Lovecraft's Untold Stories

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 978 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.7h for positive, 4.6h 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 (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 (35)

• Hopelessness Die in a strange place 100%
• An expected result Make 1 playable character go crazy, at least once 79%
• The Professor's story Unlock the Professor 78%
• The engine of economy Spend 100,000 dollars and 100,000 information in the magazines 27%
• Me too Find a secret room without the Detective 27%
• True Detective Complete the story of the Detective 23%
• The Witch's Story Unlock the Witch 20%
• Sweet-tooth Eat 100 chocolate bars 14%
• The Thief's Story Unlock the Thief 9.5%
• The Saint Complete the story of any playable character without receiving any curse 8.2%
• Under the Sea Defeat Dagon 8.0%
• Born to be cursed Get 5 curses of the Great Old Ones at the same time 7.7%
• The power of Science Complete the story of the Professor 7.7%
• The Ghoul's Story Unlock the Ghoul 7.5%
• Not fully ready Complete any Great Old One location without having 100% information about it 6.7%
• Bloodline Complete the story of the Witch 6.2%
• Now I know Collect 100% of the information of one of the Great Old Ones 5.5%
• The story of a Cemetery Complete the story of the Ghoul 5.2%
• Brotherly bond Complete the story of the Thief 5.2%
• Fear of the unknown Complete the story of one playable character on HARD difficulty 4.7%
• Deep sleep Defeat Cthulhu 4.7%
• The show must end Defeat Nyarlathotep 4.7%
• Cosmic lullaby Defeat Azathoth 4.5%
• A year of famine Defeat Shub-Niggurath 4.5%
• Professional reader Complete all the side quests 4.2%
• The End? Save the Earth from the Great Old Ones 4.2%
• Now i know everything Collect 100% of the information of all the Great Old Ones 4.0%
• Ash? Find things not from this world 4.0%
• Without intermediaries Complete the story of any playable character without using the shops, and expelling them if you see one 4.0%
• My Favorite Defeat every Great Old One with the same character 3.5%
• Mass insanity Make every playable character go crazy, at least once 3.2%
• Nothing personal See what was impossible to see 3.2%
• Collector of stories Find 75% of the mini-events 3.0%
• Stories Expert Find every mini-event 3.0%
• Chthonic horror Complete the stories of every playable character on HARD difficulty 2.7%