DARQ: Complete Edition
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 3h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- 100% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 44% 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 4,263 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 4.3h for positive, 2.2h 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 (43.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Awaken Finish the game 100%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (17)
story milestone ending side
- Awaken Finish the game 100%
- Patient Find Dream Journal Page in the hospital 63%
- Train Rider Find Dream Journal Page while on the train 29%
- Masked Genius Find Dream Journal Page in the theater 24%
- Subway Explorer Find Dream Journal Page in the subway station 24%
- City Dreamer Find Dream Journal Page in the city 20%
- Master of Gears Find Dream Journal Page while trying to solve the gear puzzle 19%
- Enlightened Finish the game after all dream journal pages have been collected. 15%
- Jeweler Find the diamond skull in "The Crypt" 15%
- Perceptive Trigger 3 secret encounters with the bag-headed boy. They are well hidden. 13%
- Pyramid Master Complete the pyramid stacking puzzle in "The Tower" with the least amount of moves required. 11%
- Quartz Skull Collector Find 3 quartz skulls in "The Crypt" 9.6%
- Skull Master Find all skulls in "The Crypt" 9.4%
- Off Camera Solve the rotating camera puzzle before the camera completes the first rotation. 8.4%
- Tower Runner Complete "The Tower" DLC under 6 minutes 8.2%
- Sharp Like Scissors Complete the scissors puzzle in "The Crypt" within 15 seconds or less. 7.5%
- Crypt Runner Complete "The Crypt" DLC under 12 minutes 6.6%