Unheard - Voices of Crime
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 4h it's 1 in 40 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Twins” and “Empty Frame”: from 100% to 45% of starters.
- 96% 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 34,644 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 5.1h for positive, 3.6h 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 (96.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Twins Passed the first test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. 100%
- Empty Frame Passed the second test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. Most players quit here 45% −55
- Raven Passed the third test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. 27% −18
- Mental Hospital Passed the fifth test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. 21% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (12)
story milestone ending side
- Twins Passed the first test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. 100%
- Empty Frame Passed the second test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. 45%
- Delusion 39%
- Auditory Hallucination 31%
- Amnesia 27%
- Raven Passed the third test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. 27%
- Sound Chaser Checked each room in the five maps. 25%
- Director 22%
- Mental Hospital Passed the fifth test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. 21%
- NEXT Case 20%
- Sole Audience Listened to Emily humming a snatch of a song from end to end. 20%
- Theater Passed the fourth test without fast-forwarding and rewinding the audio or using the progress bar. 18%