PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 67% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Rite of Resurrection” (Complete the prologue) and “Harue's Wish” (Complete the Harue branch of Chapter 1): from 98% to 84% of starters.
- 80% 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 7,441 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.2h for positive, 11h 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 (80.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Rite of Resurrection Complete the prologue. 98% −2
- Harue's Wish Complete the Harue branch of Chapter 1. Most players quit here 85% −13
- Tsutsumi's Investigation Complete the Tsutsumi branch of Chapter 1. 84% −1
- Yakko's Friendship Complete the Yakko branch of Chapter 1. 85% +1
- Mayu's Escape Complete the Mayu branch of Chapter 2. 77% −8
- Harue's Resolve Complete the Harue branch of Chapter 2. 76% −1
- Yakko's Righteousness Complete the Yakko branch of Chapter 2. 76%
- Case Closed Complete the story. 67% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- Haunting Shogo Witness the death of Shogo Okiie. 100%
- The Rite of Resurrection Complete the prologue. 98%
- Shogo's Blunder Witness the death of Shogo Okiie. 94%
- Foot-Washing Shogo Witness the death of Shogo Okiie. 94%
- Mocking Chick Collect your first Mocking Bird sticker. 93%
- Don't Be a Quitter Play the game again after 3 days. 91%
- One-Sided Yakko Witness the death of Yakko Sakazaki. 85%
- Harue's Wish Complete the Harue branch of Chapter 1. 85%
- Yakko's Friendship Complete the Yakko branch of Chapter 1. 85%
- Tsutsumi's Investigation Complete the Tsutsumi branch of Chapter 1. 84%
- Honjo's Ace Detective Collect all information on Persons of Interest. 81%
- Mocking Bird Enthusiast Collect 5 Mocking Bird stickers. 77%
- Michiyo's Grudge Reach Yakko Sakazaki's ending. 77%
- Mayu's Escape Complete the Mayu branch of Chapter 2. 77%
- Harue's Resolve Complete the Harue branch of Chapter 2. 76%
- Yakko's Righteousness Complete the Yakko branch of Chapter 2. 76%
- Master of the Seven Mysteries Acquire all Curse Echoes. 76%
- Erio's Choice Reach Tetsuo Tsutsumi's ending. 76%
- Nejima's Reminiscence Reach Ashimiya's bad ending. 75%
- Harue's Legacy Reach Harue Shigima's ending. 75%
- Obligation Fulfilled Reach Shogo Okiie's ending. 74%
- Night Terrors Play the game in the middle of the night. 72%
- Ayame's Aspiration Reach Ayame's bad ending. 72%
- Case Closed Complete the story. 67%
- Veteran Investigator Accumulate 10 hours of playtime. 61%
- Mocking Bird Collector Collect 10 Mocking Bird stickers. 56%
- Foot-Washing Tsutsumi Witness the death of Tetsuo Tsutsumi. 42%
- Everburning Shogo Witness the death of Shogo Okiie. 41%
- Whodunit Answer the Storyteller's question correctly. 38%
- Everburning Yakko Witness the death of Yakko Sakazaki. 38%
- Mocking Bird Maniac Collect 15 Mocking Bird stickers. 36%
- Honjo's Biggest Know-It-All Collect all Files. 34%
- Mocking Bird Bancho Acquire a complete collection of Mocking Bird stickers. 29%
- PARANORMA SIGHT Acquire all other achievements. 19%