BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 64% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Asgard” and “Vanaheim”: from 100% to 79% of starters.
- Only 60% 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 11,556 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 12.6h for positive, 1.1h 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 (59.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Asgard Completed Asgard. 100%
- Vanaheim Completed Vanaheim. Most players quit here 79% −21
- Svartalfheim Completed Svartalfheim. 70% −8
- Helheim Completed Helheim. 66% −4
- Defeated Nidhogg Defeat Nidhogg on any difficult with any Valkyrie. 64% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (28)
story milestone ending side
- Asgard Completed Asgard. 100%
- Vanaheim Completed Vanaheim. 79%
- Svartalfheim Completed Svartalfheim. 70%
- Helheim Completed Helheim. 66%
- Defeated Nidhogg Defeat Nidhogg on any difficult with any Valkyrie. 64%
- Göll Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Göll on easy. 59%
- Multiplier Get a score of over 700,000. 31%
- Göll - Of War Complete the game on hard as Göll. 29%
- Freyr Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Freyr on easy. 28%
- Hildr Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Hildr on easy. 28%
- Njord Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Njord on easy. 21%
- Freyr - Ruler of Peace Complete the game on hard as Freyr. 17%
- Hildr - Of Battle Complete the game on hard as Hildr. 17%
- Skuld Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Skuld on easy. 15%
- Njord - Ruler of the Sea Complete the game on hard as Njord. 14%
- Herfjötur Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Herfjötur on easy. 10%
- Skuld - The Debtor Complete the game on hard as Skuld. 9.9%
- Geri Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Geri on easy. 9.2%
- Herfjötur - The Fetter Complete the game on hard as Herfjötur. 7.4%
- Rún Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Rún on easy. 7.4%
- Geri - Odin's Hound Complete the game on hard as Geri. 6.5%
- Odr Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Odr on easy. 6.4%
- Rún - The Mystery Complete the game on hard as Rún. 6.0%
- Odr - The Frenzy Complete the game on hard as Odr. 4.0%
- Mastery Completed the game on hard with Göll, Freyr, Hildr, Njord and Odr. 3.8%
- Sanngriðr Ascending Defeated Nidhogg with Sanngriðr. Well done! 2.3%
- Sanngriðr - The Cruel Complete the game on hard as Sanngriðr. Impressive. 2.0%
- Graslu - The First Completed Sanngriðr on Hellish. 1.7%