Bleak Faith: Forsaken
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 15h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 84% of games we track.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “First Steps” (Defeat Konrad the Traitor) and “Giant Joust” (Defeat Aberant Knight): from 100% to 46% of starters.
- Only 36% 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 3,051 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 23.6h for positive, 6.4h 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 (35.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Steps Defeat Konrad the Traitor. 100%
- Giant Joust Defeat Aberant Knight. Most players quit here 47% −53
- Archnemesis Defeat Plagued Nemesis. 40% −6
- Frozen Visage Defeat Silicon Visage. 36% −4
- Blademaster's Respect Defeat Nurgei the Blademaster. 34% −1
- Titanslayer Defeat the Wormlord. 32% −2
- Believer Defeat Archinquisitor Belisarius. 28% −4
- Omnistruktura Beat the game. 27% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (21)
story milestone ending side
- First Steps Defeat Konrad the Traitor. 100%
- Giant Joust Defeat Aberant Knight. 47%
- Archnemesis Defeat Plagued Nemesis. 40%
- Frozen Visage Defeat Silicon Visage. 36%
- Commuter Unlock the subway. 35%
- Blademaster's Respect Defeat Nurgei the Blademaster. 34%
- Titanslayer Defeat the Wormlord. 32%
- Resourceful Unlock all crafting recipes in a single playthrough. 29%
- Believer Defeat Archinquisitor Belisarius. 28%
- Omnistruktura Beat the game. 27%
- Scribe Find all lore pages across all your playthroughs. 25%
- Spiteful Defeat Konrad the Traitor without jumping over any of his AOE attacks. 23%
- True Faith Defeat Archinquisitor Belisarius without destroying any of its sentries. 18%
- Entropic Resistance Beat the game while under 1% entropy. 15%
- Doppleganger Defeat the Unknown. 12%
- Tank Defeat Nurgei the Blademaster while taking a hit from all 3 AOE attacks in a single encounter. 11%
- Nimble Defeat Plagued Nemesis while avoiding all slow effects. 10%
- Crowd Control Defeat Silicon Visage without killing any of it's minions. 8.5%
- Defiant Defeat Aberant Knight without ever climbing him. 7.3%
- Collector Collect all 12 Greater Anomalous Crystals in a single playtrough. 7.0%
- Grounded Defeat the Wormlord without ever climbing him. 7.0%