Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 8 reviews are negative (13%); after 7h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 86% of games we track.
- At least 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Alchemist” and “Pipeworker”: from 82% to 43% of starters.
- Only 24% 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 35,896 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 8.7h 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 (23.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Alchemist Removed the Shadow's residue in the entrance hall in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 82% −18
- Pipeworker Lowered the water level in the cistern to reveal a new way out in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Most players quit here 43% −39
- Restorer Collected the pieces of the orb and rebuilt it in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 38% −5
- Survivor Killed Alexander and escaped the castle in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. ≥31% −7
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (18)
story milestone ending side
- NOPE Left when things were getting interesting in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 100%
- Alchemist Removed the Shadow's residue in the entrance hall in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 82%
- Escape Artist Escaped the creature in the water in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 66%
- Descendant Taken a rough ride on an elevator in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 51%
- Pipeworker Lowered the water level in the cistern to reveal a new way out in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 43%
- Restorer Collected the pieces of the orb and rebuilt it in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 38%
- Survivor Killed Alexander and escaped the castle in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 31%
- Benefactor Rescued Agrippa in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 28%
- Sacrifice Allowed Alexander to escape in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 23%
- Quitter Failed to escape the cells and was consumed by the Shadow in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 18%
- Altruist Not a single victim died in Amnesia: Justine. 13%
- Still Alive Became aware of the merits of A.S. Inc.'s Span-space Device in Amnesia: Justine. 13%
- Egotist Not a single victim survived in Amnesia: Justine. 12%
- Vacillator Some victims died, some lived in Amnesia: Justine. 12%
- Illuminatus Picked up every tinderbox in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. 11%
- Master Archivist Read all notes in all games. 11%
- Insanity Achieved all other achievements. 11%
- Masochist My name is... Daniel... and I... have made life... exceptionally hard for myself. 8.9%