AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy
Beholder: Conductor
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 32% of players who started
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 5,577
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 7h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- At least 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Beginnings Are Such Delicate Times” and “Nova Express” (Work your way up to first class): from 98% to 60% of starters.
- 85% 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 5,635 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 6.8h for positive, 5.5h 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 (84.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Beginnings Are Such Delicate Times Listen to all of Bart's instructions and step in as a conductor of the Determination Bringer. 98% −2
- Nova Express Work your way up to first class. Most players quit here 60% −38
- Murder on the Orient Express Find yourself in the middle of a crime scene. 45% −15
- Slaughterhouse-Five Survive the plane attack. 43% −2
- Half Measures Complete the game on Intern difficulty. ≥32% −11
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Goodbye Blue Monday Find out about Louise's favorite dish. 100%
- Beginnings Are Such Delicate Times Listen to all of Bart's instructions and step in as a conductor of the Determination Bringer. 98%
- Stowaway Make a new friend. 95%
- Caught in 4K Peep through the restroom door. 92%
- The Ticket That Exploded Make a mistake when checking a ticket. 69%
- Choose Life Get expensive antidepressants for Peter. 66%
- Nova Express Work your way up to first class. 60%
- Strangelove Find out more about the bomb from the scientist. 54%
- Machineries of Joy Get a litter box, a toy, and bowls for the cat. 52%
- Murder on the Orient Express Find yourself in the middle of a crime scene. 45%
- Love Will Tear Us Apart Let the Manisheks escape while having a real chance of stopping them. 44%
- Slaughterhouse-Five Survive the plane attack. 43%
- Saint-Saëns Convince Kentaro to sing. 42%
- Bend Sinister Find out about the forbidden love affair. 42%
- N6655321 Ensure the arrest of noisy passengers. 42%
- Sunrise, Parabellum Replace the gun. 38%
- 387.44M Dispel noisy passengers with Michelle's help. 32%
- Half Measures Complete the game on Intern difficulty. 32%
- Armistice Help the brothers reconcile. 28%
- The First Death is in the Heart Die at the hands of Louise. 26%
- Stray Do not make a new friend. 26%
- Uncut Gems Return the family jewel to its owner. 25%
- The Border is Just Another Line to Cross Smuggle in contraband. 20%
- At Your Service Help Michelle get the most out of her trip. 20%
- Tweedledum Choose the industrialist's side. 19%
- Minority Report Find yourself arrested for a crime you didn't commit. 19%
- Let It Go Give the cat to Peter. 17%
- Tweedledee Choose the politician's side. 17%
- Chikhai Bardo Die from the explosion of the fuse. 16%
- Big Iron Die in a duel. 16%
- Ummagumma Sleep with Michelle. 16%
- Full Measure Complete the game on Government Elite difficulty. 15%
- Mars Aeternum Fail to prevent the provocation and the explosion. 14%
- King, Queen, Knave Find three poker players and play with them. 13%
- Real Darkness Has Love for a Face Shoot Louise. 12%
- Que Será, Será Prevent the provocation and the explosion, have no affair with Michelle, reunite with the family and the cat. 10%
- Radio Free Albemuth Put the blame on Peter. 10%
- The Part Where He Kills You Get shot for handing over the contraband to the police. 9.8%
- Fratricide Provoke one brother to kill the other. 9.4%
- You're a Good Man, Winston Smith Complete the game without stealing a single item. 7.2%
- Discard Witness a murder during a card game. 7.1%
- Revenge is a Dish Best Eaten Poison the rich lady. 5.3%
- A Handshake is Available Upon Request Complete the game without a single fine for a search, a missed train, an unfurnished compartment, ticket issues, or incorrect information filed. 4.1%
- Snitches Get Stitches Complete the game without a single report or blackmail. 4.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.