The Hat Man: Shadow Ward
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 3h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
- 38% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Soul Survivor” (Save your daughter and escape): only 38% of starters get there.
- Only 18% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 3,311 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 288 reviews: 2.4h for positive, 1.2h 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 (17.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Soul Survivor Save your daughter and escape Most players quit here 38% −62
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (11)
story milestone ending side
- A Musical Interlude Listen to the radio for 30 seconds 100%
- Ghost Hunter Kill 4 shadow people with the flashlight in the bedroom 60%
- Cheating Death Be in the same room as the Hat Man 10 times 48%
- Brisk Walkthrough Finish the game in under an hour 39%
- Soul Survivor Save your daughter and escape 38%
- Paranormal Expert Finish the game in under 30 minutes 38%
- Psychic Intuitive Finish the game in under 45 minutes 38%
- Ectoplasmic Entity Finish the game without loading a saved game 34%
- A Good Book Listen to your daughter read all the pages of her journal in a game 34%
- Superior Apparition Finish the game without loading a saved game and without saving along the way 34%
- Paranormally Active Run into 50 shadow people 34%