Emily is Away Too
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 3h it's 1 in 18 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 82% of games we track.
- 71% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Summer '06” (Complete Chapter 1) and “Autumn '06” (Complete Chapter 2): from 100% to 85% of starters.
- 77% 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 6,363 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 4.2h 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 (77.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Summer '06 Complete Chapter 1 100%
- Autumn '06 Complete Chapter 2 Most players quit here 85% −15
- Winter '07 Complete Chapter 3 76% −9
- Spring '07 Complete Chapter 4 73% −3
- Summer '07 Complete Chapter 5 71% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (21)
story milestone ending side
- Summer '06 Complete Chapter 1 100%
- Autumn '06 Complete Chapter 2 85%
- Winter '07 Complete Chapter 3 76%
- Spring '07 Complete Chapter 4 73%
- Summer '07 Complete Chapter 5 71%
- Awe Jeez Use this Secret Icon 18%
- The World Needs Heroes Use this Secret Icon 18%
- Is Herobrine Real? Use this Secret Icon 18%
- Retro Computer Virus Use this Secret Icon 16%
- Never Gonna Give You Up Get Rickrolled 16%
- THE A5G4RD Use this Secret Icon 16%
- HYPNOSPACE Use this Secret Icon 15%
- Raise Your Dongers Use this Secret Icon 15%
- Zenith Lunar Resort Use this Secret Icon 14%
- Not Liable for Injury/Dismemberment Use this Secret Icon 14%
- Classic Content Use this Secret Icon 13%
- My GOTY Use this Secret Icon 13%
- The Problems of the Future, Today! Use this Secret Icon 13%
- Make. Sail. Use this Secret Icon 13%
- Kinda an Achievement Use this Secret Icon 13%
- ...And Friends Use this Secret Icon 12%