Lucid9: Inciting Incident
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 99% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 20% 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 1,041 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 13.4h for positive, 3.6h 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 (19.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Inciting Incident Complete common route Most players quit here 99% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (13)
story milestone ending side
- Ultimate Negotiator Pick the stall option as many times as you can without reaching a bad end. 100%
- Inciting Incident Complete common route 99%
- Riddle Me This Never select or input a wrong answer for Shigure's puzzles. 94%
- Natural Genius Get a 100% on your pop quiz. 93%
- A Worthy Assistant Never select a wrong choice in the initial encounter with Shigure. 93%
- Saving brain cells Watch none of the Gover Mecher episodes in one playthrough. 88%
- The Clock is Ticking... Never select a wrong answer for the deduction sequence. 87%
- Casanova Have the option to choose to visit all available heroines. 81%
- All Roads Lead to Gover Mecher Watch all the Gover Mecher episodes in one playthrough. 72%
- Amateur Detective Read all the investigation scenes at school. 70%
- Best Girl Select only the choices related to one heroine. 56%
- Fruitless Be unable to visit any heroine. 55%
- Cruel Reality Get all the bad endings with the murderer. 52%
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