The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 5h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.
- At least 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 51% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 14,210 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 5.1h for positive, 4.3h 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 (51.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- That's something, I suppose Everybody survived! ≥32% −68
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Lovebirds Maxed Alex and Julia's Relationship 100%
- Brother thing, you know Unlocked Brad's Envious Trait 94%
- Karate Master Beat the Training Dummy 92%
- As long as you're quick Completed 10 QTEs in succession 87%
- Yes! Yes, I’ll marry you! Julia accepted Alex's proposal 76%
- Big man on campus Unlocked Alex's Aggressive Trait 73%
- If you're selling, I'm buying Unlocked Conrad's Humorous Trait 71%
- For a dollar he told me his secrets Found 25 Secrets! 58%
- The name of this vessel Revealed the name of the ship 56%
- A pint of frosty amber liquid Conrad successfully flirted with Fliss 55%
- Medium bro Maxed Brad and Alex's Relationship 54%
- Learning to work together Finished the Shared Story 54%
- Going it alone Completed the Solo Story 48%
- Remember who's signing the checks Unlocked Julia's Spoilt Trait 36%
- That's something, I suppose Everybody survived! 32%
- Can't catch him with this old junker Conrad successfully escaped on the speedboat 26%
- You got a better way? Maxed Conrad and Fliss's Relationship 24%
- Like that movie with the ship Finished Movie Night 16%
- Break 'em during the thunder Opened the window without making noise 15%
- It's all gone changing on me Calmed Junior down 13%
- Not a sole survivor No-one survived! 13%
- Aye, aye captain Unlocked Fliss's Arrogant Trait 10%
- Possible futures Found all of the white framed Pictures 6.4%
- Girls' night out Only the women survived! 6.4%
- Right there with ya, boys Only the men survived! 5.8%
- Quite a lot of deaths that night Found all of the black framed Pictures 3.5%
- Go with your gut Chose all of the Heart decisions 3.1%
- Consider all the permutations Chose all of the Head decisions 2.9%
- Ghost ships are just a myth, right? Found all Pictures 2.9%
- Secrets! Lies! Conspiracies, man! Found all Secrets! 2.9%