When does Trouble In The Manor get good?

Give it 4 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 4h it's 1 in 15 (7%). The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.

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Trouble In The Manor

Nov 17, 2015 Steam: Mixed

Give it 4 hours

Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 5% of owners

Steam reviews 65% positive of 398

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 4h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
Only 5% 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 398 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 279 reviews: 4.2h for positive, 1.6h 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 (5.4% 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 (21)

First Strike Kill your first player 100%
Immunity Survive a round with 100% health 100%
Pianist Play the piano 91%
The Vampire Within Become a Vampire 89%
Secret Chime Play the Manor's secret chime 87%
Medium See what the dead say using a seance device 76%
Metal Detector Find over 300 items 72%
Arsonist Flame over 50 players 70%
Biggest Loser Die over 100 times 70%
Bloodhound Slayer Kill 15 Bloodhounds as a Murderer 70%
Chemical Expert Kill over 25 players using poison traps 70%
DNA God Get DNA off of 50 bodies 70%
Gunslinger Kill over 250 players with a gun 70%
Innocent Player Win over 50 rounds as an innocent 70%
Innocent Slayer Kill 40 Innocents as a Murderer 70%
Killing Spree Kill over 400 players in total 70%
Match Maker Link a victim to a murderer with DNA 70%
Murder God Win over 25 rounds as a murderer 70%
Stab Artist Stab over 150 players to death 70%
Vampire God Steal the souls of 100 victims 70%
Vampire Slayer Kill 5 Vampires 70%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.