When does Syberia: The World Before - Prologue get good?

Give it 1 hour. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 3h it's 1 in 4 (26%). Only 43% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Syberia: The World Before - Prologue

Oct 8, 2020 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 1 hour

Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 43% of owners

Steam reviews 75% positive of 1,391

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 3h it's 1 in 4 (26%).
Only 43% 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 1,421 Steam reviews in every language. 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 (42.6% 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 (5)

Budding virtuoso Take the music exam 100%
Childhood memory Listen to the music box's song 85%
To be continued… Finish the prologue 68%
The train's Head Officer Make the dead officer lose his head 51%
A mark for posterity Draw for the bookseller 33%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.