Adventure
FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 27% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 6,560
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (38%); after 5h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Vanishing Trace” (Cleared the First Drop) and “Mt. Hikami” (Cleared the Second Drop): from 83% to 62% of starters.
- 89% 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 6,629 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 15.6h for positive, 9.9h 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 (88.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Lurking in the Deep Cleared the Prologue. 100%
- A Vanishing Trace Cleared the First Drop. 83% −17
- Mt. Hikami Cleared the Second Drop. Most players quit here 63% −20
- Postmortem Photography Cleared the Third Drop. 53% −10
- Spirited Away Cleared the Fourth Drop. 44% −9
- The Veiled House Cleared the Fifth Drop. 38% −5
- Immortal Flower Cleared the Sixth Drop. 34% −4
- Maiden of Black Water Cleared the Seventh Drop. 32% −2
- The Witching Hour Cleared the Eighth Drop. 31% −1
- The Sacred Casket Cleared the Ninth Drop. 30% −1
- Ghost Marriage Cleared the Tenth Drop. 29% −1
- The Shadowborn Cleared the Eleventh Drop. 28% −1
- To the Other Side Cleared the Twelfth Drop. 27% −1
- The Dark Sun Cleared the Thirteenth Drop. 27% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Lurking in the Deep Cleared the Prologue. 100%
- Exorcism Embarkation Defeated a ghost for the first time. 85%
- A Vanishing Trace Cleared the First Drop. 83%
- Contest Contender Opened Snap Mode for the first time. 67%
- Mt. Hikami Cleared the Second Drop. 63%
- Extra Exorcism Defeated multiple ghosts simultaneously. 62%
- Postmortem Photography Cleared the Third Drop. 53%
- One to Nothing Defeated a ghost in one shot. 48%
- Spirited Away Cleared the Fourth Drop. 44%
- The Veiled House Cleared the Fifth Drop. 38%
- Immortal Flower Cleared the Sixth Drop. 34%
- Optimal Opportunist Took 100 Shutter Chance shots. 33%
- Maiden of Black Water Cleared the Seventh Drop. 32%
- The Witching Hour Cleared the Eighth Drop. 31%
- Fatal Frame Fiend Took 100 Fatal Frame shots. 31%
- The Sacred Casket Cleared the Ninth Drop. 30%
- Vengeance Evader Dodged a ghost hand 5 times. 30%
- Ghost Marriage Cleared the Tenth Drop. 29%
- The Shadowborn Cleared the Eleventh Drop. 28%
- To the Other Side Cleared the Twelfth Drop. 27%
- The Dark Sun Cleared the Thirteenth Drop. 27%
- Burst Shooter Photographed the same subject 10 times in a row. 12%
- Thread Treader Completed ending as Ayane. 12%
- Black Water Bride Completed all endings as Yuri. 11%
- Missing Mother, Missing Child Completed all endings as Miu. 9.4%
- Love after Life Completed all bride endings as Ren. 7.8%
- Floral Reminiscence Completed all Shiragiku endings as Ren. 7.8%
- Unusual Usage Took a psychic photograph with Type-00 Film. 7.6%
- Glutton Consumed Herbal Medicine 20 times within a single episode. 7.6%
- Top Type-07 Talent Defeated Ose Kurosawa using only Type-07 Film. 5.6%
- Glancing Great Glanced all targets. 5.1%
- Record Reaper Collected all files. 5.0%
- Crazed Completist Cleared all episodes with a 100% completion rate. 4.8%
- Peerless Perfectionist Cleared all episodes with a top rating. 4.7%
- Second Sight Photographed all specters. 4.6%
- Clairvoyant Photographed all traces. 4.6%
- Upgrade Ultraist Made maximum upgrades to camera and lenses. 3.8%
- Black-Water Bester Defeated 30 ghosts while tainted. 2.8%
- Frame Fatalist Unlocked all achievements in "FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water." 2.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.