Our Darker Purpose

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 745 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 24.6h for positive, 3h 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 (50.5% 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 (64)

• Welcome to Edgewood Meet your demise in Edgewood 100%
• Participation Counts Meet your demise in Edgewood again and again and again 65%
• A Little Something On Your Nose Donate 100 credits to the Guidance Counselor 54%
• Stuff it in the Locker Collect 35 items over multiple playthroughs 52%
• Who's the Bully Now Deal over 400 damage with a basic attack on an enemy 51%
• Afraid of the Dark Defeat the Candelabra of Longing without leaving the light 50%
• Wrecking Ball Defeat 500 enemies in the Edgewood Home for Lost Children 50%
• The Woundwort Fortress Complete Chapter 1 47%
• May I Have Some More Please sir - defeat the Cauldron of Yesterdayers before A Second Helping 47%
• Playing with Fire Defeat Frothy the Dragon without taking damage 43%
• A Dish Best Served Cold Finish Sudsy the Inanimate with his own glacial spike 42%
• Twice the Trouble Defeat Goneril twice 41%
• Like The Back of My Hand Defeat The Frozen Few without failing a maze once 40%
• Apple Polisher Donate 500 credits to the Guidance Counselor 40%
• Waste Not - Want Not Carry ten or more consumables at once 39%
• Simply Erased Finish off Some Harmless Markings with a chalk cloud 36%
• Kickstarted Collect and hold 40 tokens in a single playthrough 29%
• V is for Victory Beat the game five times 29%
• You Belong in a Museum Defeat an Archivist 29%
• Consumption Junction Drink 500 Juice Boxes 25%
• Teacher's Pet Donate 1500 credits to the Guidance Counselor 25%
• The Capulet Conclave Complete Chapter 2 25%
• Taking Out the Trash Defeat The Obsolete Operator with five or more trash can Broggs still alive 23%
• First Things First Defeat Goneril before destroying any buildings 23%
• Food for Thought Collect both the Gourmet Turtle and the Wandering Crab in a single game 22%
• A Scholar's Mate Defeat The Disciplined King in under 75 seconds 21%
• Worth! Heal only a single damage with a juice box 20%
• Thrice the Terror Defeat Regan three times 19%
• Can't Wait to Open It! Defeat The Box of Nice Things with four or more presents still alive 17%
• Stop! Drop! Roll! Roll while holding the Fragile Roly Poly and the Candelabra Matchsticks 17%
• Fight Me Meow Defeat a feral cat champion 17%
• Who Needs Rhythm Defeat The Virtuoso while confused 17%
• Biggest Baddest Deal over 1000 damage with a basic attack on an enemy 16%
• The Administrators' Archive Complete Chapter 3 15%
• Beautiful in Black Collect the Broken Mirror and the Trapstem Roses in a single game 14%
• A Penny Saved Save 80 tokens in a single playthrough 14%
• If You Can Dodge a Footstool Defeat The Friendly Foot Stools without taking damage 14%
• Leftovers - Yuck! Defeat The Brick Pile without letting any slime return 13%
• Time Waits for No One Defeat Cyndar's Timekeeper without using a time bubble 13%
• Above the Influence Defeat Regan while holding max juice boxes 13%
• The Healer is No Threat Finish off Specialist Fenwick with at least four patients unconscious 13%
• The Best Friends Reunited Uncover both Goneril's Mallet and Regan's Lunchbox 13%
• Extra Credit Donate 5000 credits to the Guidance Counselor 12%
• No Pain - No Gain Complete a sensitive floor while under the influence of Severity 12%
• Fool Me A Third Time.. Defeat A Buoyant Double after killing three Frosty Doubles 11%
• The Denouement Complete Chapter 4 11%
• Not Thinking With Portals Defeat The Administrators after spawning 13 extra enemies 10%
• Weeding is Overrated Defeat A Leafy Oversight after letting him absorb 6 or more spores 7.9%
• Four Times the Fun Defeat The Administrators four times 7.9%
• Succeed On Your Own Merits Reach the end of Chapter 2 without using a vending machine 7.5%
• And Then There Were None Defeat The Winged Overseer with 10 or more small birds still alive 6.9%
• Time to Dally Defeat His Natural Defenses after killing 21 spawned enemies 6.9%
• The Speed Test Reach the end of Chapter 4 in under an hour 6.7%
• The Honor Roll Reach the end of Chapter 3 without rolling 6.3%
• Grade A Suck-Up Donate 10000 credits to the Guidance Counselor 5.9%
• Well Read Collect every single piece of lore 4.6%
• Just a Scratch Defeat Dr. Bloodfather with less than 13 health remaining 4.2%
• Stop Hitting Yourself Defeat Better Cordy without hitting it with basic attacks 4.2%
• A Rock and A Hard Place Defeat The Imaginaries with less than 50 move speed remaining 3.8%
• Once More with Feeling Complete the game on Hard Mode 2.6%
• Head of the Class Get a ten game win streak 2.4%
• The Real Speed Test Complete Hard Mode in under an hour 2.2%
• Just Say No Complete Hard Mode without using any juice boxes 2.0%
• Victorious Valedictorian Complete all other achievements 1.6%