam kills Emma) 11%
- The End of Madness Ending No. 4 (Adam kills himself) 8.7%
- Bookworm Collect all notes as Adam 6.9%
- Spycraft Ending No. 2 (Adam kills the doctor) 6.2%
- Erudite Collect all notes as Nicolas 4.8%
- Agent H. Find all Harold's notes 4.5%
- Newsflash Hear every news message on the radio 3.6%
- No secrets Find all hidden messages 2.9%
- Citizen of Blackstone Unlock all achievements 2.6%