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Decay: The Mare
The first 2 hours are a test
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 22% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 2,089
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 3h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised more than in 75% of games we track.
- Only 22% 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.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 2,114 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 3.8h for positive, 3.3h 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 (21.6% 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 (42)
- Get Out Get out of your own room. 100%
- Got Item Pick up an item. 84%
- Red Butterfly Meet the red butterfly. 73%
- The Blinking Eyes Complete the blinking eyes puzzle. 68%
- The Fan Complete the fan puzzle. 56%
- The Sledgehammer Get the sledgehammer. 55%
- Break the Wall Break the brick wall. 54%
- The Bag Finish the conversation with the bag in episode 1. 53%
- The Maze Find your way through the maze. 50%
- The Chair Visit the hidden room with the empty chair a second time. 49%
- Time is an Illusion Complete the clock puzzle. 46%
- Master of Drawings Complete the drawings puzzle. 46%
- Decay Master 1 Complete the first episode. 46%
- Broken Table Get the table near all the photos to break. 41%
- Code Finder Unlock the first door in episode 2. 41%
- Button Master Complete the buttons puzzle. 40%
- First Shot Take your first shot with the camera. 40%
- Numbers Complete the second code lock puzzle in episode 2. 39%
- Nail Collector Find all the nails. 39%
- The Metal Box Unlock the metal box in episode 2. 39%
- Decay Master 2 Complete the second episode. 39%
- Meet Jack Talk to Jack. 39%
- Plate Master Complete the puzzle with the plates in episode 2. 39%
- Hurt Teddy Put the four nails in Teddy. 32%
- Jack's Body Find Jack's body. 32%
- Circles Unlock the box with the circles in episode 3. 29%
- Time Traveller Use the pocket watch to travel in time. 29%
- Detective Use the magnifier on the painting in episode 3. 28%
- Rafael's Confession Reveal the history of Rafael. 28%
- Ball Collector Collect all of the balls in episode 3. 28%
- Colours Complete the puzzle with the coloured balls. 28%
- Decay Master 3 Complete the third episode. 28%
- Zombie of the Dead Watch the scariest movie ever! 28%
- Symbols Complete the puzzle with the symbols in episode 3. 28%
- Tory Find Tory in episode 3. 28%
- The Knife Get the knife in episode 3. 27%
- Coin Collector 2 Collect all coins in the second episode. 26%
- Good Ending Get the good ending in episode 3. 26%
- Hidden Text Find all the hidden text in episode 2. 26%
- Coin Collector 1 Collect all coins in the first episode. 26%
- Bad Ending Get the bad ending in episode 3. 23%
- Coin Collector 3 Collect all coins in the third episode. 15%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.