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Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 32% of players who started
Started playing 98% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 9,415
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 10h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 89% of games we track.
- At least 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Only Nightmares Last Forever!” (Escape from Charlotte) and “Welcome to Oblivion” (Reach the Field of Souls): from 81% to 66% of starters.
- 98% 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 9,543 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 12.3h for positive, 8.5h 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 (98.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Box. You Opened it. We Came Complete the prologue. 99% −1
- We Have Such Sights to Show You Enter the Labyrinth. 100% +2
- Not Leaving Us so Soon, Are You? Escape the Labyrinth. 99% −1
- A Waste of Good Suffering Escape confinement. 98% −1
- No Time for Argument Escape from the Chatterer. 91% −7
- Not Even IP Get inside the club's VIP lounge. 84% −7
- Only Nightmares Last Forever! Escape from Charlotte. 81% −2
- Welcome to Oblivion Reach the Field of Souls. Most players quit here 66% −15
- Every Drop of Blood You Spill... Resurrect Sunny. 65%
- Puts More Flesh on My Bones Begin the hunt for the hearts. 65%
- Come to Daddy Defeat Bruno. 61% −5
- Heart on Fire Defeat Charlotte. 51% −10
- No Mercy Defeat the Sister of Mercy. 42% −9
- Come Here, Damn You, I Want to Touch You Defeat Bruno, again. 39% −3
- Go to Hell! Defeat Marlowe. 36% −3
- Tear Your Soul Apart Complete the Ritual of Rebirth. 36%
- Experience Beyond Limits Finish the story by accepting the Cenobites' offer. ≥32% −3
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 (69)
story milestone ending side
- We Have Such Sights to Show You Enter the Labyrinth. 100%
- What's in the Box?! Use the Genesis Configuration. 99%
- Not Leaving Us so Soon, Are You? Escape the Labyrinth. 99%
- The Box. You Opened it. We Came Complete the prologue. 99%
- A Waste of Good Suffering Escape confinement. 98%
- Finders, Keepers Collect some coins. 97%
- With My Own Two Hands Craft an item in the Crafting menu. 94%
- Knives Out Use a knife to kill an enemy. 91%
- No Time for Argument Escape from the Chatterer. 91%
- Silent, but Deadly Kill an enemy with a stealth takedown. 91%
- Excessive Use of Force Break a melee weapon in a fight. 88%
- Bullet Time Use a firearm to kill an enemy. 87%
- A Little to the Left, a Little to the Right Open a basic lock with a lockpick. 86%
- Not Even IP Get inside the club's VIP lounge. 84%
- Just a Flesh Wound Heal up to full health. 82%
- Only Nightmares Last Forever! Escape from Charlotte. 81%
- Oh Snap Break a lockpick. 81%
- What's Your Pleasure, Sir? Purchase something from a mysterious vendor. 80%
- Handyman Repair a melee weapon. 80%
- Power to the People Upgrade a firearm. 77%
- With Great Power Unlock the Telekinesis power. 76%
- A Bigger Stick! Reinforce a melee weapon. 71%
- Burn? Oh, Such a Limited Imagination! Set Charlotte on fire. 69%
- Demons to Some, Angels to Others... Talk to a Cenobite. 69%
- Puzzle Me This Complete 3 Labyrinth puzzles. 69%
- The Further Regions of Experience Activate a Labyrinth pillar artifact. 69%
- Welcome to Oblivion Reach the Field of Souls. 66%
- Run, Aidan, Run! Escape from the Chatterer, again. 66%
- Every Drop of Blood You Spill... Resurrect Sunny. 65%
- Puts More Flesh on My Bones Begin the hunt for the hearts. 65%
- What're Ya Buyin? Spend 666+ coins in the shop. 64%
- Come to Daddy Defeat Bruno. 61%
- Armed and Dangerous Equip a firearm in every firearm equipment slot. 57%
- Financial Elite Spend 1337+ coins in the shop. 56%
- Breacher Kill a fully armored enemy without destroying any armor parts. 54%
- Pyromaniac Unlock the Pyrokinesis power. 54%
- Twisted Firestarter Kill 10 or more enemies by burning them to death. 51%
- Heart on Fire Defeat Charlotte. 51%
- What're Ya Sellin? Earn 999+ coins from sales. 51%
- So Much for the Cat and Mouse Shtick Sneak past Sister of Mercy. 46%
- I Can Do This All Day Escape from the Chatterer, yet again. 45%
- Unlimited Power! Unlock the Hellchains power. 45%
- No Mercy Defeat the Sister of Mercy. 42%
- Codebreaker Unlock 5 numpad locks. 40%
- Come Here, Damn You, I Want to Touch You Defeat Bruno, again. 39%
- I Banish Thee! Banish three Unworthy in succession. 38%
- Go to Hell! Defeat Marlowe. 36%
- Tear Your Soul Apart Complete the Ritual of Rebirth. 36%
- Electro-Shock Therapy Die from electric shock. 33%
- Experience Beyond Limits Finish the story by accepting the Cenobites' offer. 32%
- Portable Guillotine Behead 3 or more enemies with the same melee weapon. 31%
- Human After All Finish the story by denying the Cenobites' offer. 29%
- Guns, Lots of Guns Acquire all firearms. 28%
- Wetwork Stealth kill 10 cultists without alerting anyone. 27%
- Lord of War Fully upgrade a firearm. 26%
- Trickshot Kill 2 or more enemies with a single shot. 17%
- There Are No Limits Find and activate every pain pillar artifact. 16%
- Librarian Collect every crafting recipe. 16%
- A Quiet Place Escape the graveyard without throwing anything or being seen. 12%
- Headtaker Kill 3 or more enemies with a single telekinetic throw. 11%
- Trapper Damage 10 or more enemies with bear traps. 8.2%
- I Spy with My Little... Kill 6 or more enemies while looking through the revolver scope. 7.5%
- Pain And Pleasure, Indivisible Find and activate every suffering pillar artifact. 7.3%
- Deadeye Kill an enemy with a headshot from at least 30 metres away. 4.7%
- Artificer Craft every craftable item. 3.9%
- In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King Rip apart 69 enemies using Hellchains. 3.7%
- Sticks and Stones Use a stone to kill an enemy. 3.5%
- Red Dead Damnation Shoot every bottle at the docks shooting range. 3.1%
- No Life in the Void, Only Death Die to Leviathan's gaze. 2.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-30.