ActionAdventureIndie
Gish
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 2% of owners
Steam reviews 59% positive of 512
What the data shows
- 51% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (51%).
- Only 2% 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 497 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 1.8h for positive, 0.6h 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 (1.6% 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 (11)
- Real Friends Played a four player game 100%
- Super Gishio Brother Found the Mario level 94%
- Crappily Ever After Didn't Rescue Brea 81%
- Explorers Club Found the Pitfall level 81%
- Happily Ever After Rescued Brea 81%
- Hell and Back Made it through Hell without dieing 75%
- Jesgish Found God mode 75%
- Sympathy for the Devil Joined Satan 75%
- Ludicrousity Beat game on Ludicrous mode 69%
- Satan Slayer Defeated Satan 69%
- The Secret Found all 48 secrets in Gish 69%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.