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Amnesia: Rebirth
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 39% of players who started
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 9,395
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- 39% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Pilgrim” and “Communicator”: from 71% to 57% of starters.
- 88% 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 9,463 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.4h for positive, 7.9h 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 (88.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Amnesiac Awoke with fragmentary memories after the crash of the Cassandra. 100%
- Follower Followed Salim's trail. 88% −12
- Dreamer Dreamed of Paris. 79% −9
- Widow Carried on with life, despite Salim's fate. 73% −5
- Pilgrim Followed the pilgrim's trail to take refuge in the fort. 71% −2
- Communicator Explored the inner fortress, and spoke to the doctor. Most players quit here 57% −14
- Gunner Fired a cannon at the fortress gate. 54% −3
- Pathfinder Found a way through the ruined cistern. 50% −4
- Nomad Travelled through the desert. 49% −1
- Fugitive Escaped the Shadow. 47% −2
- Tinkerer Activated the alchemists' device. 45% −2
- Traveller Activated a portal between worlds. 43% −3
- Tasi Completed the story. 39% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (41)
story milestone ending side
- Amnesiac Awoke with fragmentary memories after the crash of the Cassandra. 100%
- Follower Followed Salim's trail. 88%
- Dreamer Dreamed of Paris. 79%
- Widow Carried on with life, despite Salim's fate. 73%
- Pilgrim Followed the pilgrim's trail to take refuge in the fort. 71%
- Communicator Explored the inner fortress, and spoke to the doctor. 57%
- Narcissist Gazed at a reflection in the water. 54%
- Gunner Fired a cannon at the fortress gate. 54%
- Caregiver Took time to talk with an unborn child. 53%
- Pathfinder Found a way through the ruined cistern. 50%
- Nomad Travelled through the desert. 49%
- Somnambulist Took a walk in the park. 48%
- Fugitive Escaped the Shadow. 47%
- Tinkerer Activated the alchemists' device. 45%
- Murderer Drained the fear and the life from a crewmember. 43%
- Traveller Activated a portal between worlds. 43%
- Diagnostician Operated a scanning device, and learned of a child's illness. 42%
- Can-opener Popped the lid on some carefully stored meat. 40%
- Castaway Failed to reach a child, separated by deep waters. 40%
- Refugee Reached the doctor. 40%
- Mother Gave birth to a daughter, only to lose her. 40%
- Tasi Completed the story. 39%
- Historian Found an unfinished letter from an archaeologist to his sister. 36%
- Torturer Tortured an innocent to aid an unborn child. 31%
- Archivist Collected notes to fill a journal. 31%
- Lightbringer Burned a forest's worth of matches to illuminate dark places. 28%
- Iconoclast Sacrificed everything to cast down a god and end suffering. 26%
- Harvester Left a daughter in the care of a god, and was reborn. 25%
- Provider Escaped to Paris with a daughter that must now be cared for. 23%
- Overlooked Kept quiet and still, and so escaped a predator's gaze. (Original Mode only) 22%
- Vandal Smashed lots of irreplaceable objects. 22%
- Altruist Spared an innocent, perhaps dooming an unborn child. 15%
- Escape Artist Escaped a cage in the Arsenal without setting off a grenade. 13%
- Stoic Resisted fear, and resisted anger. (Original Mode only) 13%
- Nope, Merci! Left when things were getting interesting in Amnesia: Rebirth. 7.9%
- Translocator Sent extra objects through the portal in the Alchemist's Chambers. 7.5%
- Trawler Found treasure beneath the water. 6.8%
- Curator Found all the memories recorded by others. 6.2%
- Crewmember Found all Hank's notes on the crew of the Cassandra. 5.2%
- Speedster Completed the game faster than any Frictional developer. 3.5%
- Reborn Collected all the other achievements. 3.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.