The Chant

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,291 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 8.3h for positive, 1.7h 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 (78.8% 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 (42)

• Resourceful Collect the resources needed to craft your first weapon in the Main Story 100%
• The Commencement It begins... 89%
• Your Weekend Retreat Begins! Complete Chapter 1 in the Main Story 85%
• Light at the End of the Tunnel Escape to the Cannery in the Main Story 82%
• Broken Friendship Complete Chapter 2 in the Main Story 71%
• Spelunker Find 10 Lore pickups in the Main Story 65%
• Scavenger Open 15 cabinets in the Main Story 51%
• Icarus Complete Chapter 3 in the Main Story 48%
• Tools of Consecration Deplete 20 throwables in the Main Story 48%
• Raw Veganism Consume 30 healing items in the Main Story 44%
• Archeologist Find 25 Lore pickups in the Main Story 44%
• Friendly Fire Force an enemy to kill another enemy in the Main Story 42%
• The Ritual Complete Chapter 4 in the Main Story 40%
• Historian Find 45 Lore pickups in the Main Story 38%
• Stalwart Psychosis Succeed on 20 Mind Attacks in the Main Story 37%
• Gloom Hunter Defeat 35 Gloom Creatures in the Main Story 37%
• Unmasked Complete Chapter 5 in the Main Story 37%
• Film Festival Find all Projector Reels in the Main Story 35%
• Thaumaturgy Craft 30 items in the Main Story 34%
• Purge the Heretics Defeat 40 Cultists in the Main Story 31%
• The Howling Dark Beat the game with Mind as your highest stat in the Main Story 30%
• Prismic Focus Use prism abilities 30 times in the Main Story 25%
• You have chosen... Wisely Complete the Rafters puzzle without falling in the Main Story 14%
• Alchemist Complete the Alchemical Plant Puzzle without making Alchemical Mulch in the Main Story 13%
• Rooted in Reality Destroy 15 Mandacores in the Main Story 9.0%
• DIY Defense Craft the Iridescent Blade and Throwing Plasma 8.8%
• Self-help Completely upgrade one of the Mind, Body, or Spirit upgrade trees in the Main Story 8.6%
• Overcharged Charge all 6 Prisms 7.0%
• Root Canal Destroy all Maws 7.0%
• The Great Escape Escape the Gloom Dimension 6.9%
• Calm Waters Beat the game with Body as your highest stat in the Main Story 6.0%
• Cataloger Find 11 Lore pickups in The Gloom Below 5.2%
• Cuisses De Grenouille Find and kill the hidden Giant Cankertoad in the Main Story 5.2%
• Magister Scientiae Complete the Main Story on Magister difficulty 5.2%
• Shh... Beat the game with Spirit as your highest stat in the Main Story 4.9%
• Lightning Rod Hit 4 enemies simultaneously with Throwing Plasma bolts 4.7%
• Enlightened Upgrade prism abilities 12 times in one life 4.4%
• Bookworm Find all Lore pickups in the Main Story 3.7%
• Supernova Kill 2 or more enemies with one Iridescent Blade Explosion 3.6%
• Summer Solstice Complete the Main Story in 4 hours or less 3.4%
• Savior Complete the Main Story without killing any Cultists 2.9%
• From Gloom, to Glory! Obtain every Achievement in the Main Story 2.4%