The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 5h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “There Is Always Hope” (Completed the Solo Story): only 32% of starters get there.
- 78% 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 11,210 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 6.9h for positive, 5.9h 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 (77.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- There Is Always Hope Completed the Solo Story Most players quit here 32% −68
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- The Sword and the Shield Kurum and Balathu chose to fight together 100%
- Vision of the Past Rachel witnessed the origin of the creatures. 63%
- Semper Fi Jason went back for Salim and they both made it to the elevator 61%
- Chekhov's Gun Rachel used the machine gun 59%
- Slayer Salim killed five creatures using his spear 40%
- Into the Sunset Salim returned home to his son 33%
- There Is Always Hope Completed the Solo Story 32%
- Illuminating Evidence Eric discovered the unexpected effects of the UV wand 32%
- So You're My Technician Merwin fixed the radio 25%
- The Thing Eric helped Rachel purge her infection 25%
- Golden Path Five characters survived the finale 19%
- We Are Not Alone Finished the prologue in Movie Night 19%
- Ain't Got Time to Bleed Escaped the vault without any lingering injuries 17%
- Full Clearance Clarice killed Eric after becoming infected 16%
- The Statement of Randolph Hodgson Found every part of Randolph’s journal 13%
- Casualties of War Found all of the Black Framed Pictures 13%
- Ghost Signal Eric ignored Nick’s radio signal 9.6%
- Portents Found all of the White Framed Pictures 6.8%
- Until Death Do Us Part Rachel became infected and killed Eric, or Eric killed her 5.4%
- Old Dog Balathu made two kills with his spear 5.3%
- Double Tap Eric and Rachel both died in the same explosion 5.0%
- Climbing out of Hell Rachel survived after rejecting both her lovers 4.8%
- Heart to Heart Nick killed the ancient warrior with a stake 4.4%
- Final Girl Only one character survived the finale 4.1%
- Scratching at the Past Found all of the Secrets 2.8%
- Six Minutes of Night Everyone died in the finale 2.7%
- Lost in Time Rachel was not rescued from her cocoon 2.1%
- Start Thinking Like a Marine Chose only Head decisions 2.1%
- Oorah Eric and Nick shared a moment in the elevator 1.9%
- Let Me Have a Go! Three characters used the UV wand to attack the creatures 1.8%