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Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 43% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 1,537
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 3h it's 1 in 4 (26%).
- Only 43% 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 1,528 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 3.4h for positive, 2.1h 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 (42.9% 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 (45)
- Taking Off the Lens Cap Launched the game. 100%
- Jerk Killed one of the tower's denizens. 47%
- That's No Turtle! Tried to jump on a creature. 37%
- Monster Killed two creatures at once. 28%
- Spelunker Completed the Lower Quarter. 23%
- Scrapbooker Found 25% of the mementos. 22%
- Second Thoughts Hesitated before the Tower. 18%
- Under Pressure Died by being crushed against a flash. 18%
- Photographer Took 1000 photos. 17%
- It's Not the Fall Fell onto a creature from great height. 16%
- Psycho Killed 100 creatures. 15%
- Citizen Completed the Common Quarter. 15%
- Shutterbug Took 2500 photos. 15%
- Librarian Found 50% of the mementos. 15%
- Go with the Flow Ascend the Dilapidated Steps without crushing any slimes. 14%
- Spiced Cider Fell all the way down a level multiple times. 14%
- Photo Shoppe Create a custom level in the level editor. 14%
- Raider Earned all Bronze medals or better on each Lower Quarter level. 14%
- 100 ISO Earned the Bronze time medal or better on every level. 14%
- Aristocrat Completed the Royal Quarter. 14%
- Resolution Completed the Summit. 14%
- Ansel Adams Took 5000 photos. 14%
- Archivist Found 75% of the mementos. 14%
- Archaeologist Earned all Silver medals or better on each Lower Quarter level. 14%
- Death Finished the game and saw Ending A. 14%
- Despair Finished the game and saw Ending B. 14%
- Deliverance Finished the game and saw Ending D. 14%
- Howard Carter Earned all Gold medals on each Lower Quarter level. 14%
- 1600 ISO Earned the Gold time medal on every level. 14%
- Vacation Photos Complete 5 custom level packs from the Steam Workshop. 14%
- 800 ISO Earned the Silver time medal or better on every level. 14%
- Laborer Earned all Bronze medals or better on each Common Quarter level. 13%
- Camera Shy Earned the Bronze flash medal or better on every level. 13%
- Governess Earned all Bronze medals or better on each Royal Quarter level. 13%
- Hiker Earned all Bronze medals or better on each Summit level. 13%
- Mary Jones Earned all Gold medals or better on each Common Quarter level. 13%
- Thomas Pynchon Earned the Gold flash medal on every level. 13%
- Queen Victoria Earned all Gold medals on each Royal Quarter level. 13%
- Sir Edmund Hillary Earned all Gold medals on each Summit level. 13%
- Damnatio Memoriae Immunis Found every memento. 13%
- Organizer Earned all Silver medals or better on each Common Quarter level. 13%
- Recluse Earned the Silver flash medal or better on every level. 13%
- Princess Earned all Silver medals or better on each Royal Quarter level. 13%
- Mountaineer Earned all Silver medals or better on each Summit level. 13%
- Haste Finished the game and saw Ending C. 5.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.