IndieRPGStrategy
Iris and the Giant
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 47% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 1,332
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 5h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 46% 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 1,344 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 8.3h for positive, 3h 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 (46.5% 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 (16)
- Tiny Lightning Achieve Tiny Lightning challenge 100%
- Cerberus Achieve Cerberus challenge 54%
- Sad Skeleton Achieve Sad Skeletong challenge 46%
- Tiny fire Achieve Tiny Fire challenge 41%
- Baby Minotaur Achieve Baby Minotaur challenge 41%
- Fire Bat Achieve Fire Bat challenge 39%
- Mimic Achieve Mimic challenge 30%
- Sleeping Cyclop Achieve Sleeping Cyclop challenge 28%
- Hunter Achieve Hunter challenge 24%
- Tiny Cyclop Achieve Tiny Cyclop challenge 24%
- Baby Snake Achieve Baby Snake challenge 19%
- Baby Boar Achieve Baby Boar challenge 18%
- Skeleton Achieve Skeleton challenge 18%
- Cat thief Achieve Cat Thief challenge 16%
- Bat Achieve bat challenge 12%
- Wide Mouth Achieve Wide Mouth challenge 11%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.