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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 10% of players who started
Started playing 47% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 2,995
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (38%); after 4h it's 1 in 4 (25%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “In Snow And Moonlight” (Enter Mourningvale) and “Ascension”: from 83% to 20% of starters.
- Only 47% 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 3,034 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14h for positive, 4.1h 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 (46.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- With a Single Step Enter the Isle Of The Dead 100%
- In Snow And Moonlight Enter Mourningvale 83% −17
- Ascension Defeat the Lady of Ascension Most players quit here 20% −62
- In Sand And Starlight Enter the Eventide Wastes 20%
- Transcendence Defeat the Lord of Etherion 13% −7
- In The Mouth of Madness Enter the Wretched Domain 13%
- Victory Defeat the Dreadful One 10% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- With a Single Step Enter the Isle Of The Dead 100%
- In Snow And Moonlight Enter Mourningvale 83%
- Friendly Fire Kill a Wretch with another Wretch explosion 50%
- Kickstatter Kick 100 heads 46%
- Minelayer Kill an enemy with a planted Cyst 44%
- Slash And Dash Kill 100 enemies with the Blade of Ruination 37%
- Lifesaver Use 10 Soul Tethers 34%
- Scattershot Kill multiple enemies with one shot of the Shotgun's secondary fire 31%
- Naked and Savage Kill an enemy while at 1 health, without the Cruel Aegis 24%
- Ascension Defeat the Lady of Ascension 20%
- In Sand And Starlight Enter the Eventide Wastes 20%
- Purple Haze Kill 10 enemies with Confounding Attars 20%
- Heart Attack Heal 1,000 Lifeblood with Life Siphons 18%
- Bounceback Deflect 100 projectiles with Orbs of Deflection 17%
- No Stone Unturned Find all secrets in one map 17%
- Thick As Thieves Find the keyhole secret in the Mire 14%
- Passing Of The Torch Find the set of Dark Armor from the previous Outlander 13%
- Transcendence Defeat the Lord of Etherion 13%
- In The Mouth of Madness Enter the Wretched Domain 13%
- Worlds Within Whirls Start up the Orrery in the Watchtowers 12%
- Bone Idol Kill 10 enemies with Vicious Animus turrets 11%
- Chain Reaction Expose the core in the Red Throne 11%
- An Act of Wrath Beat WRATH 11%
- Total Massacre Kill 5,000 enemies 11%
- Victory Defeat the Dreadful One 10%
- Harvester Collect 100 Souls with the Mace of Devastation 10%
- Rampage Deal 40,000 damage with one Flask of Rage 6.4%
- Cannoneer Cannonjump with the Slag Cannon 6.0%
- Treasure Hunter Open half the coffers in WRATH 6.0%
- Firewalking Stay in lava for 15 seconds 5.6%
- Crystal Cave Find the Crystallizer beneath the Crystal Dunes 5.6%
- Grounded Kill 3 flying enemies with one Void Grenade 5.1%
- Stop Staring Shoot all the eyes in the Blood Pits 5.1%
- Buzz Kill Hit 5 enemies from one Crystalized enemy 4.9%
- Iron Lungs Stay underwater for 80 seconds 4.7%
- The One And Only Find the only underlift secret in WRATH 4.7%
- Shock Tactics Kill 10 enemies with one Shockwave 4.5%
- Steam Shut off the factory pipes in the Rending Chambers 4.1%
- Kell's Cage Find Kells' Cage in the Crucible of Souls 3.2%
- Secrets Of The Vale Find all secrets in Mourningvale 3.0%
- Untouched Defeat the Lady of Ascension without taking damage 2.6%
- Desecration Destroy all the statues in the Shadow Pantheon 2.6%
- Secrets Of The Wastes Find all secrets in the Eventide Wastes 2.4%
- Secrets Of The Domain Find all secrets in the Wretched Domain 2.4%
- Close and Personal Defeat the Dreadful One using only the Blade and Mace 2.1%
- The Gamut Find all secrets in WRATH 2.1%
- The Scribe Collect all the Notes in WRATH 2.1%
- Time Dilation Defeat the Lord of Etherion within 3 minutes 1.9%
- Treasure Hoarder Open all the coffers in WRATH 1.7%
- Outlander Beat WRATH on Outlander difficulty 1.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.