Spectral Scream

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 754 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.7h for positive, 4.1h 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 (53.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (82)

• First Defeat All players die 100%
• Clear Chapter 1 Clear Walter House 93%
• GanCeann elimination Eliminate common creature GanCeann 88%
• Brother elimination Eliminate common creature Brother 79%
• Eliminate Emilia Eliminate boss creature Emilia 77%
• Orb Deliverer Submit the orb to the caretaker 76%
• Wraith elimination Eliminate common creature Wraith 70%
• LivingDead elimination Eliminate common creature Living Dead 70%
• Ghoul elimination Eliminate common creature Ghoul 66%
• Clear Chapter 2 Clear Richard's office 65%
• Ascetic elimination Eliminate common creature Ascetic 63%
• Eliminate Richard Eliminate boss creature Richard 55%
• Gloomy elimination Eliminate common creature Gloomy 50%
• Hoarder elimination Eliminate common creature Hoarder 48%
• Despair elimination Eliminate common creature Despair 42%
• Margaret's psychiatric medication Magaret was trying to overcome the pain. 42%
• Tank Alpha The Firepower Overlord 41%
• John's Guilty The shoes worn to bury Clara 41%
• Tank Echo Salubrious missile 41%
• Clara's Dream Now impossible to achieve 41%
• Emilia's cake Clara's late ballet practice snack 41%
• John's gift for Thomas Remembering John 40%
• Sister elimination Eliminate common creature Sister 39%
• Revenant elimination Eliminate common creature Revenant 37%
• Clear Chapter 3 Clear Cloe's school 31%
• Scarecrow elimination Eliminate common creature Scarecrow 28%
• Eliminate Cloe Eliminate boss creature Cloe 25%
• Screamer elimination Eliminate common creature Screamer 22%
• John's head Walter's axe's target 20%
• Walter's red wine Clara's cause of death 20%
• Tank Hermes The Savior of the Arena 19%
• Tank Nova The Beam Rifleman 19%
• Sarah's mouse Annoying clicking sound 19%
• Michael's remote control Don't Throw It 19%
• Tom's sticky note Kind words to My face, insults behind My back. 19%
• Richard's coffee cup When can I return home? 18%
• First Retrieval Retrieve the orb 18%
• Office wall clock I Want to Go Home 17%
• Doppelganger elimination Eliminate common creature Doppelganger 14%
• Happy memories Memories with Dad, Walter 12%
• Eliot's Mask Elliot wanted to hide his face. 12%
• Watcher elimination Eliminate common creature Watcher 10%
• Tank Sentinel The Bulwark of Allies 9.8%
• Principal's authority Blood is flowing behind it 9.6%
• Alcohol lamp in the laboratory Important piece of evidence 9.4%
• School nurse's loupe Where the loupe points, there is a victim 9.2%
• Tank Raven High Risk, High Return 9.2%
• Cloe's typewriter The truth comes from the hands 9.2%
• Chaos elimination Eliminate common creature Chaos 9.0%
• Dormitory supervisor's telephone where the voices of surveillance flow 9.0%
• Tape dispenser I wish everyone would be quiet 8.5%
• Rachel's cassette tape Please don't play that tape 8.3%
• Clear Chapter 4 Clear Jake's hotel 5.6%
• Geisha elimination Eliminate common creature Geisha 5.3%
• Stapler Work, Just Work 5.1%
• Alice's calculator Can just looking at it do the math? 4.9%
• Cloe's Polaroid camera Evidence is essential 4.0%
• Someone's slippers Whose shoe is this? 3.8%
• Eliminate all boss creatures Eliminate all boss creatures 3.0%
• Eliminate Jake Eliminate boss creature Jake 3.0%
• Security guard's flashlight Be careful not to reach the edge of the light. 2.3%
• Balance scale Where is the sense of justice skewed? 2.1%
• Master of Animal Masks Collect all animal masks 1.7%
• Dancing King? Dancing Queen! Collect all dances 1.5%
• Acquire all collectible items in Walter's House Family tragedies are made up of small things. 1.5%
• Tom Johnson's room service 1 Just dropped it by mistake 1.1%
• Employee of the Month certificate Jake was always kind. 1.1%
• Jake's choice Burned everything 1.1%
• Eliminate all common creatures Eliminate all common creatures 1.1%
• Storage key Jake's only place to rest 1.1%
• Tank Spitfire The Flamemaster 1.1%
• Tank Thor The Thunder Incarnate 1.1%
• Tom Johnson's room service 3 Perhaps Tom Johnson's last meal 0.9%
• Acquire all tank collectible items Enjoy playing Tank Arena as well! 0.4%
• Tom Johnson's room service 2 Causing death 0.4%
• Jake's perfume A choice to hide the stench 0.4%
• Acquire all collectible items in Richard's Office If there had been at least one person who was kind to him 0.4%
• Area Closed Do Not Enter Because there is a body hidden in the storage room. 0.4%
• Jake's secret friend The secret was not kept 0.4%
• Treasure hunter Acquire all collectible items 0.2%
• Acquire all collectible items in Cloe's School I hope the truth will come out someday 0.2%
• Acquire all collectible items in Jake's Hotel Rather, if Jake had turned himself in quickly 0.2%