The Mortuary Assistant
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 4h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 51% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “I Survived” (Beat the game once): only 51% of starters get there.
- 89% 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 8,935 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.2h for positive, 2.4h 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 (88.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I Survived Beat the game once. Most players quit here 51% −49
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- My First Body Complete the tutorial. 100%
- Flying Solo Complete your first body in the main game. 90%
- I ain't afraid of no ghost Get right back to work. 83%
- Let Me In Fail to banish the demon. 68%
- TURBO! It does nothing... 59%
- I Survived Beat the game once. 51%
- Throw The Vase Throw the red vase. 46%
- 10/10 Immersion Would immerse again. 43%
- Speed Run Beat the game in under 45 minutes 43%
- The Phone's Dead! Try to use the phone during the start of the game. 35%
- Just Give In Become possessed for the first time. 32%
- Six Feet Under Open the outside hatch. 26%
- Our Secret Below Enter the storage room. 24%
- I Know You Beat the game without embalming all bodies. 17%
- All The Pieces Experience all major story events. 14%
- Breaking and Entering Open the second basement door. 14%
- The House of Delver Complete ending 6. 11%
- Closure Get Rebecca's ending. 9.7%
- The Unforgiven Read the letter from Raymond. 6.3%
- The Mortician Get all endings. 5.7%
- Do the dead comfort you? Embalm a body in embalming only mode. 5.6%
- I'm DJ Two-Shades Listen to all DJ Two-shades clips. 4.8%
- No Way Out Try to leave the mortuary. 2.6%
- Light Em UP! Burn 50 bodies in the retort. 1.2%
- Well Preserved Embalm 100 bodies 1.2%