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Wing of Darkness
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 42% positive of 256
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (71%); after 3h it's 1 in 2 (48%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 89% of owners got the first achievement.
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 260 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 253 reviews: 2.4h for positive, 2.2h 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 (89.4% 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 (19)
- Memories of Dreams Cleared Prologue. 100%
- Drill Exercise Cleared Chapter 1. 85%
- Max Firepower Fired a total of 500 or more rounds from the secondary weapon. 71%
- One With Darkness Cleared Chapter 2. 69%
- Aerial Assassin Shot down over 200 non-Fraulein enemy aircraft. (Excluding Practice Mode) 67%
- Mountaintop Grave Cleared Chapter 3. 60%
- Worthy Rival Shot down over 100 enemy Frauleins. (Excluding Practice Mode) 52%
- Aerial Attacker Shot down over 500 non-Fraulein enemy aircraft. (Excluding Practice Mode) 52%
- Fearless Cleared Chapter 4. 51%
- One-Winged Fraulein Cleared Chapter 5. 45%
- Neverending Darkness Viewed the Abendflugel's battle. 43%
- Wings of Steel Cleared every mission in the game without ever being shot down. 30%
- Back to Basics Fired a total of 50,000 or more rounds from the primary weapon. 17%
- Ace Candidate Shot down over 500 enemy Frauleins. (Excluding Practice Mode) 4.8%
- Scion of Science Fired a total of 5,000 or more rounds from the tertiary weapon. 4.1%
- Saving Face Hit a total of 1,000 times or more. 3.6%
- Ace of Frauleins Shot down over 1,000 enemy Frauleins. (Excluding Practice Mode) 3.5%
- Destroyer Shot down over 90% of the enemy aircraft that appeared in each mission. 3.1%
- Wing of Darkness Earned all Achievements. 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.