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The Inheritance of Crimson Manor
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 73% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 965
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 5h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 73% 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 975 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.7h for positive, 3.7h 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 (73.2% 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 (12)
- Art Student Inspect the family portrait 100%
- Expeditionary Solve the globe puzzle 89%
- Music Critic Play all phonograph cartridges 82%
- Operator Solve the telephone puzzle 79%
- Strategist Solve the templar knights puzzle 76%
- Pastry Cook Find the cake recipe 76%
- Safecracker Open all strong boxes 66%
- Key Master Get all the manor keys 66%
- Master of Unlocking Unlock all the doors 66%
- Film Precursor Play all zoopraxiscope animations 61%
- Toy Tester Pull all tabs on the Little Tom´s book 54%
- Master of Terror Find all the Penny Dreadfuls 43%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.