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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 57% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 1,930
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 5h it's 1 in 5 (20%).
- Only 57% 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 1,950 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 5.3h for positive, 3.7h 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 (56.6% 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 (19)
- Thesis Complete April 13. 100%
- Informed Inform yourself well. 94%
- Drained Drain the swamp. 92%
- Antithesis Complete April 14. 79%
- Vaporized Fulfill the prophecy. 74%
- Synthesis Complete April 15. 70%
- Delivered Dispense deliverance. 60%
- Misplaced Make someone go to the wrong place. 49%
- Returned Retrieve with care. 47%
- Triangulated Draw a full triangle. 39%
- Avoided Prevent a provocation. 38%
- Verified Trust, but verify. 26%
- Revealed Search and find the documents hidden from sight. 19%
- Incited Cause a stir. 16%
- Connected Connect two loose ends. 16%
- Cornered Corner someone. 11%
- Antagonized Frame someone. 11%
- Repulsed Decrease their numbers. 10%
- Enraged Turn one on the other. 9.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.