Trials of Fire
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 69% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Milk Run”: only 69% of starters get there.
- Only 62% 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 3,287 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 20.9h for positive, 7.8h 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 (62.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Milk Run Complete an Adventure on Easy or higher difficulty. Most players quit here 69% −31
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Hunter Defeat a Boss on Easy or higher difficulty. 100%
- Lord of War Unlock the Warlord class. 87%
- Giant Slayer Defeat a Boss on Medium or higher difficulty. 84%
- Strong Deal 10 damage on an enemy with a single attack. 79%
- Assassin Defeat 50 enemies in combat. 78%
- Awoken Raise a Class's Soul Level to 5. 69%
- Milk Run Complete an Adventure on Easy or higher difficulty. 69%
- Destroyer Defeat 100 enemies in combat. 61%
- Chemistry Major Unlock the Alchemist class. 59%
- Wiccan Unlock the Witch class. 57%
- Gauntlet Complete an Adventure on Medium or higher difficulty. 50%
- Tried and Tested Complete the ‘Trial of Fire’ quest on any difficulty. 47%
- Saviour Complete the 'Water Gem' quest on any difficulty. 47%
- Killer for Hire Unlock the Assassin class. 42%
- Reaper Defeat 200 enemies in combat. 41%
- Mighty Deal 20 damage on an enemy with a single attack. 34%
- Spirits’ Fury Unlock the Spirit Speaker class. 29%
- Ascended Raise a Class's Soul Level to 10. 28%
- Scion Unlock the Occultist class. 24%
- Bossing It! Defeat a Boss on Hard or higher difficulty. 23%
- Godlike Complete the 'God Hunter' quest on any difficulty. 23%
- Shining Complete the ‘Beacon of Hope’ quest on any difficulty. 22%
- Patron Complete the ‘Cursed Sonata’ quest on any difficulty. 17%
- Death Incarnate Defeat 500 enemies in combat. 17%
- Herculean Deal 30 damage on an enemy with a single attack. 13%
- Trial of Fire Complete an Adventure on Hard or higher difficulty. 12%
- Scraped Through Win a battle with one remaining hero with only 1 health. 10%
- Brave Complete an adventure at any Cataclysm difficulty level. 4.8%
- Nuclear Deal 50 damage on an enemy with a single attack. 3.5%
- Foolhardy Complete an adventure on Cataclysm 5 difficulty or above. 1.6%
- Zealous Complete an adventure at Cataclysm 10 difficulty level. 0.6%