Hours played
How long do people play Firewatch?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 4.5 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 3.5 hours and 7 hours.
First 2 h
70% recommend
2–5 h
91% recommend
5–10 h
93% recommend
10–20 h
94% recommend
20–50 h
94% recommend
50–100 h
100–200 h
200–500 h
500 h and up
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 99,900 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does Firewatch hold up?
It holds steady: between 91% and 94% recommend it at every stage past the first two hours.
Is Firewatch better now than at launch?
Its Steam reviews began in February 2016. Of those posted in the first 30 days, 83% recommend it; of those posted in the last 12 months, 91% do.
Feb 2016
83%
≈ 8,710 reviews
Now
91%
≈ 7,250 reviews
One token is 2% of the reviews first posted in its first 30 days, and in the last 12 months. Each counts with the verdict it carries today, so a review its author has since changed shows the new one. The biggest comebacks and falls.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of Firewatch tell you?
5% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 70% of those recommend it. After the window, 92% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 85% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 4 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 3 came while a refund was still possible and 17 after the window had closed.
Seal
Firewatch holds up
Holds up
At least 90% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 50 hours played.
Earned when at least 90% of a game's Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage past the first two hours, counted over three or more stages of 200 reviews each, with no stage 5 points below an earlier one. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/firewatch#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/firewatch/seal/holds-up.png" width="160" height="160" alt="Firewatch: Holds up. At least 90% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 50 hours played."></a>Where players stop
How far do players get in Firewatch?
79% of the players who launched Firewatch hold "Good first day.", its first story achievement on Steam, and 55% hold Firewatch, its last. The steepest drop comes between "Good first day." (79%) and "Back to work." (66%).
Launched it
100%
"Good first day."
Completed Day 1
79% hold it
The wall · 13 of every 100 get no further
"Back to work."
Completed Day 2
66% hold it
"Someone's out here."
Completed Day 76
59% hold it
"Burn the place down."
Completed Day 77
57% hold it
Firewatch
Completed Day 79
55% hold it
One token is 1 of every 100 players who launched it, standing at the last story achievement they hold. Red stopped at the wall, amber hold the last one. Steam's global achievement stats count everyone who ever launched the game, people still playing included. They are not a finish rate.
Everyone's copy
14 of 37 copies here were never launched
In 37 libraries here. 14 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 3.6 h. 1 finished it.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 4.0% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 25: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.