Nihilumbra
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 4h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 46% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “They weren't your home” (Condemn the Frozen Mountains) and “Dead Forest” (Condemn the Living Forest): from 84% to 65% of starters.
- 76% 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 3,010 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 2.8h 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 (76.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- You are Born Escape from the Void. 100%
- They weren't your home Condemn the Frozen Mountains. 85% −15
- Dead Forest Condemn the Living Forest. Most players quit here 65% −20
- You are starting to live Condemn the Ash Desert. 56% −9
- Now they fear you Condemn the Volcano. 49% −7
- There's no life without death Condemn the City. 46% −3
- Nihilism Beat the Story mode. 46%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- You are Born Escape from the Void. 100%
- They weren't your home Condemn the Frozen Mountains. 85%
- Dead Forest Condemn the Living Forest. 65%
- You are starting to live Condemn the Ash Desert. 56%
- Death bringer Burn four enemies in five seconds. 49%
- Now they fear you Condemn the Volcano. 49%
- Master of the colors Find all the colors. 48%
- Nihilism Beat the Story mode. 46%
- There's no life without death Condemn the City. 46%
- Void is hard Die 10 times in a row playing Void mode. 29%
- Carom shot Smash two Crawlaggars with a box in less than one second. 25%
- Against the current Resist being absorbed by a Vaccumore during 10 seconds. 20%
- Feed me Seymour Feed a Skeltogoth with a box. 19%
- Rebound King Make a bullet bounce 20 times. 17%
- Snail slayer Kill a Klimeth without shooting it. 11%
- I'm blue Save the Frozen Mountains in Void mode. 11%
- Easter egg Go where no one has been. 9.9%
- Welcome to the jungle Save the Living Forest in Void mode. 8.1%
- I've been through the desert on a horse with no name Save the Ash Desert in Void mode. 7.6%
- Pacifist Clear level Volcano IV without killing any enemy. 7.4%
- Burning ring of fire Save the Volcano in Void mode. 7.2%
- Angel of the City Save the City in Void mode. 7.1%
- Stoicism Beat the Void mode. 7.0%
- Polyglot Try the secret language. 6.3%