When does The Turing Test get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 5h it's 1 in 11 (9%). Fully opens up by hour 5.

How many players finish The Turing Test?

52% of players who start reach the ending.

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The Turing Test

Aug 30, 2016 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 53% of players who started

Started playing 73% of owners

Steam reviews 88% positive of 8,052

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 5h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
Fully opens up by hour 5.
52% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Chapter One” and “Chapter Two”: from 100% to 84% of starters.
73% 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 8,065 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 7.6h for positive, 5.8h 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 (72.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Chapter One Completed Chapter One 100%
Chapter Two Completed Chapter Two Most players quit here 85% −15
Chapter Three Completed Chapter Three 76% −9
Chapter Four Completed Chapter Four 66% −10
Chapter Five Completed Chapter Five 64% −2
Chapter Six Completed Chapter Six 58% −6
Chapter Seven Completed Chapter Seven 53% −5
Game Complete Completed The Game 53%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (15)

story milestone ending side

Chapter One Completed Chapter One 100%
Chapter Two Completed Chapter Two 85%
Chapter Three Completed Chapter Three 76%
Chapter Four Completed Chapter Four 66%
A Polite Conversation Completed Optional 2 66%
The Universe's Machine Epsilon Completed Optional 3 64%
Chapter Five Completed Chapter Five 64%
Algorithmic Composition Completed Optional 4 59%
Chapter Six Completed Chapter Six 58%
The Chinese Room Completed Optional 5 53%
Chapter Seven Completed Chapter Seven 53%
Game Complete Completed The Game 53%
Boolean Logic Completed Optional 6 51%
Thinking Outside of the Box Completed Optional 7 49%
This is a Lock Completed Optional 1 38%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.