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Hydrophobia: Prophecy
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 60% positive of 2,395
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (54%); after 4h it's almost 1 in 3 (29%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.
- 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 2,403 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 4.6h for positive, 3.4h 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 (76.5% 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 (13)
- Tinker Complete a hack. 100%
- My Hero Save Chief Billingham. 68%
- Drowned Drown a Malthusian. 58%
- Chain Gang Kill 2 Malthusians within a timed chain attack. 47%
- Vengeance Kill 5 Mathusians with fire or electricity. 43%
- Another shrimp on the barby! Set 3 Malthusians on fire. 35%
- Davy Jones' Locker Neutralize 10 Malthusians in underwater combat. 30%
- Honor Collect 50% of the medals. 30%
- Survivor Complete the game. 23%
- Swept Off Their Feet Sweep 3 Malthusians off their feet with water. 11%
- Challenged Complete the Challenge Room. 5.6%
- Private Eye Collect all documents and objects. 4.1%
- Celebrated Collect all the medals. 3.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.