AdventureIndie
ColdSide
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 544
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 3h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 77% 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.
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Based on all 549 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 4.1h for positive, 2.1h 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 (76.9% 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 (31)
- Game start Start playing ColdSide 100%
- Arrival You're at the place 94%
- Empty What's going on with you? 78%
- Rainy night Complete first level 73%
- I am not a killer You have taken a card from a Foundation soldier without violence 57%
- Another dimension Complete second level 55%
- Catacombs Complete 3rd level 49%
- Notes # 3 Read all notes on the third level 49%
- Notes # 2 Read all notes on the second level 47%
- Escape Finish Level 4 44%
- Notes # 1 Read all notes on the first level 42%
- Notes # 4 Read all notes on the fourth level 41%
- Bad memories You took a dip in an anomalous pool 37%
- Alternate ending Get one of the alternate endings 37%
- Freedom Complete Level 5 36%
- Rebel Temporary Base Finish Level 6 35%
- Explosive You've been torn to shreds. 31%
- Amnesia You don't remember anything 31%
- Here they are Find all the figurines on the first level 31%
- True Ending Get True Ending 28%
- One of us Join the rebels 25%
- They look at you Find all the figurines on the fourth level 16%
- Dangerous cat Don't pet the cat 15%
- They are hidden in the sands Find all figurines in level 5 11%
- What was that? Strange anomaly 8.3%
- They're in the dark Find all the figurines on the third level 8.2%
- Frozen figurines Collect all figurines on the sixth level 7.9%
- How did you do this? Open a closed door 7.8%
- Find them all Find all the figurines on the second level 7.8%
- I found you Find the monster figurine 7.8%
- Terminator Finishing the game without dying 7.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.