ActionAdventureIndieRPG
The Black Masses
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 99% of owners
Steam reviews 58% positive of 1,234
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 7h it's almost 1 in 3 (29%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- 99% 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 1,246 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 8.5h for positive, 3.9h 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 (99.3% 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 (7)
- Thanks for playing! You played our game, we love you! 100%
- Row Row Row Your Boat You gave that first possessed a nice paddling. 56%
- The Miller Kill 280 zombies using the windmill! 7.9%
- Mass Cleansing Kill all zombies at Fort Wyver. 7.3%
- Warlord Find and start the hidden battle. 1.5%
- Destroyer Of A God ? 1.1%
- Fisherman Something smells fishy.. 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.