When does White Noise Online get good?

Hooks you right away. 52% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (55%). Only 24% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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White Noise Online

May 22, 2014 Steam: Mixed

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 24% of owners

Steam reviews 67% positive of 716

What the data shows

52% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (55%).
Only 24% 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 715 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 284 reviews: 2.6h for positive, 0.7h 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 (23.7% 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 (22)

Killer is Dead Win a game 100%
Murder is Easy Lose the game having found 7 tapes 94%
Hello? Finish an online game 86%
Fear no evil Win an online game with 4 players 50%
Spiders Are Scary You tried to pause while being frightened 36%
Who you gonna call? Win a 4 player online game with the default characters 35%
100% death proof Win a 4 player online game with 4 survivors 25%
Resist the Beast Win a game on nightmare difficulty 23%
Appointment with Death Lose an online game having all players dead at the same time. 21%
I'll be right back! Finish 5 online games 19%
No tears, please Win an online game without picking any tape 17%
Urban Legend Win an online game being the only player alive 14%
Sixth Sense Finish an online game with 4 women characters 12%
The Charm of Horror Win a 4 player online game with each player picking 2 tapes 11%
Who's there! Finish 10 online games 10%
Never Explain Anything Walk a total of 42,195 meters 10%
Clock Tower Win a game in less than 6 minutes on Normal or higher difficulty 10%
Self-torture Win a game without running 10%
Audiophile Pick 100 tapes 9.7%
Children of the Night Unlock all characters 9.3%
Audiophage Pick 200 tapes 8.4%
You may not survive Finish 20 online games 8.4%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.