Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 7h it's 1 in 18 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Forged In Fire” (Defeat the Fire boss): only 72% of starters get there.
- 87% 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 2,576 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 6.3h for positive, 5h 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 (87.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Forged In Fire Defeat the Fire boss Most players quit here 72% −28
- Train Ride Survive train-cart ride 49% −23
- Waterpark Solve the water puzzle 38% −11
- Lost Treasure Gain entry to treasure room. 34% −4
- Squid Sushi Defeat the Water boss 28% −5
- Engineer Solve the temple puzzle 26% −2
- Flyboy Fly across the chasm 24% −2
- Blown Away Defeat the Air boss 23% −1
- Down Boy Defeat HellHound 22% −1
- There Can Be Only One Complete the game on any difficulty 21% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Achiever Get your first achievement 100%
- Leveling Up Earn upgrade point and spend it 88%
- Enviromental Hazard Kill enemy with enviromental objects (fire, barrel,...) 88%
- Stumbling Block Knock enemy off ledge into their falling death 84%
- Return to Sender Kill enemy with deflected projectile 84%
- Immovable Object Block enemy attack. 83%
- Forged In Fire Defeat the Fire boss 72%
- Dead Eye Destroy 10 enemies using only spirit knives 67%
- Danger Above Kill enemy with air combo. 63%
- Gravity Off Launch enemy and kill it before it falls on ground 50%
- Train Ride Survive train-cart ride 49%
- Personal Touch Execute an enemy 49%
- Just One Of Many Find a collectible 44%
- Gotta Love Gore Perform a 50-hit combo 43%
- Waterpark Solve the water puzzle 38%
- Lost Treasure Gain entry to treasure room. 34%
- Squid Sushi Defeat the Water boss 28%
- Engineer Solve the temple puzzle 26%
- Flyboy Fly across the chasm 24%
- Master Of Arms Kill enemy with each weapon 23%
- Blown Away Defeat the Air boss 23%
- Down Boy Defeat HellHound 22%
- There Can Be Only One Complete the game on any difficulty 21%
- Patience Watch all credits 18%
- Mind over Matter Kill enemy with each magic 18%
- Glider Glide for more than 6 seconds 8.4%
- Collector Find all collectibles in one play through 4.0%
- Skip Master Skip all cutscenes in one play through 3.9%
- The Chosen One Complete the game on Hardcore difficulty 3.2%