Pentiment
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 4 reviews are negative (22%); after 15h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 52% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Baron” (Finished Act 1): only 80% of starters get there.
- Only 56% 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 9,978 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 18.1h for positive, 11.8h 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 (56.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Baron Finished Act 1. Most players quit here 80% −20
- Vis Major Finished Act 2. 62% −18
- Manu Propria Finished Act 3. 52% −10
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
- Cryptic Solutions Find the secret door to library. 100%
- The Baron Finished Act 1. 80%
- Like a Record Baby Solve Ferenc's cipher with the volvelle. 80%
- A Regular Saint Francis Pet 5 animals. 73%
- Simple Soul Convince Illuminata to give you the French book. 72%
- Hot Goss Tell Jacob Estler immaterial gossip. 71%
- Andreas Non Grata End Act I out of the abbot's favor. 66%
- Vis Major Finished Act 2. 62%
- Art of Persuasion Pass 5 dialogue checks. 61%
- Good Influence Encourage Paul to draw. 60%
- The Prior Get Ferenc executed. 60%
- Smell the Roses Examine 10 flowers. 59%
- Empty-headed Have your hat stolen. 58%
- Matchmaker Convince Endris to find his sweetheart. 57%
- Quick Fingers Spin wool as fast as the ladies. 56%
- Manu Propria Finished Act 3. 52%
- Cookie Master Cut enough cookies for everyone at the Christmas feast. 47%
- The Penitent Man Do your penance. 46%
- Look Before you Climb Get assistance climbing down the mine shaft. 44%
- The Second Plague Learn about Artemis and Apollo's frog plan. 40%
- A Fateful Sausage Learn the mystery of the cats. 37%
- The Embezzler Get Guy killed. 36%
- The Cornish Patient Get Aedoc his medicine. 35%
- Among Us Discover the imposter. 32%
- Kiss Zdena Seduce Zdena. 32%
- The Deer Hunter Shoot the deer. 31%
- The Adulteress Get Hanna killed. 24%
- Good Graces End Act I in the abbot's favor. 21%
- The Stonemason Get Lucky executed. 21%
- Down to the Last Pfennig Lose everything at Lansquenet. 19%
- The Root of the Problem Get Wojslav to let you into the cellar. 16%
- Legal Eagle Convince Jacob Estler to save Ottilia's home. 16%
- The Widow Get Ottilia executed. 13%
- The Imposter Get Martin killed. 11%
- Grave Matters Convince Gernot to let you dig up the grave. 8.0%
- High Roller Win everyone's money at Lansquenet. 8.0%
- Room Service Complain to Niko about your room. 7.7%
- The Hand of Mercy Refuse to shoot at the deer. 4.1%
- The Nun Get Matilda executed. 3.9%
- Should Have Seen the Other Guy Get knocked out. 3.0%
- Nosy Fella Headbutt Werner. 2.7%