ARIA CHRONICLE

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,175 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 25.6h for positive, 14.2h 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 (94.3% 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 (110)

• The First Step Completed the first quest. 100%
• Villains with masks Contacted cultists for the first time. 92%
• Executioner Took down a Cult executioner. 74%
• 1+1 Completed a subquest for the first time. 73%
• Enemy General, Down! Won a battle with a boss monster. 70%
• In Need of a Good Break Rested at a bonfire with all stamina depleted. 59%
• Black Market Exchanged a token for an item. 58%
• Summon an Invoker Employed an Invoker. 57%
• Messenger of Hell Took down a Pit Fiend. 57%
• Aria to the Rescue Saved a hero for the first time. 55%
• Three Birds, One Stone Took down three monsters with one blow. 54%
• Massacre Overkilled 50 enemies. 53%
• Cross-counter Defeated an enemy with a counter attack. 53%
• Aria and the Chamber of Secrets Found a hidden room in a dungeon for the first time. 51%
• Fired. Dismissed a hero for the first time. 50%
• Nuclear Punch Delt 100+ damage in one blow. 49%
• The Taste of Defeat Lost your first battle. 49%
• My Hand Slipped! Failed to create an item with the witch's cauldron or the mysterious blast furnace. 47%
• Crystal Delivery Took down the ice dragon and acquired a mana crystal. 46%
• Gold Rush Mined 50 times. 45%
• Hit where it Hurts Successfully attacked 200 weak points. 41%
• Mass Production Created 50 items. 40%
• It's Easy to Give Up Gave up on a quest and returned to the village. 39%
• Bloodied Hands Watched the end of Lord Tyler. 37%
• One Hit, One Kill One-hit killed 50 enemies. 36%
• Exorcist Took down an army of imps. 35%
• Monster Hunter Defeated 500 monsters. 35%
• Pass the Baton Succeeded a hero for the first time. 34%
• My Alter Ego Fought Dietrich. 33%
• As You Like It Customized the appearance of the Hero. 33%
• Meow! You pet a cat. 33%
• Are You Weak at Heart? Acquired an artificial heart. 32%
• Brutas, You Too! An ally is put into a coma from another ally's attack. 30%
• The Conqueror An enemy is killed by another enemy's attack. 29%
• The Tamegerian's are made for Battle Won 200 battles. 29%
• Join Me! Took down a Pit Fiend with Colin. 29%
• Dealt 50,000 damages to enemies. Delt 50,000 damage to the enemy. 28%
• An Intense Punch Defeated Ezekiel. 26%
• Create a Masterpiece Created a legendary item. 26%
• Ancient Secrets Aria performed the succession ritual. 25%
• Critical Hit Dealt 300+ damage in one blow. 24%
• Upgrade Brought the village's grade to max. 24%
• Town Aflame Protected the village from an Archdemon. 24%
• Plutocrat Acquired 500,000 gold. 24%
• Dragon Slayer Proved your worth to Astarte. 23%
• Traitors Uncovered the traitors, and witnessed Dietrich's death. 22%
• Secret of the Heroes Learned the truth behind Mark's past. 22%
• Rest in Peace Lost a hero during battle. 21%
• Nerf the Mage Defeated Bale. 21%
• Steel Fortress A hero's armor reached level 20. 20%
• Downfall Defeated Assam. 20%
• Legend Defeated Enyalius. 19%
• Long Live Her Name! Defeated the Queen Bee. 19%
• Farming Equipped a hero with five or more legendary items. 19%
• Operator Revealed the true identity of the Goddess Statue. 19%
• Back to the Future Opened the mysterious iron tube. 19%
• Keyboard Smash An ally missed five attacks in a row. 18%
• The Fate of Creators Defeated the Writer. 18%
• Game Clear: Any Cleared the Game in any difficulty. 17%
• The Alpha of Omegas Defeated Omega. 17%
• Check Your Belongings Maxed out on Inventory Slots. 17%
• Try and Try Again Won a battle on the second try. 17%
• Conqueror of the Arena Obtained all rewards from the Arena in conquest mode. 15%
• You Ain't Never Had a Friend Like Me Defeated the Genie of the Lamp 15%
• Master Destroyer Completed all totem-destroying quests. 15%
• Well, When Five Humans Gather... Cleared a quest with a party of four or less. 15%
• Game Clear: Easy Cleared the Game in Story difficulty. 14%
• Master of Mining Completed all mining quests. 14%
• War Never Changes Obtained power armor. 14%
• Paranoia Explored all areas of a long dungeon. 13%
• Bounty Hunter Completed all subjugation quests. 13%
• Super Heat Furnace Crafted a mythical item in the mysterious blast furnace. 12%
• Looking for Raiders Won 50 battles against boss monsters. 12%
• Hang in There, Hero! Revived four allies from a coma. 12%
• Master Hunter Completed all monster hunting quests. 11%
• Game Clear: Normal Cleared the Game in normal difficulty. 11%
• Master of Maps Completed all mapping quests. 9.5%
• Run! Successfully avoided a dragon's breath. 9.3%
• Clerk Acquired all codices. 9.3%
• Ice Dragon Slayer Defeated the Ice Dragon Glazzard. 8.6%
• Last One Living Won a battle with one ally remaining. 7.7%
• We Made It! Cleared a quest with five heroes in either a nervous or hysteric mental state. 7.7%
• The Real Beginning A hero reached level 10. 7.7%
• The Witch's Brew Crafted a mythical item in the witch's cauldron. 7.4%
• Let Them Live Recovered 50,000 HP. 6.9%
• In Droves Gave one hero 10+ strengthening effects at once. 6.4%
• Making Space Removed all special qualities from heroes level five and over. 6.0%
• The Cat Returns Defeated Purin. 5.9%
• The Ascended One Cleared the Ascension Mode. 5.5%
• Stabilize Employment Employed heroes of every job. 5.1%
• Ruler of the Arena Obtained all rewards from the Arena in challenge mode. 5.0%
• Revenant Killer Defeated the Zombie Wyvern 4.6%
• Thunder Strike Defeated the Demogorgon 4.5%
• Between Calmness and Passion Successfully cleared Glazzard's Trial of Cold Heart+. 2.5%
• What Shall We Do Next? Completed all quests. 2.5%
• Game Clear: Hard Cleared the Game in hard difficulty. 2.3%
• Buzz Succeeded to remove Full Charge from the Demogorgon. 2.1%
• Mission Impossible Cleared a quest with a party of one. 2.1%
• Fugitives Failed a quest due to a hero running away. 2.1%
• Armageddon Defeated the Archangel. 2.0%
• I Choose You! Completed your Monster Guide. 2.0%
• You've Outdone It This Time Obtained all the Job-specific mythical items at the black market. 1.5%
• Rune Stone Collector Obtained all rune stones for a single Champion. 1.4%
• I Am Legend Cleared the game in Hard difficulty without any heroes dying. 1.4%
• It is Finished Cleared the Ascension Mode with all rune stones activated. 1.3%
• Game Clear: Successor Cleared the Game in Successor difficulty. 1.2%
• I Choose You! G Completed the Monster Guide of the Ascension Mode. 1.2%
• Collector Completed your Item Guide. 0.8%
• Second Law of Thermodynamics All members of your party survived an attack of Archangel's Breath. 0.6%
• Greed is a Bottomless Pit... Completed the Item Guide of the Ascension Mode. 0.5%