AdventureIndieSimulationFree To Play
Investigator
The first 2 hours are a test
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 42% of owners
Steam reviews 69% positive of 1,058
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 4h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- Only 42% 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 1,072 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 3.8h 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 (42.2% 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 (52)
- Investigator Play the game 100%
- Arrival Complete the first level 65%
- Dream Complete the second level 58%
- On The Road Again Complete the third level 52%
- Hot guy Warmed by the fire 47%
- Killer spiders Kill the spider 47%
- What does not sink Complete the fourth level 45%
- Joker Find the gnome in the toilet 43%
- Spider behind Complete the fifth level 39%
- Spider bites You are bitten by a spider at the sixth location 39%
- Meeting with the monster Complete the sixth level 37%
- Dream in winter night Complete the seventh level 37%
- End of the Road Complete the ninth level 37%
- Let's hit the road Complete the eighth level 36%
- Dumb =) Burn on a hot plate 36%
- Final? Complete the tenth level 34%
- Plane Crash Explore the plane 34%
- Guitarist Play the guitar 33%
- Feet in hands Try to get away from Johnny 33%
- Curious Find the gnome on 10 level 30%
- Are you serious? Get in the face 29%
- Arachnophobia Do not kill spider 28%
- Frozen Fall through the Ice 25%
- Secret Room Find the saw room 25%
- 4 8 15 16 23 42 4 8 15 16 23 42 25%
- Garbage man Dial pockets full of garbage 24%
- Float away, barrel Push the barrel into the water 22%
- Hide-and-seek Find the gnome at the third location 22%
- Avenger Kill Steve 20%
- Forgiveness Do not kill Steve 17%
- Play "Survivor Update" Play "Survivor Update" 16%
- Football Player Kick the ball into the goal 16%
- Cold hands Make a snowman 15%
- Gnome Hunter Collect five gnomes in the seventh location 14%
- Under every bush Find six gnomes in DLC 13%
- Gotcha! You were eaten! "Survivor Update" 13%
- Refueling Find a can of fuel "Survivor Update" 12%
- Yes, that's all Finish "Survivor Update" 12%
- Leap of Faith Look where you're going! This is not Assassin Creed "Survivor Update" 11%
- Nothing complicated Find the hidden achievement on the fifth level "Survivor Update" 11%
- STALKER 2 Find second Artifact in "Survivor Update" 11%
- The way The way "Survivor Update" 11%
- Rich! Find a suitcase with achievements "Survivor Update" 10%
- Rich! Rich! 10%
- Rich! Rich! 10%
- Rich! Rich! 10%
- Rich! Rich! 10%
- Rich! Rich! 10%
- BALLS! Find five balls in "Survivor Update" 10%
- STALKER Find Artifact in "Survivor Update" 10%
- Slowpoke Too slow! "Survivor Update" 10%
- My size! Find new shoes "Survivor Update" 10%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.