Traitors in Salem

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 1,076 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 120 reviews: 12.2h for positive, 3.2h 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 (46.5% 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 (265)

• The First Of Many Complete a quest 100%
• Initiation Win your first game of Traitors in Salem 91%
• It's So Bright Use Eagle Eye during the day 70%
• Look What I Found Report a body 68%
• Squint Use Eagle Eye at night 65%
• Hocus Pocus Cast a Spell 58%
• QuestMaster Complete 5 quests in a game 58%
• Sentry Win your first game as a Lookout 57%
• Banish The Necronomicon Win by completing the final quest 54%
• Novice Win 5 games of Traitors in Salem 52%
• Mercenary Win your first game as a Vigilante 44%
• Supervisor Win your first game as a Mayor 43%
• The Perfect Covenant Win with All Traitors still alive 41%
• Beam Me Up Take a teleporter 40%
• Look Into The Sun Use Heightened Senses during the Day 40%
• Good Hygiene Find a player to have clean hands 39%
• Head Honcho Reveal yourself as the Mayor 39%
• Moonlight Perception Use Heightened Senses at Night 39%
• Detective Win your first game as an Investigator 37%
• Liberty Bell Use the Town bell 36%
• Apprentice Win 10 games of Traitors in Salem 34%
• Right Place, Right Time Report 3 bodies in a game 33%
• Chill Up Your Spine Sense the death of another player 33%
• Enforce The Law Win your first game as a Sheriff 32%
• Hunter Win your first game as a Wildling 32%
• Energize! Use a Teleporter as a Transporter 29%
• Officer Of The Law Interrogate an innocent player 28%
• Seer Win your first game as a Psychic 28%
• Courier Win your first game as a Transporter 28%
• Medical Examiner Win your first game as a Coroner 28%
• Victim Win your first game as a Saint 28%
• Sixth Sense Kill a player while Heightened Senses is activated 27%
• Oracle Win your first game as a Medium 27%
• Attorney Win your first game as a Prosecutor 27%
• The Perfect Town Win with all Town members still alive 26%
• I Hope You Have Patience Be killed by a player 26%
• Resident Win your first game as a Townie 26%
• Low Jack Win your first game as a Tracker 26%
• Fortune Teller Win your first game as a Seer 25%
• Executive Decision Vote guilty on a Traitor while being revealed as the Mayor 24%
• Paranoid Use an alert 24%
• Crack Shot Shoot a Traitor as a Vigilante 23%
• Battle-Hardened Win your first game as a Veteran 23%
• Emperor Win your first game as a King 22%
• Exalted Knight another player 22%
• See You In Court Prosecute a player 22%
• Good Or Bad? Find two players to be on the same faction 20%
• The More You Know Check the role of a player 18%
• Dedicated Win 25 games of Traitors in Salem 18%
• The Wrong Side Of The Law Interrogate an evil player 18%
• One Of You Has To Go Find two players to be on opposing factions 17%
• Close Call Be acquitted by a tie vote 17%
• Dissection Perform an Autopsy on a corpse 17%
• Apprentice Tracker Find a corpse and track the killer 17%
• Eagle Eye Win 5 games as a Lookout 17%
• Incriminate Prosecute an evil player 15%
• Are You The Killer? Examine a player against your Autopsy results 15%
• Dripping Blood Find a player to have bloody hands 15%
• Cutthroat Win your first game as a Serial Killer 15%
• Interrogator Win your first game as an Inquisitor 14%
• I Cast A Hex On Thee Hex a player 14%
• Intoxicating Introduction Poison a player 14%
• Confirmed Townie Reveal a member of the Town 14%
• Summoning Ritual Summon a minion to do your bidding 14%
