Ancient Dungeon

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 1,810 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 8.2h for positive, 1.4h 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 (97% 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 (81)

• Good Luck! Enter The Ancient Dungeon for the first time. 100%
• Mind If We Pop In? Overcome 5 Challenge Chest's trials. 40%
• Errant Entrance Discover 10 secret rooms in the wall. 33%
• Deep Cut Deal at least twenty-five damage with a single strike. 31%
• Surprise! Teeth! Defeat 15 Chest Mimics. 31%
• Attics Anonymous Discover 10 secret rooms in the ceiling. 24%
• Big Spender Acquire four items from shops during a single delve. 21%
• Wanderlust Explore two hundred fifty rooms within The Ancient Dungeon. 21%
• Unerring Daring Strike enemies with a ranged weapon twenty-five times in a row without missing. 17%
• UR2OP Acquire three highly powerful items during a single delve. 17%
• What lies below Find out what lies at the end of the dungeon. 17%
• Un-parry-leled Defeat 5 Possessed Armors. 16%
• Crush Capitalism Defeat a Mad Merchant. 16%
• Hammer Time Use The Blacksmith's Anvil to augment a weapon. 13%
• Risky Boss-ness Challenge and destroy a boss with only a half-heart of health 13%
• A Battle Won Damage The Beast with the Mercenary's Armament. 12%
• A Contract Breached Collect all parts of the Assassin's Armament. 11%
• The Gatekeeper Traverse The Overgrown Gatehouse without taking any damage. 11%
• Master of Unlocking Open 250 chests 10%
• The Bestiary Help the Acolyte fill in the Bestiary and discover 35 unique creatures. 9.8%
• A Contract Completed Damage The Beast with the Assassin's Armament. 8.8%
• Ceramic Panic Destroy one thousand pots. 8.6%
• Hale And Hearty Acquire more than five full hearts of health. 8.6%
• You have a Problem Use a Bandit Box at least twenty times during a single delve. 7.9%
• Spoilsport Defeat a boss enemy with a single strike. 7.3%
• The Blacksmith's Anvil Repair the blacksmith's anvil. 7.1%
• A Pact Sundered Collect all parts of the Magician's Armament. 6.1%
• Grand Slammed Defeat 1000 enemies 6.1%
• Aberration Obliteration Defeat one hundred aberrant enemies. 5.8%
• Jackpot! Win big on The Merchant's slot machine. 5.8%
• The Delver Traverse The Infested Dungeon without taking any damage. 5.7%
• Deep Pockets Carry more than two hundred fifty coins during a single delve. 5.4%
• Black Friday Raise your merchant discount to 60%. 4.5%
• Feed The Friend Throw a dragonfruit into a pit. 4.4%
• Overstuffed Eat every tier of food during a single delve. 4.4%
• Try Hard Escape The Ancient Dungeon after re-entering once. 4.4%
• Itsy Bitsy Use a Contracting Orb to shrink yourself. 4.2%
• The Librarian Traverse The Forgotten Library without taking any damage. 4.2%
• Acquiring Blood Defeat The Beast at least 3 times. 4.1%
• The Hunter Find out what the hunter at the end of the dungeon is up to... 4.1%
• Journals! Collect journal pages of previous explorers to find out more about the dungeons. 4.0%
• Dentist's Delight Consume a food item made of gold. 3.8%
• You Break It, You Buy It Lower your merchant discount to -100%. 3.8%
• Shiny Slimey Defeat 10 Golden Slimes. 3.3%
• The Caretaker Traverse The Beast's Cradle without taking any damage. 3.3%
• Reliquary Carry Collect more than 30 relics in a single delve 3.2%
• The Miner Traverse The Gloaming Mines without taking any damage. 3.1%
• A Pact Fulfilled Damage The Beast with the Magician's Armament. 2.8%
• A Vow Forsworn Collect all parts of the Paladin's Armament. 2.8%
• Try Harder Escape The Ancient Dungeon after re-entering twice. 2.6%
• Grand Spammed Spend 1000 coins at shops in total 2.5%
• Empty Belly Escape The Ancient Dungeon without consuming any food items. 1.6%
• Merciless Killer Buy at least 5 different augments for the Assassin's Armament. 1.5%
• Savage Soldier Buy at least 5 different augments for the Mercenary's Armament. 1.5%
• Lost Soul Complete your first sealed soul delve. 1.4%
• They Belong in a Museum! Collect more than 500 relics in total 1.4%
• A Hard Battle Won Damage The Beast with the Mercenary's Armament in hard mode. (2.0x or more) 1.3%
• A Hard Contract Completed Damage The Beast with the Assassin's Armament in Hard Mode. (2.0x or more) 1.3%
• Try Hard With A Vengeance Escape The Ancient Dungeon after re-entering three times. 1.3%
• A Vow Upheld Damage The Beast with the Paladin's Armament. 1.2%
• Merchant Shop Boycott Escape the Ancient Dungeon without entering a shop. 1.2%
• Laid to Rest Complete 3 unique sealed soul delves 1.0%
• Quick Like A Bunny Escape the Ancient Dungeon in under twenty minutes. 1.0%
• The Anosmic Traverse the Noxious Sewers without taking damage 0.9%
• The Rift Weaken the Beast by damaging it at least once with every weapon type. 0.8%
• Model Adventurer Escape The Ancient Dungeon with a difficulty modifier of 3.00 0.7%
• Show Off Escape the dungeon without obtaining any upgrade items. 0.7%
• Eldritch Mage Buy at least 5 different augments for the Magician's Armament. 0.6%
• Grand Cartographer Discover a point of interest on every floor 0.6%
• Holy Champion Buy at least 5 different augments for the Paladin's Armament. 0.6%
• A Dread Pact Fulfilled Damage The Beast with the Magicians's Armament in hard mode (1.75x). 0.5%
• Mock the Cradle Survive the Arena until the Beast's Cradle with any weapon 0.5%
• The Spelunker Traverse the Luminous Depths without taking damage 0.5%
• Grand Hunt Complete the Bestiary. 0.4%
• Unsealed Souls Complete the delve of every Sealed Soul. 0.4%
• Orb-some Trio Have three different orb effects active on yourself at the same time. 0.3%
• A Sacred Vow Upheld Damage the Beast with the Paladin's Armament in hard mode (2.0x). 0.2%
• Ride the Waves Reach an arena score of 750 or more 0.2%
• Untouchable Trek Traverse two consecutive floors without taking any damage. 0.2%
• Hasty Gatekeeper Complete the Overgrown Gatehouse in less than 1 minute and 15 seconds 0.1%
• Insistent Demands Gain at least three bonus attack damage from active demanding orbs. 0.1%