Daymare: 1998
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 84% of games we track.
- 37% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Chapter 1” (Complete chapter one) and “Chapter 2” (Complete chapter two): from 100% to 59% of starters.
- Only 44% 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 4,358 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 10.6h for positive, 6.4h 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 (44.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Chapter 1 Complete chapter one 100%
- Chapter 2 Complete chapter two Most players quit here 59% −41
- Chapter 3 Complete chapter three 47% −12
- Chapter 4 Complete chapter four 44% −2
- Chapter 5 Complete chapter five 37% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- Chapter 1 Complete chapter one 100%
- Butcher Cast off 50 enemy limbs 74%
- Bullseye Take out 50 enemies with headshots 72%
- Free hugs Free yourself from 20 grabs 66%
- Gunslinger Get the magnum 60%
- Chapter 2 Complete chapter two 59%
- Daymare syndrome Shoot at 5 false enemies 52%
- Hijacker Hack into a "very hard" terminal 52%
- Chapter 3 Complete chapter three 47%
- Hand cannon Get the desert eagle 46%
- Blown away Find the exploded corpse 46%
- Chapter 4 Complete chapter four 44%
- Chapter 5 Complete chapter five 37%
- Boxer Knockback 20 enemies using melee attacks 36%
- Déjà vu Wait for the suggestion 31%
- Hound Find all Hexacore secret rooms 30%
- Wrong melee Perform a melee attack on the Melted Man 28%
- What is IT? Shoot the red balloon 22%
- Stabbed Find the movie poster 18%
- Disc jockey Get all audiologs 17%
- Maverick Find playing cards 17%
- Invader Studios hires Find the programmer's corpse 15%
- Rat sterminator Find the sewer pinball 15%
- Surgeon Get all ID Tags 14%
- Take your time Utilize 100 slow reloads 14%
- Problem solving Find the barrelled corpse 13%
- Where's the fog? Find the dead viewer 12%
- Green thumb Find the chemical formula mural 12%
- Chemist Craft every type of rapid use fluid 10%
- Primitive experiments Find the science magazine 10%
- Slaughter Finish the game on Daymare Mode 10%
- File still open Find the branded oak barrel 9.7%
- Trader Perform 10 exchanges at an H.I.V.E. terminal 9.5%
- Back in time Find the flux capacitator 8.8%
- 4th of July Find the researcher's corpse 8.4%
- Addicted Reach 50% of overdose 8.1%
- Jurassic theft Shoot the shaving cream can 7.7%
- Games of war Find the tris game 7.7%
- Quick hands Utilize 100 fast reloads 7.5%
- Wrong turn Find the arrow in the tree 7.5%
- Bookworm Get all documents 7.2%
- Codename Broken Arrow Find the H.A.F. plate 6.8%
- Hunting season Spot all puppet deer 6.6%
- Immortal Finish the game without dying 5.9%
- Runner Finish the game in 4 hours or less 5.4%