• Persuasion Convert a player to a Cult Member 13%
• Conspirator Win your first game as a Traitor 13%
• The First Blood Lust Kill a player with your Blood Lust 13%
• Be Quiet Silence the Town with your Banshee Scream 13%
• Incinerate Burn your first corpse 13%
• Chameleon Disguise as another player 12%
• Blind Faith Win your first game as a Cultist 12%
• Counter Vision Use Eagle Eye during a Blood Moon 12%
• Mightier Than The Sword Counterattack and kill a player with your alert 12%
• I Curse Thee Win by the Curse Spell 11%
• Mirage Create an illusion of a player 11%
• Master of Death Kill a player with your minion 11%
• Jester's Revenge Be successfully lynched as a Jester 11%
• Spellslinger Win your first game as a Hex Master 11%
• Political Insight Sense the death of a revealed Mayor 11%
• Justice Win 5 games as a Vigilante 11%
• 5 Senses Are Better Than 1 Kill a Lookout while their Eagle Eye is active 11%
• Silent But Deadly Win your first game as a Poisoner 11%
• Patriarch Win 50 games of Traitors in Salem 11%
• Ghostly Use Wraith's invisibility 11%
• Deceitful Murder Disguise as another player and kill someone 11%
• Political Asylum Vote innocent on a Town member while being revealed as the Mayor 11%
• Pyromaniac Win your first game as an Arsonist 11%
• Reanimate Win your first game as a Necromancer 11%
• Ambassador Win 5 games as a Mayor 11%
• Joker Win your fist game as a Jester 10%
• Camouflage Win your first game as a Disguiser 10%
• Howl Win your first game as a Banshee 9.9%
• Apparition Win your first game as a Wraith 9.9%
• Firing Squad Win your first game as an Executioner 9.7%
• Gumshoe Win 5 games as an Investigator 9.7%
• Marshall Win 5 games as a Sheriff 9.5%
• Spiritual Prowess Sense the death of a player during a Blood Moon 9.2%
• Hawk Win 10 games as a Lookout 9.2%
• You Left Evidence Examine a player and find that they were the killer 9.0%
• Coach Logan Be killed by a Serial Killer 9.0%
• Hallucination Win your first game as an Illusionist 9.0%
• Hexplosion Win the game by Hexing all living players 8.8%
• Denizen Win 5 games as a Townie 8.6%
• Upgraded Knight a revealed Mayor 8.2%
• Superdelegate Be Knighted after revealing as the Mayor 8.0%
• Great Strategy Check a players faction against a Revealed Mayor 8.0%
• Autopsy Win 5 games as a Coroner 7.7%
• Prophet Win 5 games as a Medium 7.7%
• Litigator Win 5 games as a Prosecutor 7.7%
• Prophet Win 5 games as a Psychic 7.7%
• Casualty Win 5 games as a Saint 7.7%
• Envoy Win 5 games as a Transporter 7.7%
• Soldier Win 5 games as a Veteran 7.7%
• Monarch Win 5 games as a King 7.5%
• Pathfinder Win 5 games as a Tracker 7.5%
• Phantasm Create an illusion of a player who is dead 7.3%
• Priorities Find a Sheriff 7.3%
• Zealous Win 100 games of Traitors in Salem 7.3%
• Capital Punishment Successfully lynch your target 7.1%
• Master Of The Hex Hex 5 players in a game 6.9%
• Rapid Deduction Find a player to have bloody hands on Day 1 6.9%
• Silenced Have your active Eagle Eye canceled by a Banshee 6.9%
• Who Silenced Who? Be killed by a Banshee 6.9%
• It's Spooky Over Here Use a Teleporter during a Blood Moon 6.9%
• Can't Slow Me Down Use a Teleporter during an Ice Storm 6.9%
• Smoking Gun Win 10 games as a Vigilante 6.9%
• Mystic Win 5 games as a Seer 6.9%
• Informed Attack Find a Veteran 6.7%
• Executive Win 10 games as a Mayor 6.7%
• Predator Win 5 games as a Wildling 6.7%
• Scholar of the Town Win with all Town roles 6.7%
• Counterfeit Teleportation Disguise as another player and use a teleporter 6.5%
• With Great Power Kill the player you are disguised as 6.5%
