Blackthorn Arena
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 15h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Winner of the Spring Game” (Who Else?): only 47% of starters get there.
- 91% 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 3,792 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 38.1h for positive, 13.3h 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 (90.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Winner of the Spring Game Who Else? Most players quit here 47% −53
- Return of The Legend Complete the task of retrieving the Blackthorn Set 35% −12
- Master of Venationes Player win final round of Venationes 26% −8
- The old glory Blackthorn Arena hold The Grand Game 26%
- The ultimate champion Player win The Grand Game 22% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Auspicious beginning Win your first battle 100%
- Weapon Master gladiator's weapon skill reachs full level 60%
- Winner of the Spring Game Who Else? 47%
- Gambler Player win entire bets in a match that has a minimum team size of 4 47%
- Champion Train a gladiator to level 20 39%
- Return of The Legend Complete the task of retrieving the Blackthorn Set 35%
- Enlightened monk Player unlock genre of battle monk 32%
- Master of Venationes Player win final round of Venationes 26%
- The old glory Blackthorn Arena hold The Grand Game 26%
- Millionare Earn 100 Gold 25%
- The Robber Complete the task of Robbering Caravans for 5 times 25%
- Treasure Hunter Complete the task of exploring treasure for 5 times. 24%
- King of Gambler Player win entire bets in a match that has a minimum team size of 8 24%
- Watch your feet! Use traps to defeat 10 emeny gladiators 23%
- The ultimate champion Player win The Grand Game 22%
- Senior Gladiator Master The number of gladiators reached the upper limit (16) 22%
- Orc Must Die! Player defeat Orc Master in his Arena 22%
- Master Chef Player unlock all cooking recipes 21%
- Alchemist Master Player unlock all treatment recipes 19%
- You are not Prepared! Players win challenge fight for 10 times. 17%
- Master of Hunting Complete the task of hunting beasts for 5 times 16%
- Slave Hunter Complete the task of capturing Slaves for 5 times 15%
- Forging Master Player unlock all blacksmith recipes 9.1%
- Dragon Slayer Defeat Wyvern in Gortus's Eternal Challenge 7.5%
- God of Command Complete the Grand Final in No Manual combat Mode 6.3%
- Immortal Legend Complete the Grand Final in Champion diffculty 4.3%
- God of Gambler Player win entire bets in a match that has a minimum team size of 16 3.0%
- ENOUGH IS ENOUGE ! Player experience a gladiators' rebellion event 1.9%
- Out on a limb Complete the Grand Final in iron man mode 1.9%