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Havsala: Into the Soul Palace
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 56% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 671
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 4h it's 1 in 115 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 56% 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 686 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 3.7h for positive, 2h 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 (56% 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 (21)
- Good bye, Phyrne Complete Chapter One 100%
- It doesn't give a coin, but here's an achievement. Give the book doge his bone 90%
- Look back to see ahead. Read any diary from previous chapters 87%
- Good bye, Flavia Complete Chapter Two 86%
- Good bye, Ision Complete Chapter Three 72%
- Holy Triology Place all three memoirs in the sacrarium 72%
- Someone should feed the bird. Take more than 5 hints 72%
- Fellow Soul Finish the game 69%
- Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Read all pages of every book in the library. 46%
- Do you believe in fortune-telling? Do a tarot reading 44%
- Leave the bird alone. Poke the raven 20 times 40%
- Vigilant Engrams Ace the memory test 36%
- Your dedication has not gone unnoticed. Collect each tarot card 35%
- One night stand Finish the game in a single take 35%
- Hungry for more stories. Read the diaries of Salvino and Ynes 34%
- You've been tricked! Hehe. Try solving the stargazing puzzle with half of the instructions 31%
- You made Orpheus jealous. Spend 5 minutes with the lyre without leaving 26%
- I will not accept my fate! Spread tarot more than 5 times 21%
- Perfect Pitch! Solve the lyre puzzle on the first try 17%
- Do we need this achievement? No one can finish without a hint, right? Finish the game without taking any hints 17%
- Need b12? Give only wrong answers for each memory test 15%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.