Indie
DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 50% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 1,885
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (13%); after 3h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- Only 50% 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 1,986 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 3.3h for positive, 2.6h 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 (50.1% 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 (17)
- PASSIONATE WORKER Typed up over 100 entries total 100%
- POSSESSION Received the Possession Fate 61%
- HARD WORKER Cross the cavernous pit & reach the computer on the other side 47%
- EXTINGUISHED Received the Extinguished Fate 40%
- SIN EATER How did you get home last night?? 35%
- SCRAPPER Find the left behind scrap of paper 31%
- USB DRIVE Obtained the USB drive 22%
- SUNSHINE Received the Sunshine Fate 18%
- DEEP THINKER Be exceptionally observant about your home. 16%
- WITHDRAWN Received the Withdrawn Fate 13%
- MAIL BOMB Mail yourself a mail bomb 13%
- VOYEUR Mail 20 different letters to yourself 13%
- FIRED Received the Fired Fate 12%
- CONFIDENT WORKER Don't delete any mail un-necessarily 10%
- RESEARCHER Discover all of the letters addressed to a former Data Conversion Operator 9.6%
- EXPERIENCED WORKER All endings achieved 4.0%
- SAFE AND SOUND Send your soul home safely 3.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.