AdventureIndieSimulation
ShadowSide
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 65% of owners
Steam reviews 63% positive of 440
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (65%); after 5h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 93% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 65% 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 444 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 5.5h 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 (64.6% 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 (34)
- Play the game You decided to play the game 100%
- Wanted You read the ad 46%
- Who was that? Something seems to be wrong with you 39%
- Darts Get an award 35%
- I'm interested in everything You looked around the room at the beginning of the second level 34%
- The road is dangerous You were hit by a car 33%
- Down the river Find a boat 31%
- Bridge You found a badge on the fourth level 31%
- Through the swamps You decided to go through the swamps 30%
- Dizziness Something fell on you 29%
- The rescue You opened a cage with a deer 29%
- Bad ending You got one of the bad endings 28%
- Cave You found a badge at the eighth level 27%
- Good job You cleaned the snow on the porch 27%
- Streets You found a badge at tenth level 27%
- Police badges Find three police badges on the second level 26%
- True ending You got a true ending 25%
- Mysterious place Find police badge on the eleventh level 22%
- Now this is mine You took a badge from a policeman 22%
- In search of treasure You found a strange cup 21%
- Developer's Trap You are caught 19%
- Poisoning You were poisoned 18%
- Everything is very strange You found something strange 16%
- Excuse for troubling You almost woke the whole village 15%
- Alternate ending You will never know what happened with you 15%
- Lost Toys Find three toy tanks 15%
- Lazy person What can't be done today will be done tomorrow 14%
- What do we have here? You found the stash 14%
- In search of badges Find three police badges on the first level 14%
- Train You found a toy train 13%
- In the snow You found three badges at the seventh level 13%
- In search of treasure #2 You found a strange cup on the fifth level 13%
- Frozen toys Find all toy dogs on the fifth level 12%
- In search of treasure #3 You found the cup in the ruins on the fifth level 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.