ActionAdventureRPG
Steelrising
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 17% of players who started
Started playing 58% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 7,515
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 15h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- At least 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Sailor” (Reach Paris by boat) and “Bishop: Louvre” (Defeat the Selenite of the Louvre): from 100% to 54% of starters.
- Only 58% 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 7,572 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 20h for positive, 7.2h 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 (58.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Sailor Reach Paris by boat 100%
- Bishop: Louvre Defeat the Selenite of the Louvre Most players quit here 54% −46
- Bishop: Cité Defeat the Bishop of the Cité 52% −2
- Rook: Luxembourg Defeat the Alchemist of Luxembourg 47% −5
- Rook: Les Invalides Defeat the Treasurer of Les Invalides 42% −5
- Knight: Montmartre Defeat the Centaur of Montmartre 37% −5
- Knight: Bastille Defeat the Executioner of the Bastille 35% −2
- Queen: Versailles Defeat the Iron Queen 33% −2
- The Mad Titan Defeat the Royal Orpheus 27% −6
- Royalist Help La Fayette become the Lieutenant Général of young King Henri V's kingdom ≥17% −10
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- Sailor Reach Paris by boat 100%
- All aboard! Obtain the horseless carriage 74%
- Stealth itself Surprise 20 enemies with stealth attacks 61%
- Bishop: Louvre Defeat the Selenite of the Louvre 54%
- Bishop: Cité Defeat the Bishop of the Cité 52%
- Supercooled Use Rapid Cooling 50 times 49%
- Rook: Luxembourg Defeat the Alchemist of Luxembourg 47%
- Safe passage Activate 20 Vestals 45%
- Rook: Les Invalides Defeat the Treasurer of Les Invalides 42%
- Knight: Montmartre Defeat the Centaur of Montmartre 37%
- Collateral damage Have an enemy be killed by a direct hit from another enemy 5 times 36%
- Knight: Bastille Defeat the Executioner of the Bastille 35%
- Queen: Versailles Defeat the Iron Queen 33%
- Abolishing slavery Help Julien Raimond in his fight against slavery 31%
- Love before money Save Necker by finding his wife before his money 31%
- The Aegis Block 50 attack impacts with a shield special move 29%
- Stabiliser Defeat all unstable Automats 28%
- Ludia Follow Bailly's advice to find out the truth about Ludia 28%
- The Mad Titan Defeat the Royal Orpheus 27%
- Cold-blooded Perform 10 Perfect Cooldowns 26%
- The Old Alchemist Conduct an investigation for Abbé Grégoire 26%
- Professional care Fully upgrade the Oil Burette (3x dosage, 4x effectiveness) 25%
- Conspiracy Investigate the Orléanistes' plot for La Fayette 25%
- Finish him Immobilise 70 enemies 22%
- Technician Equip 4 level 3 modules 21%
- Untouchable Perform 50 counterattacks 20%
- Lanterns of the dead Help Robespierre devise a plan to stop the Automats by forging an alliance with Laclos 20%
- Eagle-eyed Hit 20 hidden enemies 18%
- Automat at your service Help Mirabeau solve his family problems 18%
- Résurgence Collect all of Athenaïs's echoes 17%
- AoE specialist Perform 10 attacks affecting 3 enemies at once 17%
- Royalist Help La Fayette become the Lieutenant Général of young King Henri V's kingdom 17%
- Shield of the Cordeliers Help all the revolutionaries of the Cordeliers Club 14%
- Incorruptible Help Robespierre carry out his plan to make him Consul of the Republic 14%
- Saviour Awaken the 7 characters bound to Titans 14%
- Ms Freeze Freeze enemies 100 times 14%
- The bodyguard Discover the truth about the Queen’s son and save her from certain death 13%
- Apprentice journalist Conduct a journalistic investigation for Marat, without wrongly accusing La Fayette 12%
- Traces of powder Find Lavoisier's powder and give a significant edge to the Cordeliers Club 11%
- Titan assassin Defeat a Titan without using the Oil Burette 10%
- Anti-Necromancer Defeat the unstable Automat at the hospital 9.3%
- Cagliostro's Secrets Complete “Cagliostro's Secrets”, save Brissot and bring him back to the Cordeliers 9.1%
- The Hospital Scribe Defeat the Scribe 9.1%
- David vs. Goliath Kill an enemy with a cobblestone 8.6%
- Musketeer Kill 20 enemies with a ranged shot 7.7%
- Fashion victim Acquire all outfits in the base game 7.4%
- Pyromaniac Ignite enemies 100 times 7.4%
- Angel of death Defeat 30 of the following enemies: Necromancers, Gravediggers, and Apothecaries 7.2%
- Blacksmith Upgrade a weapon from each of the 7 classes to level 5 6.9%
- Grenadier Defeat 25 enemies with grenades 6.5%
- Positively shocking Electrocute enemies 100 times 5.5%
- New toys Defeat the Scribe using only weapons found in “Cagliostro's Secrets” 5.3%
- Templar Complete the secret area in the Quartier du Temple 4.8%
- Friend of the people Complete all citizen stories 4.6%
- Completionist Finish the game without using the Oil Burette (after the tutorial) 4.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.