Spellbound & Shelved
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 87% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (91%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 86% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 99% 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 463 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 1.8h for positive, 1.7h 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 (98.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- An Apprentice Appears An apprentice visited for the first time 100%
- First Satisfied Reader A customer finished a book and paid 99%
- It Rolled Under a Shelf Let a tip vanish uncollected 96%
- The First Key A first shelf section unlocked 95%
- Keep the Change Collected a reader's tip 94%
- Hundred Happy Readers Customers finished 100 books 86%
- Halfway Unchained Half of the library's shelf sections unlocked 83%
- A Frog Scholar Appears A frog scholar visited for the first time 83%
- A Ghost Appears A ghost visited for the first time 79%
- Fizzwick Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 1 purchased 78%
- Chains No More Every shelf section in the library unlocked 78%
- An Owl Appears An owl visited for the first time 77%
- Bramble Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 2 purchased 77%
- Nutmeg Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 3 purchased 76%
- A Gnome Tourist Appears A gnome tourist visited for the first time 76%
- Pippin Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 4 purchased 76%
- Snorri Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 5 purchased 76%
- Tip Jar Collected 100 ✦ in tips 76%
- Thimble Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 6 purchased 76%
- A Cat Appears A cat visited for the first time 76%
- Wobble Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 7 purchased 75%
- Juniper Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 8 purchased 75%
- Cogsworth Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 9 purchased 75%
- Marigold Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 10 purchased 75%
- Fennel Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 11 purchased 75%
- Sprocket Mastered Every upgrade for gnome 12 purchased 75%
- Completionist Manager Every upgrade in the tree purchased 74%
- Spellbound & Shelved Not a single book left on the floor 74%
- Five Hundred Thanks Collected 500 ✦ in tips 64%
- Spellbound & Speedy Earn every achievement in under 90 minutes 17%
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