Manifold Garden
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 5h it's 1 in 40 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 84% of games we track.
- 34% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Blue Complete” (Complete the Blue Level): only 71% of starters get there.
- 88% of owners got the first achievement.
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 8,734 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 5.9h for positive, 4.1h 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 (88% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Blue Complete Complete the Blue Level Most players quit here 71% −29
- Red Complete Complete the Red Level 54% −17
- Green Complete Complete the Green Level 48% −6
- Yellow Complete Complete the Yellow Level 40% −8
- Purple Complete Complete the Purple Level 38% −2
- Orange Complete Complete the Orange Level 37% −1
- Final Countdown Open the Final Door 37%
- Collect the Rainbow Complete the Rainbow Level 36%
- Transcended See the Ending 34% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- Trust Fall Fall from a Great Height 100%
- Witness a Laser Activate a Laser Beam 81%
- Let There Be Darkness Enter the Dark World 73%
- A Walk on the Dark Side Collapse the Dark World 71%
- Blue Complete Complete the Blue Level 71%
- A Whole World in Your Hands Grow a World 68%
- Red Complete Complete the Red Level 54%
- Plant a Seed Grow a Tree 51%
- Waterbender Redirect Water Using a Cube 50%
- Discover Hydroenergy Power on a Water Wheel 49%
- Green Complete Complete the Green Level 48%
- Non-Euclidean Fluid Mechanics Redirect Water Through a Portal 47%
- Color Change Change the Color of a Cube 47%
- Thinking With Portals Solve a Puzzle Involving Portals 45%
- Yellow Complete Complete the Yellow Level 40%
- Purple Complete Complete the Purple Level 38%
- Final Countdown Open the Final Door 37%
- Orange Complete Complete the Orange Level 37%
- Collect the Rainbow Complete the Rainbow Level 36%
- Tree Tree Evolution Grow a Double Gravity Tree 36%
- Transcended See the Ending 34%
- Honey, I Shrunk Myself Shrink Down Into a Small Model of a Level 8.0%
- Homecoming Use a Hidden Path to Return to an Earlier Level 7.6%
- The Game is Not Enough Complete the Game Without Placing a Single God Cube 5.0%
- What does it all mean? Earn Every Achievement 4.7%