Phantasmal: Survival Horror Roguelike

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 370 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 1.1h for positive, 0.3h 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 (45.5% 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 (55)

• The Rat Completed Thread One 100%
• Found a remedy. Killed a junkie 45%
• It is a start Completed Level One 41%
• First Blood Killed a Starver 27%
• So far so good Completed Level Two 16%
• Snuffed a spitter! Killed a spitter 13%
• Don't stop now Completed Level Three 9.0%
• New doctor in town! Killed fifty junkies 7.3%
• Tools of the Trade Opened five locked cases 6.6%
• Got a little skulker Killed a creepy kid! 6.4%
• Keep going! Completed Level Four 6.4%
• Starver Hunter Twenty Five starvers! 6.2%
• Pest Control Killed a group of spiders 6.2%
• Crowd control! Killed a hundred junkies 5.7%
• Starver Basher Fifty Starvers and still counting! 5.7%
• Hang in there! Completed Level Five 5.5%
• Bringer of light! Killed a shadowman 5.3%
• Spitfire extinguisher! Killed ten spitters 5.3%
• Bookworm Found all story thread one's notes! 5.3%
• Commando Fully upgraded pistol ammo. 5.1%
• Lightbringer Fully upgraded flares. 5.1%
• Healthy constitution Fully upgraded health. 5.1%
• I Have a Bad Feeling About This Insane five times 5.1%
• Turnkey Fully upgraded keys. 5.1%
• Iron willpower. Fully upgraded sanity. 5.1%
• Stealthy like a cat! Fully upgraded sneak. 5.1%
• Cheetah Fully upgraded sprint. 5.1%
• Narrow escape! Escaped the sleeper 5.1%
• Creepy revenge! Killed twenty creepy kids! 5.1%
• Combat torchmaster! Killed five creepy kid! 5.1%
• Master of lumination Killed ten shadowmen 5.1%
• Radiant death Killed five shadowmen 5.1%
• Neutralized spitters! Killed thirty spitters 5.1%
• Master of secrets Completed level eight 5.1%
• Grandmaster Completed level nine 5.1%
• One of the few Completed level seven 5.1%
• Fortune shines bright! Completed level six 5.1%
• Safe Cracker! Opened fifty locked cases 5.1%
• The Boar Completed Thread Two 5.1%
• The Dog Completed Thread Three 5.1%
• The Rooster Completed Thread Four 5.1%
• Feed the worms Died five times! 4.8%
• Roamer food Died fifty times 4.8%
• Nice plot with a view Died twenty five times 4.8%
• Reserved room at the Asylum Insane fifty times 4.8%
• It's All in Your Mind Insane twenty five times 4.8%
• Dog Catcher Killed a shadowhound 4.8%
• Pooch purifier! Killed eight shadowhounds 4.8%
• Tail-wagger! Killed three shadowhounds 4.8%
• Explorer Found five secret rooms 4.8%
• Like the back of your hand! Found fifty secret rooms 4.8%
• Scholar Found all story thread two's notes! 4.8%
• Investigator Found all story thread three's notes! 4.8%
• Professor Found all story thread four's notes! 4.8%
• Luck has nothing to do with it! Hidden Japanese WWII war room found! 4.8%