• Private Eye Win 10 games as an Investigator 6.5%
• Constable Win 10 games as a Sheriff 6.5%
• Order 66 Convert a Vigilante to a Cult Member 6.2%
• My Blade Against Your Gun Kill a Vigilante with your Blood Lust 6.0%
• Indictor Win 10 games as a Prosecutor 6.0%
• Public Transportation Win 10 games as a Transporter 6.0%
• Warrior Win 10 games as a Veteran 6.0%
• Marathon Live to the 10th Day 5.8%
• Blight Poison 5 players in a game 5.8%
• The Blade Is Mightier Than The Pen Kill a Prosecutor with your Blood Lust 5.8%
• Risky Play Kill a Veteran with your Blood Lust 5.8%
• Unwavering Pursuit Track three kills in a game 5.8%
• Postmortem Win 10 games as a Coroner 5.8%
• Sultan Win 10 games as a King 5.8%
• Diviner Win 10 games as a Medium 5.8%
• Soothsayer Win 10 games as a Psychic 5.8%
• Sacrifice Win 10 games as a Saint 5.8%
• Villager Win 10 games as a Townie 5.8%
• Trail Chaser Win 10 games as a Tracker 5.8%
• Etheral Warp Use a teleporter while invisible 5.8%
• Reduce To Ashes Burn the corpse of a revealed Mayor 5.6%
• Seeing Triple Create an illusion while the Seeing Double spell is active 5.6%
• Voice of the Town Be the only guilty vote on a Traitor while being revealed as the Mayor 5.6%
• All Seeing Sense the death of 10 players in a game 5.6%
• Political Assasination Kill a revealed Mayor with your Blood Lust 5.6%
• I Have The High Ground Shoot a converted Cult Member 5.6%
• Clairvoyant Win 10 games as a Seer 5.6%
• Iconic Win 250 games of Traitors in Salem 5.6%
• No Alert For You Silence the Town and kill a Veteran 5.4%
• Church And State Convert a revealed Mayor to a Cult Member 5.4%
• Reveal The Hidden Cult Reveal a Cultist upon your death 5.4%
• Revenge From Beyond Reveal a Serial Killer upon your death 5.4%
• Forced Into Service Reveal a Mayor who was still hidden to the Town 5.4%
• Hold Accountable Prosecute a Cult Member 5.4%
• Hypothermia Track a killer during an Ice Storm 5.4%
• Sentinel Win 25 games as a Lookout 5.4%
• Worship At The Altar Win 5 games as a Cultist 5.4%
• Murderer Win 5 games as a Serial Killer 5.4%
• Disco Inferno Burn five corpses in a single game 5.2%
• Prosecute This Silence the Town and kill a Prosecutor 5.2%
• Out of Bullets? Silence the Town and kill a Vigilante 5.2%
• Thrown Off The Scent Silence the Town and stop a Tracker that was tracking you 5.2%
• Quick Execution Lynch your target on Day One 5.2%
• Cult Promotion Knight a Traitor while you are a Cult Member 5.2%
• Delayed Paranoia Have a Veteran on alert die to your poison 5.2%
• You Already Know The Answer Compare two players factions as a converted Cult Member 5.2%
• A Frivolous Interrogation Interrogate someone as a Cult Member 5.2%
• I See Through Your Disguise Shoot a Disguiser while they are Disguised 5.2%
• Commander-in-Chief Win 25 games as a Mayor 5.2%
• Deputy Win 25 games as a Sheriff 5.2%
• Judicatory Win 25 games as a Vigilante 5.2%
• Accursed Win 5 games as a Hex Master 5.2%
• Scrutinizer Win 5 games as an Inquisitor 5.2%
• Army of the Dead Win 5 games as a Necromancer 5.2%
• Poison Barbs Win 5 games as a Poisoner 5.2%
• Join The Dark Side Convert a Veteran on alert to a Cult Member 4.9%
• Quick Reactions Counterattack a Serial Killer's Blood Rush attack 4.9%
• Massacre Kill 3 people with your alerts in a game 4.9%
• Vengeance Is Mine Shoot a Poisoner after they have Poisoned you 4.9%
• Denomination Win 10 games as a Cultist 4.9%
• Devourer Win 10 games as a Wildling 4.9%
• Coroner's Report Win 25 games as a Coroner 4.9%
• Sherlock Holmes Win 25 games as an Investigator 4.9%
