Vampires' Melody
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 12 reviews are negative (8%); after 4h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 93% of games we track.
- At least 49% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Complete Prologue” and “Complete Chapter 1”: from 90% to 66% of starters.
- 84% 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 5,829 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 5.6h for positive, 3.4h 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 (83.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Complete Prologue Complete Prologue: An encounter 90% −10
- Complete Chapter 1 Complete Chapter 1: Waking up from a Dream Most players quit here 66% −24
- Complete Chapter 2 Complete Chapter 2: Survival 55% −11
- Complete Chapter 3 Complete Chapter 3: Nowhere to Stay 50% −5
- Complete Chapter 4 Complete Chapter 4: The Line between Life and Death 44% −6
- Complete Chapter 5 Complete Chapter 5: Decision 43% −1
- Complete Chapter 6 Complete Chapter 6: A Beautiful Moment 43% −1
- Complete Chapter 7 Complete Chapter 7: If this second lasts... 42% −1
- Complete Chapter 8 Complete Chapter 8: New World 23% −19
- R.I.P... The rain that never ends ≥49% +26
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (21)
story milestone ending side
- First Blood Welcome to Vampires' Melody 100%
- Complete Prologue Complete Prologue: An encounter 90%
- Complete Chapter 1 Complete Chapter 1: Waking up from a Dream 66%
- Complete Chapter 2 Complete Chapter 2: Survival 55%
- Complete Chapter 3 Complete Chapter 3: Nowhere to Stay 50%
- R.I.P... The rain that never ends 49%
- Complete Chapter 4 Complete Chapter 4: The Line between Life and Death 44%
- Complete Chapter 5 Complete Chapter 5: Decision 43%
- There is no vampire! Normal people wouldn't believe it 43%
- Law is Law! Do Not defy the law 43%
- Complete Chapter 6 Complete Chapter 6: A Beautiful Moment 43%
- Complete Chapter 7 Complete Chapter 7: If this second lasts... 42%
- Welcome to Fluffy Store Another new world? 40%
- We will be back! The end of the sea 37%
- Dead End Three shots and six holes 36%
- No bad, still alive Lonely exile 32%
- What a miracle Earth and Ether 31%
- Just you and me Nothing, and everything 29%
- Become rich The winner in life 28%
- Complete Chapter 8 Complete Chapter 8: New World 23%
- 40 seasons after... Thank you for playing~~ 23%