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SEVERANCE
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 0% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 643
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 3h it's almost 1 in 2 (42%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 0% 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 658 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 267 reviews: 2.9h for positive, 0.7h 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 (0.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Banshee: Identified Correctly identify a Banshee in a completed Ghost AI contract. 100%
- Goryo: Identified Correctly identify a Goryo in a completed Ghost AI contract. 100%
- Hantu: Identified Correctly identify a Hantu in a completed Ghost AI contract. 100%
- Strey: Identified Correctly identify a Strey in a completed Ghost AI contract. 100%
- Dyre: Identified Correctly identify a Dyre in a completed Ghost AI contract. 75%
- Mare: Identified Correctly identify a Mare in a completed Ghost AI contract. 75%
- Mogwai: Identified Correctly identify a Mogwai in a completed Ghost AI contract. 75%
- Phantom: Identified Correctly identify a Phantom in a completed Ghost AI contract. 75%
- Poltergeist: Identified Correctly identify a Poltergeist in a completed Ghost AI contract. 75%
- Shade: Identified Correctly identify a Shade in a completed Ghost AI contract. 75%
- Yurei: Identified Correctly identify a Yurei in a completed Ghost AI contract. 75%
- Tarpon Springs: Case Closed Correctly identify the ghost in five completed Ghost AI contracts at Tarpon Springs. 75%
- Professional Investigator Correctly identify the ghost and survive a Ghost AI contract on the official Professional difficulty. 75%
- Demon: Identified Correctly identify a Demon in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Deogen: Identified Correctly identify a Deogen in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Dullahan: Identified Correctly identify a Dullahan in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Ghoul: Identified Correctly identify a Ghoul in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Jinn: Identified Correctly identify a Jinn in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Myling: Identified Correctly identify a Myling in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Obake: Identified Correctly identify a Obake in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Oni: Identified Correctly identify a Oni in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Revenant: Identified Correctly identify a Revenant in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Spirit: Identified Correctly identify a Spirit in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Thaye: Identified Correctly identify a Thaye in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Wraith: Identified Correctly identify a Wraith in a completed Ghost AI contract. 50%
- Know Your Enemy Correctly identify all 24 launch ghost types in completed Ghost AI contracts. 25%
- A Perfect Investigation Complete your first perfect Ghost AI investigation. 25%
- Challenge Accepted Complete your first weekly challenge through Ghost AI investigations. 25%
- Parvulus: Identified Correctly identify a Parvulus in a completed Ghost AI contract. 25%
- Paranormal Millionaire Earn $1,000,000 from completed contracts and their bonuses. Spending and prestige do not reduce progress. 25%
- Blackwell Farm: Case Closed Correctly identify the ghost in five completed Ghost AI contracts at Blackwell Farm. 25%
- Hospital: Case Closed Correctly identify the ghost in five completed Ghost AI contracts at Hospital. 25%
- Motel: Case Closed Correctly identify the ghost in five completed Ghost AI contracts at Motel. 25%
- Prison: Case Closed Correctly identify the ghost in five completed Ghost AI contracts at Prison. 25%
- Sunset Studio: Case Closed Correctly identify the ghost in five completed Ghost AI contracts at Sunset Studio. 25%
- Worth a Thousand Screams Earn $10,000 in photo rewards across completed Ghost AI contracts. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 1 Reach prestige 1. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 2 Reach prestige 2. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 3 Reach prestige 3. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 4 Reach prestige 4. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 5 Reach prestige 5. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 6 Reach prestige 6. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 7 Reach prestige 7. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 8 Reach prestige 8. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 9 Reach prestige 9. 25%
- Beyond the Veil 10 Reach prestige 10. 25%
- Nightmare Investigator Correctly identify the ghost and survive a Ghost AI contract on the official Nightmare difficulty. 25%
- Severed Investigator Correctly identify the ghost and survive a Ghost AI contract on the official Severed difficulty. 25%
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