When does Mind Snares: Alice's Journey get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 4h it's 1 in 11 (9%). Fully opens up by hour 4.

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Mind Snares: Alice's Journey

Apr 23, 2015 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 49% of owners

Steam reviews 88% positive of 825

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 4h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
Fully opens up by hour 4.
Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
Only 48% 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 831 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 4.2h for positive, 3.4h 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 (48.5% 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 (17)

FISHERMAN Demonstrate your fishing skills. 100%
INDOMITABLE Complete 3 mini-games in a row without skipping. 98%
AWARD: BALANCE Complete Chapter 1: Initiation. 97%
FLASH OF INSIGHT Finish 3 mini-games in less than one minute. 96%
BULLSEYE Assemble the crossbow and use it for a good purpose. 94%
AWARD: WHOLENESS Complete Chapter 2: To Fill a Void. 93%
BIG-HEARTED Help the Pumpkin get its babies back. 91%
AWARD: INTUITION Complete Chapter 3: On Intuition. 91%
EXPLORER Go through four portals. 91%
AWARD: STRENGTH Complete Chapter 4: In the Shadow Land. 90%
BUILDER Rebuild the entire bridge. 90%
BEAUTIFUL MIND Find 3 objects in a hidden object scene in under 3 seconds. 90%
EAGLE EYE Complete 3 hidden object scenes in a row without hints. 84%
FOCUS! Complete a hidden object scene in less than a minute. 66%
MASTERMIND Complete all mini-games without skipping. 50%
MAW OF MADNESS Complete all hidden object scenes without hints. 39%
COLLECTOR Earn all achievements. 31%

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