• Caesar Win 25 games as a King 4.9%
• Harbinger Win 25 games as a Medium 4.9%
• Blow the Whistle Win 25 games as a Prosecutor 4.9%
• Oracle Win 25 games as a Psychic 4.9%
• Martyr Win 25 games as a Saint 4.9%
• Bloodhound Win 25 games as a Tracker 4.9%
• Precious Cargo Win 25 games as a Transporter 4.9%
• Sergeant Win 25 games as a Veteran 4.9%
• Shriek Win 5 games as a Banshee 4.9%
• Firebug Win 5 games as an Arsonist 4.9%
• Masquerade Win 5 games as a Disguiser 4.9%
• Guillotine Win 5 games as an Executioner 4.9%
• Trickster Win 5 games as a Jester 4.9%
• Impostor Win 5 games as a Traitor 4.9%
• Phantom Win 5 games as a Wraith 4.9%
• Now You See Me; Now You Don't Cast the Displace spell while invisible 4.9%
• Cover Our Tracks Burn the corpse of a fellow Traitor 4.7%
• Should Have Burned The Body Examine an Arsonist and find that they were the killer 4.7%
• It's Treason Then Lynch a revealed Mayor who is your target 4.7%
• Death Penalty Lynch three targets in one game 4.7%
• Counterattack Avoided Win the game by casting your final Hex on an Alerting Veteran 4.7%
• Elementary, My Dear Watson Find 3 players with bloody hands in a game 4.7%
• Highly Decorated Be the third person to Knight a player 4.7%
• The Scales Of Justice Prosecute a revealed Mayor who is a Cult Member 4.7%
• Nice Shot Be killed by a Vigilante as a converted Cult Member 4.7%
• The Corrupted Mayor Interrogate a revealed Mayor who is Evil 4.7%
• Incendiary Win 10 games as an Arsonist 4.7%
• Screech Win 10 games as a Banshee 4.7%
• Smoke Screen Win 10 games as a Disguiser 4.7%
• Lynch 'Em Win 10 games as an Executioner 4.7%
• Hocus Pocus Win 10 games as a Hex Master 4.7%
• Deja Vu Win 10 games as an Illusionist 4.7%
• Auditor Win 10 games as an Inquisitor 4.7%
• Unhinged Win 10 games as a Jester 4.7%
• Day of the Dead Win 10 games as a Necromancer 4.7%
• Toxic Win 10 games as a Poisoner 4.7%
• Psychopath Win 10 games as a Serial Killer 4.7%
• Deceiver Win 10 games as a Traitor 4.7%
• Specter Win 10 games as a Wraith 4.7%
• Communion Win 25 games as a Cultist 4.7%
• Soothsayer Win 25 games as a Seer 4.7%
• Settler Win 25 games as a Townie 4.7%
• Deception Win 5 games as an Illusionist 4.7%
• Scholar of the Traitors Win with all Traitor roles 4.7%
• Out of Sight; Out of Mind Use Wraith's invisibility five times in a game 4.7%
• Overprepared Check 10 players in a game 4.5%
• Did I Do That? Possess a Town member and have them die to a Veteran on Alert 4.5%
• Beyond the Grave Possess and kill a Town member 4.5%
• The Mayor of Doom Possess a revealed Mayor and kill a Town member 4.5%
• High Value Target Kill a Knighted and Revealed Mayor with your minion 4.5%
• Low Risk Attack Kill a Veteran with your minion 4.5%
• Unexpected Outcome Make a player die to poison while they are doing Pan's Flute 4.5%
• Reliable Companion UNDEFINED 4.5%
• Teleportation Sickness UNDEFINED 4.5%
• Ifrit Win 25 games as an Arsonist 4.5%
• Wail Win 25 games as a Banshee 4.5%
• Master of Disguise Win 25 games as a Disguiser 4.5%
• Iron Maiden Win 25 games as an Executioner 4.5%
• Jinx Win 25 games as a Hex Master 4.5%
• Figment of Imagination Win 25 games as an Illusionist 4.5%
• Examiner Win 25 games as an Inquisitor 4.5%
• Lunatic Win 25 games as a Jester 4.5%
• Zombie Apocalypse Win 25 games as a Necromancer 4.5%
• Miasma Win 25 games as a Poisoner 4.5%
• Sociopath Win 25 games as a Serial Killer 4.5%
• Betrayer Win 25 games as a Traitor 4.5%
• Apex Win 25 games as a Wildling 4.5%
• Revenant Win 25 games as a Wraith 4.5%
• Scholar of Salem Win with all roles 4.5%