ActionAdventure
Heavy Rain
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 60% of players who started
Started playing 52% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 32,295
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- 60% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “HEAVY RAIN™ Hero” (Finish HEAVY RAIN™): only 60% of starters get there.
- Only 52% 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 32,551 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 10.8h for positive, 9.5h 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 (52.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- HEAVY RAIN™ Hero Finish HEAVY RAIN™ Most players quit here 60% −40
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- Interactive Drama Thank you for supporting Interactive Drama 100%
- White Knight Sleazy Place - Beat Troy 89%
- Private Eye Sleazy Place - Lead Lauren to talk about her son 77%
- Lucky Locker Lexington Station - Find the correct locker on first try 70%
- Good Driver The Bear - Complete the Bear Trial successfully 69%
- Good Cop Shrink and Punches - Stop Blake from hitting Dupré 68%
- Cat & Mouse Covered Market - Beat Korda in the cold storage 66%
- Tough Guy Kramer's Party - Defeat Gordi's bodyguards 65%
- Electrified The Butterfly - Complete the Butterfly Trial successfully 62%
- HEAVY RAIN™ Hero Finish HEAVY RAIN™ 60%
- Saved the Kid Save Shaun 57%
- FBI Investigator Crime Scene - Find all clues related to the Origami Killer in the scene 56%
- Escape Master On the Loose - Escape the police at the motel 53%
- VIP Paparazzi - Leave home without being spotted by the journalists 50%
- The Chef Eureka - Prepare a good omelette on time 50%
- Queen of Ropes The Doc - Escape before the Doc returns 49%
- Smart Girl The Doc - Do not drink the Doc's beverage 47%
- Lover Boy On the Loose - Forgive Madison 47%
- Fugitive Fugitive - Manage to escape Blake in the subway station 46%
- Sacrifice The Rat - Drink the poison 45%
- Blunder Nathaniel - Shoot Nathaniel 45%
- Kind Hearted Face to Face - Give Kramer his medicine 45%
- Swimming Instructor Trapped - Save Lauren underwater 44%
- Cold as Ice Killer's Place - Survive the explosion by hiding in the fridge 43%
- Self Control Nathaniel - Do not shoot Nathaniel 43%
- Ludwig Von Jayden Blues - Play the piano without a wrong note 40%
- Pride Saved Sexy Girl - Take off no more than one item of clothing during the strip-tease 39%
- Good Friends The Park - Play two games with Shaun successfully and buy him candy 38%
- Four Heroes Complete the story with four characters alive 37%
- Detox Jayden Blues - Resist Triptocaine 37%
- Hands Up! Fugitive or On the Loose - Get arrested by Blake 36%
- I'm not a Killer! The Shark - Do not kill the Drug Dealer 34%
- Invincible Scott Face to Face - Do not get shot in Kramer's villa 34%
- Good Father Father and Son - Follow the schedule with Shaun and put him to bed in a good mood 33%
- I'm a Killer... The Shark - Kill the Drug Dealer 33%
- Clever Dad The Rat - Work out where Shaun is held 32%
- Gold Finger The Lizard - Cut your finger using axe, knife or pliers + disinfect or cauterize the wound 32%
- Simple Mind The Old Warehouse - Save the Origami Killer before he falls, with Jayden or Madison 32%
- Nerd Find all clues using ARI (Crime scene + Mad Jack + Fish tank) and find the Origami Killer 31%
- Wise Guy Under Arrest - Switch the camera off in the surveillance room before saving Ethan 30%
- Goodbye Mad Jack Mad Jack - Survive the fights against Mad Jack 28%
- Happy Birthday Prologue - Complete the drawing + Set the table + Play with kids 26%
- Trial Master Succeeded in all Ethan's trials 21%
- Negotiator Hassan's Shop - Persuade the Robber to leave 19%
- Coward! The Butterfly - Give up or fail the Butterfly Trial 18%
- Baby Master Suicide Baby - Make no mistakes taking care of the baby 17%
- Got To Remember! Welcome, Norman! - Remember the time it was at the park and what Shaun was wearing 14%
- Butcher The Lizard - Cut your finger using saw or scissors 11%
- Agoraphobia Lexington Station - Knock down at least 50 passers-by 10%
- Kamikaze The Bear - Take the best route on the highway 7.6%
- Unforgivable On the Loose - Do not forgive Madison 7.3%
- I'm not Scared! Twins - Follow your brother without making any mistakes 5.9%
- Bad Cop Shrink and Punches - Do not stop Blake from hitting Dupré 5.5%
- So Close... The Old Warehouse - Reach the end with all characters... and fail 5.2%
- Perfect Crime Clean Manfred's shop of evidence + Let Lauren, Hassan and Kramer die + Kill Madison and Jayden + Origami Killer free 3.8%
- All Endings See all endings 3.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.