ActionAdventureRPG
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 38% of players who started
Started playing 81% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 17,471
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 7h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Investigator” (Completed the first investigation) and “One of Us”: from 94% to 72% of starters.
- 81% 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 17,548 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 9.2h for positive, 6.2h 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 (81% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Death Wish of a Shady Man Became a ghost and met a strange ghost girl 100%
- Investigator Completed the first investigation 94% −6
- One of Us Revisited the scene of your murder and discovered there was a witness Most players quit here 72% −22
- Makeshift Sanctuary Found the witness and learned what she knew 57% −15
- Half-Truths and Whole Lies Helped the witness escape the police station and gained an ally 50% −7
- Ashland Discovered what happened to Sophia 45% −5
- Lost Causes Learned the fate of Rose and helped Iris escape the asylum 42% −3
- Wicked Tempers Discovered links between the witch trials and the Bell Killer murders 41% −1
- Ghosts Never Die Investigated the murder of Iris 40% −1
- Judgement Discovered the Bell Killer's secrets 39% −1
- Tightening the Noose Stopped Abigail and saved Rex and Joy 38%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- The Death Wish of a Shady Man Became a ghost and met a strange ghost girl 100%
- Mindreader Used Mind Read for the first time 97%
- Investigator Completed the first investigation 94%
- Collector 1 Collected an artifact 91%
- Discover Reveal Used Reveal for the first time 90%
- Exorcist Defeated a demon 86%
- Interrogator Interrogated a ghost for the first time 83%
- Poltergeist Used Poltergeist for the first time 77%
- Collector 10 Collected 10 artifacts 74%
- One of Us Revisited the scene of your murder and discovered there was a witness 72%
- Discover Remove Used Remove for the first time 71%
- Possess the Cat Possessed the cat 64%
- Collector 25 Collected 25 artifacts 63%
- Amnesia Helped Julie find peace 62%
- The Missing Body Helped Ingrid find peace 61%
- Makeshift Sanctuary Found the witness and learned what she knew 57%
- Collector 50 Collected 50 artifacts 54%
- Half-Truths and Whole Lies Helped the witness escape the police station and gained an ally 50%
- Collector 75 Collected 75 artifacts 49%
- A Watery Grave Uncovered the Watery Grave ghost story 47%
- Rex's Story Learned about Rex's Life 47%
- Teleporter Teleported for the first time 47%
- Baxter's Story Learned about Baxter's Life 45%
- Ashland Discovered what happened to Sophia 45%
- Scorned Helped Katy find peace 45%
- Collector 100 Collected 100 artifacts 44%
- Lost Causes Learned the fate of Rose and helped Iris escape the asylum 42%
- Wicked Tempers Discovered links between the witch trials and the Bell Killer murders 41%
- Ghosts Never Die Investigated the murder of Iris 40%
- Judgement Discovered the Bell Killer's secrets 39%
- Tightening the Noose Stopped Abigail and saved Rex and Joy 38%
- Carnage Helped Brad find peace 37%
- Collector 150 Collected 150 artifacts 33%
- The Bell Tower Banshee Uncovered The Bell Tower Banshee ghost story 30%
- The Stalwart Specter Uncovered The Stalwart Specter ghost story 26%
- Man in the Box Uncovered the Man in the Box ghost story 22%
- Cassandra's Story Learned about Cassandra's Life 20%
- Ronan's Story Learned about Ronan's Life 19%
- The Heirloom Uncovered The Heirloom ghost story 16%
- Terror on the Tracks Uncovered The Terror on the Tracks ghost story 15%
- Eternal Flame Uncovered the Eternal Flame ghost story 14%
- The Witch Trials Discovered information about the witch trials 12%
- Ashes to Ashes Uncovered the Ashes to Ashes ghost story 12%
- Salem's History Discovered Salem's history 9.5%
- The Bell Killer's Story Learned about the Bell Killer 7.8%
- Julia's Story Learned about Julia's Life 7.8%
- Codex Discovered the meaning of the supernatural graffiti 6.7%
- Collector All Collected all of the artifacts 6.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.