AdventureCasual
9 Clues 2: The Ward
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 62% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 996
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 4h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 62% 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 1,001 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 4.5h for positive, 3.2h 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 (62.2% 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 (39)
- Skilled Solve a Puzzle without using Skip. 100%
- Freshman Solve your first Detective Mode scene. 100%
- Hide and Seek Disarm all booby traps. 97%
- Fingersmith Find a way out. 96%
- Sucker Punch Fight your fears. 96%
- Determined Solve three Puzzles without using Skip. 96%
- Object Seeker Finish one Hidden Object Puzzle without using a Hint. 95%
- Not Mental Regain a clear mind. 95%
- Breaking Dawn Gather three Clues in your Journal. 95%
- Broken Memories Find three Phantom Objects. 94%
- Master Plumber Fix the sprinklers. 93%
- Thorough Viewer View three cut scenes without using Skip. 92%
- The Ward Visit the closed ward. 92%
- Swift Solve five Puzzles in under two minutes each. 92%
- Secret Window Finish Zed's masterpiece. 91%
- Object Finder Finish three Hidden Object Puzzles without using a Hint. 91%
- Dark Floors Find three fragments of the Asylum Model. 90%
- Busting Out Make your way out. 90%
- Golden Five Gather five Clues in your Journal. 90%
- Don't Say a Word Learn about Kreuz's secret. 90%
- Master Detective Solve all Detective Mode scenes. 89%
- Last Resort Find a way to call for help. 88%
- Case Closed Gather all nine Clues in your Journal. 88%
- Toymaker Create your puppet. 88%
- The Forgotten Be a hero and save lives. 88%
- Object Hunter Finish five Hidden Object Puzzles in under two minutes each. 86%
- Crazy People Gather full information about all the characters. 84%
- Now You See Me Watch all the cutscenes in the game without using Skip. 72%
- First Session Find three Hidden Clue Symbols. 59%
- Unaided Solve all Puzzles without using Skip. 52%
- Object Master Finish all Hidden Object Puzzles without using a Hint. 46%
- Mahjong Rookie Finish a game of Mahjong. 45%
- Maniac Finish the game without using a Hint. 33%
- Ain't Shufflin' Finish three games of Mahjong without using Shuffle. 26%
- Mahjong Veteran Finish half of all the games of Mahjong. 23%
- The Number 15 Find all fifteen Phantom Objects hidden across the game. 22%
- Mahjong Addict Finish all games of Mahjong. 20%
- Madhouse Complete the Asylum Model. 20%
- Session 9 Find all nine Hidden Clue Symbols. 19%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.