Cathedral

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 463 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 21.4h for positive, 9.1h 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 (61.9% 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 (39)

• Blob Scholar Kill 50 blobs (of any kind) 100%
• Welcome to Cathedral Kill Augr 82%
• Blob Expert Kill 100 blobs (of any kind) 66%
• Emerald Buy the Emerald armor 54%
• Skull Scholar Kill 50 skulls (of any kind) 54%
• Blob Slayer Kill 150 blobs (of any kind) 49%
• Skull Expert Kill 100 skulls (of any kind) 46%
• Grave Digger Kill the Necromancer 44%
• Student Return 20 books 43%
• Noble Have more than 10 000 gold stored in the bank 41%
• Tomb Trasher Kill Salemacke 38%
• Skull Slayer Kill 150 skulls (of any kind) 38%
• Insert coin to play again Die one hundred times 34%
• Bookworm Return 40 books 34%
• Tourmaline Buy the Tourmaline armor 34%
• Deaf wanderer Kill Thalia 31%
• Onyx Buy the Onyx armor 28%
• Bibliophile Return 60 books 28%
• Saint of Tinkerton Kill Nidlong 28%
• Charmer Find all charms 27%
• Exterminator Kill Oloc 27%
• Fully Stacked Find all hearts 26%
• Gargoyle Slayer Slay all gargoyles 26%
• Knot on my watch Kill the blood knot 24%
• Fast Traveller Find and activate all portals 24%
• Cheating Death Acquire all Ouroboros amulets 23%
• Orb Smasher Destroy the Conduit 23%
• Scholar Return 80 books 20%
• Charter Find all map pieces 18%
• Champion Kill Ardur 18%
• Master of Elements Destroy an electric orb in Necromancer's den using the lantern 16%
• Aristocrat Have more than 25 000 gold stored in the bank 16%
• Magnus Apparatus Expert Find all ammo upgrades for the Magnus Apparatus 15%
• Flintlock Expert Find all ammo upgrades for the Flintlock 13%
• Heavy Drinker Acquire all health bottles 10%
• True Librarian Return 100 books 10%
• Fully Protected Find all armor augmentations 9.4%
• King Have more than 50 000 gold stored in the bank 5.7%
• Damage Dodger Complete the game without upgrading the armor 3.2%