Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you

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 761 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 22.4h for positive, 16.8h 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 (80.4% 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 (52)

• Receding Darkness Kill the Stained Echo, a lingering shadow from your past. 100%
• Flowers Bloom Here Touch a Flowerbed for the first time. This is her last blessing. 94%
• Model Student Learn your first spell. Remember to memorize it! 73%
• Indefatigable Malice Kill any invading Red Phantom. Resist the evils that come from beyond. 63%
• Never Breathe Again! Kill the Centipedal Cyst, the mad old man who collected garbage. 59%
• Bestial Instinct Kill the Unfaithful Hound, one of the mutated beasts. 53%
• Fear No More Kill the Wrapped Agony. Endure enough and you will eventually become numb. 50%
• Shattered Moonlight Kill the Nightdew Angel, one of the machines designed to remove the limits of magic. 49%
• Into the Abyss Defeat the Corpse Collector. It seems he's jumped into The Abyss. 42%
• The Silent Whip Kill the Ranchmaster, always busy with her work. 39%
• Thousand Minds Kill the Humanoid Collective, those who deign to rival the Common Factor. 38%
• Radiant Storm Kill the False Dragon of the Depths, the beast that had gorged itself on the remnants of the lunar beast. 37%
• Separation of Impurity Kill the Sulfur King, the flesh left behind by the Fallen Ones on the Moon. 36%
• Rotten Daughter Kill the Naive Tree of the Forest, the pitiful daughter of the Arboress. 35%
• The Smoldering Petal Find Fang Yu's location. Your passionate longings have finally been answered. 35%
• Drowned Delusion Kill the Great Alchemist. She could never let go of the past. 34%
• Two Types of Scorn Invade another for the first time, be it out of malice or for revenge. 34%
• Unshackled Red Kill the Premier's Young Squire and the Red-Clad Giant, a creature raised by Narora. 33%
• Offer Gratitude Open the door of the shell for the very first time. Always present, always true. 32%
• End of the Storm Kill the Great Disaster of the Sea, a monstrous bird of steel drenched in tar. 32%
• Corpses of the Stars Kill the Shadow of the Stars' Mana, the dark residue produced from burnt souls. 32%
• Land of the Fog Kill the Fog-Crazed Demon, bringer of pure white darkness. 32%
• Metallic Rose Kill the Gunsmoke Swallowtail, a butterfly of burning steel formed from the corpses of the Artificial Humans. 31%
• Solar Eclipse Kill the Black Moth and the Poison Wasp, a human weapon enveloped in darkness. 30%
• Sky-High Sins Kill Merry, the Moonbathed One, madly obsessed with ending humanity. 30%
• Distant Graveyard Kill the Guardian of the Meridian. She has been freed from her duty's sorrow—and rage. 30%
• Blessed Be Kill Ave Maria, the usurper devouring Flowerbeds to become a god. 29%
• Turbid Color Kill the Peacock Mound. Those brushes which had been abandoned were awakened by the prayers of sorrow. 29%
• Blue Resentment Kill the Coffin of Bitter Resentment, the malformed coffin abandoned by the Corpse Collector. 29%
• She Who Loved Kill Dolores. In your embrace, she longed for the warmth of her mother until her final moments. 28%
• God-Shaped Terror Kill the Spirit of the Great Ocean, a glimpse of Jaukala's phantom. 28%
• Your Last Painting Kill the Mistress of the Painting, continuing the painting even through all the scorn. 28%
• Empty Rose Kill the Voidbound Angel, corrupted by obsession and madness, her color lost. 27%
• The Singed One Kill the White Crow of Narora, the listener of chaos. 27%
• Another Void Kill the Corpse Collector, a tragic end to the ambitions of the sorcerers. 26%
• Where Did He Go? Kill the Black Crow. Who was he? Where has his soul gone? 26%
• The Brightest Sun Kill the Champion. There is only one true sun, and that is you. 25%
• Perfect Ending Kill the Beacon of The End. Wander evermore, White Light. 25%
• Sin of Mine Kill the Nameless Narora. Let the Arboress's corpse finally decompose. 21%
• Sin of Maggots Kill the Goddess of Maggots. Acknowledge the existence of the maggots and face them head on. 21%
• The Night for You and I Complete the Night ending. However fractured the world becomes, at least I'll still have you. 20%
• Completed World Destroy the Meridian and end the ambition of the sorcerers once and for all. 20%
• A Cracked Dream Kill Victorique. To be reborn is to lose your heart and become a puppet. 20%
• Hearts and Flowers Accompany Fang Yu to the very end. The only one for you, the luckiest person alive. 19%
• Our Shared Day Complete the Day ending. Finish what those before you started: Let humanity burn and usher in a bright new world! 18%
• Platonic Love Kill the Lord of Thorns, a monster observing you from afar with the purest of feelings. 12%
• Fashionista Collect all outerwear and save Yue Qing from her horrible fashion sense. 11%
• Love Indelible Kill all NPCs who have fallen to madness. Let the love of the past be indelible in death. 9.3%
• Sinking Sands of Dusk Complete the Dusk ending. Root out the very capacity for sin itself, even if it is out of greed for that fleeting moment of happiness. 4.0%
• Honors Graduate Collect all spells. You're the top of the class! 3.6%
• Hoarder's Armory Collect all weapons. No one shall be armed more than you! 3.1%
• Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You Obtain all achievements. To the flowers you give death, and to you I give the flowers. 2.9%