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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 25% of players who started
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 14,377
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 10h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “An Enterprising Quest” (Complete A Masquerade Night) and “Across the Moors” (Complete Craghill Moors): from 94% to 81% of starters.
- 83% 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 14,484 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 11.5h for positive, 8.2h 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 (82.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Wizard's Quest Complete A Wintery Morning 100%
- A Knightly Quest Complete The Cursed Manor 96% −4
- An Enterprising Quest Complete A Masquerade Night 94% −2
- Across the Moors Complete Craghill Moors Most players quit here 81% −13
- Through the Thorns Complete The Thorny Hedge Maze 72% −9
- Running in Ruins Complete Heatherwood Hall 65% −7
- A Castle in a Dream Complete The Prince's Dream 58% −6
- Moths in Moonlight Complete Moonlit Forests 52% −6
- A Badger's Journal Complete The Badgerborough 48% −4
- A Hedgehog's Seeds Complete Goldleaf Garden 45% −3
- A Dip in the Lake Complete Firwood Water 43% −2
- Bogged Down Complete The Crackling Mire 40% −3
- Suddenly a Bear Complete The Blueberry Forest 38% −2
- The Potion of Light Complete The Gossamer Grove 36% −2
- Everything is Fine Complete Snow-Topped Heights 34% −2
- Darker Depths Complete The Nightmare Academy 33% −1
- Chasing Shadows Complete Haunted Tombs 32% −1
- To Recover a Prince Deal with the Nightmare Prince once and for all 25% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- A Wizard's Quest Complete A Wintery Morning 100%
- A Knightly Quest Complete The Cursed Manor 96%
- An Enterprising Quest Complete A Masquerade Night 94%
- Across the Moors Complete Craghill Moors 81%
- The Masquerade Hunt Collect all experience in A Masquerade Night 75%
- Through the Thorns Complete The Thorny Hedge Maze 72%
- The Morning Hunt Collect all experience in A Wintery Morning 69%
- Running in Ruins Complete Heatherwood Hall 65%
- A Castle in a Dream Complete The Prince's Dream 58%
- The Cursed Hunt Collect all experience in The Cursed Manor 54%
- Moths in Moonlight Complete Moonlit Forests 52%
- A Badger's Journal Complete The Badgerborough 48%
- A Hedgehog's Seeds Complete Goldleaf Garden 45%
- A Dip in the Lake Complete Firwood Water 43%
- Bogged Down Complete The Crackling Mire 40%
- Suddenly a Bear Complete The Blueberry Forest 38%
- The Potion of Light Complete The Gossamer Grove 36%
- Everything is Fine Complete Snow-Topped Heights 34%
- Darker Depths Complete The Nightmare Academy 33%
- Chasing Shadows Complete Haunted Tombs 32%
- To Recover a Prince Deal with the Nightmare Prince once and for all 25%
- The Thorny Hunt Collect all experience in The Thorny Hedge Maze 20%
- Looting Ruins Collect all experience in Heatherwood Hall 12%
- The Craghill Hunt Collect all experience in Craghill Moors 11%
- The Moonlit Hunt Collect all experience in Moonlit Forests 10%
- The Lakeside Hunt Collect all experience in Firwood Water 10%
- Sweeping Dreams Collect all experience in The Prince's Dream 9.8%
- The Underground Hunt Collect all experience in The Badgerborough 9.2%
- The Snowbound Hunt Collect all experience in Snow-Topped Heights 9.2%
- The Gossamer Hunt Collect all experience in The Gossamer Grove 8.9%
- The Golden Hunt Collect all experience in Goldleaf Garden 8.6%
- The Mired Hunt Collect all experience in The Crackling Mire 8.6%
- The Blueberry Hunt Collect all experience in The Blueberry Forest 8.6%
- The Haunted Hunt Collect all experience in Haunted Tombs 7.7%
- Bits and Pieces Collect all Knicknacks throughout Acts I-V 7.7%
- The Nightmare Hunt Collect all experience in The Nightmare Academy 7.2%
- First Class Delivery Collect all Letters throughout Acts I-V 7.0%
- Treasure Seeker Collect all Treasures throughout Acts I-V 6.9%
- Experienced Hunter Collect all experience throughout Acts I-V 6.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.