Indie
The Watson-Scott Test
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 98% of owners
Steam reviews 67% positive of 814
What the data shows
- 63% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (65%).
- 98% 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.
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Based on all 820 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 0.7h for positive, 0.5h 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 (98.4% 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 (10)
- Calibrated Complete the calibration phase. 100%
- Felt Complete the feelings phase. 99%
- Agreed Complete the agreement phase. 98%
- Tense Complete the intense phase. 97%
- Finished Complete the test. 97%
- Stronger Complete the second test. 83%
- Quitter Bail out from the test. 41%
- Returned Come back to the test after bailing out. 34%
- Egg Sequence #1 a 10%
- Egg Sequence #2 b 9.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.