A Plague Tale: Requiem
Give it 15 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 15h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- 57% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Under a New Sun” (Complete chapter 1) and “Newcomers” (Complete chapter 2): from 100% to 85% of starters.
- 84% 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 27,980 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 18.5h for positive, 15.9h 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 (83.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Under a New Sun Complete chapter 1 100%
- Newcomers Complete chapter 2 Most players quit here 85% −15
- A Burden of Blood Complete chapter 3 79% −6
- Protector's Duty Complete chapter 4 75% −4
- In our Wake Complete chapter 5 72% −2
- Leaving all Behind Complete chapter 6 69% −3
- Felons Complete chapter 7 67% −2
- A Sea of Promises Complete chapter 8 66% −1
- Tales and Revelations Complete chapter 9 64% −2
- Bloodline Complete chapter 10 61% −3
- The Cradle of Centuries Complete chapter 11 60% −1
- The Life We Deserve Complete chapter 12 59% −1
- Nothing Left Complete chapter 13 58% −1
- Healing our Wounds Complete chapter 14 58%
- Dying Sun Complete chapter 15 58%
- King Hugo Complete chapter 16 58%
- Knights! Complete all chapters 57%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- Under a New Sun Complete chapter 1 100%
- Newcomers Complete chapter 2 85%
- A Burden of Blood Complete chapter 3 79%
- Protector's Duty Complete chapter 4 75%
- In our Wake Complete chapter 5 72%
- Alchemist Craft 100 ammunitions 71%
- Leaving all Behind Complete chapter 6 69%
- Felons Complete chapter 7 67%
- A Sea of Promises Complete chapter 8 66%
- Tales and Revelations Complete chapter 9 64%
- Bloodline Complete chapter 10 61%
- The Cradle of Centuries Complete chapter 11 60%
- The Life We Deserve Complete chapter 12 59%
- Nothing Left Complete chapter 13 58%
- Healing our Wounds Complete chapter 14 58%
- Dying Sun Complete chapter 15 58%
- King Hugo Complete chapter 16 58%
- Knights! Complete all chapters 57%
- Night guard Extinguish 40 fires 50%
- Improved crossbow Fully upgrade the crossbow 41%
- Perfect shot Shoot all the pine cones 32%
- Mercy Don't kill the guard on the docks 32%
- Effective instruments Fully upgrade the instruments 30%
- Perfect throw Successfully complete all throws in the Crowns game 28%
- Handful of pockets Fully upgrade the gear 24%
- Not a toy anymore Fully upgrade the sling 23%
- Pocket laboratory Fully upgrade the alchemy 22%
- Fighter Fully improve the Aggressive skills 20%
- Herbalist Find all flowers 15%
- Sneaky Fully improve the Prudence skills 12%
- Ornithologist Find all feathers 11%
- Old protector Interact with all the old protector’s items in the sanctuary 11%
- Immortal memories Recall all souvenirs 9.0%
- Explorer Open all the secret chests 7.3%
- Malignant Fully improve the Opportunism skills 6.8%