Nobody Wants to Die
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 5h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- At least 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Who's Afraid of Green” (Check if it was an accident) and “Tenant” (Find the connection): from 85% to 69% 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.
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Based on all 7,742 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6.8h for positive, 5.8h 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 (84.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Dark City Come back to life 100%
- Who's Afraid of Green Check if it was an accident 85% −15
- Tenant Find the connection Most players quit here 69% −16
- I as in Icarus Discover the truth 62% −7
- Altered States Get to know each other better 58% −4
- In the Mouth of Madness Don't fall into madness 53% −5
- Deep Red Go back to where it all started 50% −3
- The Last House on the Right Find Sara's location 49% −1
- Darkness Under the Stairs Follow the lead 47% −2
- James' Ladder Look for what is not visible 45% −2
- What Ever Happened to Jane Salma? Find Salma before the murderer 44% −1
- Fire Walk with Me Find solace... or not 44%
- Anguish Return to darkness ≥33% −10
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 (26)
story milestone ending side
- Dark City Come back to life 100%
- Who's Afraid of Green Check if it was an accident 85%
- Tenant Find the connection 69%
- I as in Icarus Discover the truth 62%
- Altered States Get to know each other better 58%
- Scent of Mistery Describe the smell of chocolate to Sara 58%
- In the Mouth of Madness Don't fall into madness 53%
- Cold Case Leave the documents 51%
- Old Bastard Listen to a message from your boss 50%
- Deep Red Go back to where it all started 50%
- The Last House on the Right Find Sara's location 49%
- Nothing But the Truth Complete all boards 47%
- Darkness Under the Stairs Follow the lead 47%
- James' Ladder Look for what is not visible 45%
- What Ever Happened to Jane Salma? Find Salma before the murderer 44%
- Fire Walk with Me Find solace... or not 44%
- Restless Hands Interact with all objects in the car 44%
- One Missed Call Listen to the audio recording from Sara 39%
- Old Fashioned Drink the Scotch you took from Icarus 35%
- Anguish Return to darkness 33%
- Firestarter Burn the documents 22%
- The Game Win the Decontamination Game 20%
- Ray of Light Save the tree 16%
- End of Deadly Dreams Find peace 15%
- You've Got Mail Catch the message in the air 14%
- "Chicken of Justice" Solve the puzzle 8.8%