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Cult of the Lamb
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 31% of players who started
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 96% positive of 130,784
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 15h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “See No Evil” (Defeat Leshy) and “Speak No Evil” (Defeat Heket): from 82% to 57% of starters.
- 95% 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 131,586 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 18.8h for positive, 8.3h 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 (94.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- See No Evil Defeat Leshy. 82% −18
- Speak No Evil Defeat Heket. Most players quit here 57% −24
- Hear No Evil Defeat Kallamar. 42% −15
- Think No Evil Defeat Shamura. 36% −6
- Do No Evil Defeat the One Who Waits. 31% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (57)
story milestone ending side
- Deal with the Devil A deal that cannot be undone. 100%
- First Follower The first devotee to the Cult of the Lamb. 100%
- Death to Non-Believers Defeat the first mini-boss. 96%
- Preacher of Truth Let the Word be known. 95%
- The Flock Grows Gain 5 Followers. 90%
- Crosser of Thresholds A new world awaits. 89%
- Game of Chance Win a game of Knucklebones. 83%
- See No Evil Defeat Leshy. 82%
- Transform Unlock a new fleece. 80%
- The First Death Salvation awaits the fallen soul. 80%
- Flock of Many Gain 10 Followers. 75%
- Sacrificial Beast Sacrifice a Follower. 72%
- Bringer of Light Reignite the lighthouse. 71%
- Speak No Evil Defeat Heket. 57%
- Devotion Fully Upgrade Cult. 53%
- Teach a Lamb to Fish Catch 1 of every fish. 51%
- Cannibal Cook a Follower meat meal. 44%
- Curses of Plenty Unlock all curses. 42%
- Hear No Evil Defeat Kallamar. 42%
- Weapons of Plenty Unlock all weapons. 41%
- Keeper of Secrets Take confession. 41%
- Leader of the Crusade Find all 5 locations. 40%
- Flock of All Gain 20 Followers. 40%
- Gospel Unlock all doctrines. 39%
- Hoarder of Wealth Have 666 gold coins. 38%
- Think No Evil Defeat Shamura. 36%
- Swing of the Axe Defeat the Executioner 31%
- Master of Chance Defeat all opponents in Knucklebones. 31%
- Do No Evil Defeat the One Who Waits. 31%
- Killer Instinct Defeat Marchosias 27%
- Rot No More Defeat Yngya 26%
- Order Beat Leshy without taking damage. 24%
- Woolhaven Reborn Complete everything in Woolhaven 20%
- Eat the Rich Indoctrinate Midas 16%
- The Prodigal Child Inherit Ratau's legacy 14%
- The Complete Collection Collect all Flockade pieces 12%
- Propagate the Flock Hatch 5 eggs. 11%
- Weigher of Souls Sacrifice 10 Followers. 11%
- Sate Beat Heket without taking damage. 10%
- Maker of Legends Restore all Legendary Weapons 9.0%
- Shake Down Get your Gold back from Midas. 8.0%
- Leader of Leaders Indoctrinate all five Bishops into your Cult. 7.9%
- Respect Thy Mother Defeat Yngya without attacking her 7.9%
- Full Deck Unlock all tarot cards. 7.2%
- Cure Beat Kallamar without taking damage. 7.0%
- Regenerate Help Sozo. 6.4%
- Peace Beat Shamura without taking damage. 6.3%
- Transmute Unlock all fleeces. 5.0%
- True Love Found Reunite Aym and Baal with Forneus. 4.5%
- Apostles Have 12 Disciples. 4.3%
- Aesthetics of the Lamb Completely Upgrade the Temple. 4.2%
- Full Flock Unlock all Follower Skins. 3.7%
- Slayer of Souls Complete a row in Purgatory. 3.3%
- Relics of the Old Faith Collect all Relics. 3.0%
- Godhood No longer a servant, no less than a God. 2.6%
- Setter of Trends Unlock all outfits. 2.0%
- Holder of History Unlock all lore. 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.