Afterimage
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 35h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
- At least 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Assault” (Defeat Lush Wolf) and “Broken Wings”: from 100% to 28% of starters.
- 85% 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 10,633 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 31.1h for positive, 9.1h 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 (85.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Assault Defeat Lush Wolf. 100%
- Broken Wings Defeat Loss, the Broken Wings. Most players quit here 28% −72
- Darkside of the moon Defeat Guider, the Shadow Moon. 27% −1
- Gimme Shelter Defeat Agus, the Pyro Goliath, Aqil, the Pyro Goliath. 26% −1
- Homecoming Where is my mind? ≥26%
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 (46)
story milestone ending side
- The Assault Defeat Lush Wolf. 100%
- Condolence May our paths cross soon once again... 48%
- Holy Diver Perform a leap of faith. 39%
- Broken Wings Defeat Loss, the Broken Wings. 28%
- Poem Of Death Witness the last Echo of Rosalia. 28%
- Darkside of the moon Defeat Guider, the Shadow Moon. 27%
- Homecoming Where is my mind? 26%
- Sleeping Sun Witness the fading of a sun. 26%
- Gimme Shelter Defeat Agus, the Pyro Goliath, Aqil, the Pyro Goliath. 26%
- In the Name of God Defeat all powerful existences. 24%
- Cradle Down in a hall and I don't know if I can be saved. 23%
- On The Road Witness the great adventure of Karsa and Brenda. 23%
- Iron Man Defeat an enemy by performing an enhanced Iron Bastion. 22%
- Essential Along the Tablet, seared by fate. 22%
- Fade To Black Witness the endless end of Ethan. 22%
- Word Of Shenlong Collect all Shenlong Glyphs. 22%
- Withering ...the hardest part of this is leaving you. 21%
- Hope This fire is out of control... 20%
- Word Of The Primeval Collect all Primeval Glyphs. 19%
- The March Of The Swordmaster Learn all secret arts. 18%
- For Whom The Bell Tolls Defeat Karin, the Occult Prime. 18%
- Journey We're out on the road again. 18%
- Waiting Engadin is doomed and there's nothing I can do. 17%
- The Wall Red phone or blue phone? 17%
- Trinity In the name of the Mask, Sword, and Halo. 16%
- Tomorrow Will Be Longer Defeat Eseus, the Eternal. 16%
- She Is My Sin Defeat Eseus, the Transcendent. 16%
- World Flower Shine on, you crazy flower. 16%
- Taste of Happiness Taste the flavour of happiness. 16%
- Long Gone Day Witness the effects of Nicole. 16%
- No Surrender Defeat all bosses. 16%
- Dream Sweet dreams... are made of this? 15%
- Epicure Taste all cuisines of Engardin. 15%
- Come As You Are Witness the long journey of Stanley and Levine. 15%
- Keen Hunter Complete the Beastiary. 12%
- Omneity Obtain all abilities and Afterimages, and reach level 99. 12%
- The Number Of The Beast Deal 666 damage in one single hit. 12%
- “Comfortably Numb” Do not disturb other's "work". 11%
- TIS AIN'T POGO TIME Save this for the sequel! 11%
- Geographer Activate all Confluences of Stream. 10%
- Luxuriance Collect all shards of Divine Leaf and Divine Flower. 9.9%
- Thoroughly Tempered Reach level 99. 9.3%
- Gate Of Babylon Collect all weapons and armors. 7.3%
- Money For Nothing Purchase all shop items. 7.3%
- Se's Apprentice Collect all accessories. 7.0%
- AFTERIMAGE Achieve all achievements. 6.3%