Arise: A Simple Story
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 4h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “She” (Finish level 1) and “Joy” (Finish level 2): from 100% to 66% of starters.
- Only 66% 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 3,268 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 5.4h for positive, 2.8h 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 (66.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- She Finish level 1 100%
- Joy Finish level 2 Most players quit here 66% −34
- Away Finish level 3 48% −18
- Alone Finish level 4 41% −7
- Romance Finish level 5 38% −3
- Fruit Finish level 6 36% −2
- Ashes Finish level 7 34% −2
- Solace Finish level 8 33% −2
- Old Finish level 9 31% −1
- Hope Finish level 10 30% −1
- Last kiss Finish the game 30%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- She Finish level 1 100%
- Joy Finish level 2 66%
- Away Finish level 3 48%
- Alone Finish level 4 41%
- Romance Finish level 5 38%
- Fruit Finish level 6 36%
- Ashes Finish level 7 34%
- Solace Finish level 8 33%
- Old Finish level 9 31%
- Hope Finish level 10 30%
- Always together Activate co-op play 30%
- Last kiss Finish the game 30%
- Shy guy Get all collectibles on level 1 20%
- Just kidding Get all collectibles on level 2 14%
- Dancer Get all collectibles on level 5 12%
- Heater Get all collectibles on level 6 9.2%
- Sorrow collector Get all collectibles on level 4 8.6%
- Time goes by Get all collectibles on level 9 8.6%
- Bubble addict Explode 100 drew drops on Level 2 8.3%
- Vanishing memories Get all collectibles on level 7 7.8%
- The explorer Get all collectibles on level 3 7.7%
- Last breath Get all collectibles on level 10 7.7%
- Remember when Get all collectibles on level 8 6.6%
- Warm guy Finish level 9 without dying of cold 5.7%
- Perfect memory Get all collectibles in the game 5.6%
- Bushman Step on 50 passable bushes on Level 3 5.4%
- Gone with the wind Touch 200 dandelions 5.3%
- Bouncer Perform 100 jumps on jump pads on Level 6 5.3%
- Purple hater Finish level 5 without stepping on a single purple flower 5.0%
- Sorrow Finish level 4 without being touched by a single sorrow 3.9%
- Caring partner Finish level 10 without dying 3.9%
- Gravity master Finish level 8 without dying 3.8%
- Fire safety Finish level 7 without touching fire once 3.6%
- Perfect love Get all achievements in the game 3.5%