AdventureIndie
Murder House
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 49% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 2,354
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 3h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- Only 49% 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 2,387 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 3.4h for positive, 2.5h 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 (48.8% 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 (7)
- Kicking and screaming You did what you could. 100%
- Massacred! Emma's just a statistic now 94%
- Payback! Time to fight back 85%
- Helpless Victim You didn't make it to the end of the prologue. 78%
- Be Kind, Rewind You've escaped the Murder House 76%
- Tape Master You've survived the entire tape 74%
- Bookworm You've read thoroughly 15%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.