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Stolen Realm
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 22% of players who started
Started playing 29% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 4,005
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 15h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 82% of games we track.
- 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Blood Mask Boss”: only 71% of starters get there.
- Only 29% 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 4,031 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 27h for positive, 11.6h 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 (29% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Blood Mask Boss Defeat Blood Mask Boss. Most players quit here 71% −29
- The Prospector Defeat The Prospector. 44% −27
- The Sultan Defeat The Sultan. 40% −4
- King Mountain Ironheart Defeat King Mountain Ironheart. 36% −4
- The Dusk King Defeat The Dusk King. 34% −1
- The Witch Defeat The Witch. 31% −3
- Admiral Blackbeard Defeat Admiral Blackbeard. 30% −1
- The Dead One Defeat The Dead One. 27% −3
- Medusa Defeat Medusa. 25% −2
- Red Dragon Defeat Red Dragon. 23% −2
- Champion of the Realm Complete Campaign mode. 22% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (61)
story milestone ending side
- Fortune’s Embrace Equip a Fortune. 100%
- Clad in Power Equip a legendary item. 90%
- The Hero’s Binding Equip a mythic item. 77%
- Blood Mask Boss Defeat Blood Mask Boss. 71%
- The Prospector Defeat The Prospector. 44%
- Barrel Basher Break 100 barrels. 44%
- Hoarder of Might Pick up 50 globules. 40%
- The Sultan Defeat The Sultan. 40%
- Hand of the Artisan Obtain or modify an item by crafting. 37%
- Skill of Legend Learn a tier 5 skill. 36%
- King Mountain Ironheart Defeat King Mountain Ironheart. 36%
- The Dusk King Defeat The Dusk King. 34%
- Multiclassed Have skills from 3 different trees learned. 34%
- The Witch Defeat The Witch. 31%
- Admiral Blackbeard Defeat Admiral Blackbeard. 30%
- The Call to Arms Complete Difficulty I in Roguelike mode. 29%
- By the Hand of Fate Obtain an item by gambling. 27%
- The Dead One Defeat The Dead One. 27%
- Medusa Defeat Medusa. 25%
- Steel Tested Complete Difficulty II in Roguelike mode. 23%
- Red Dragon Defeat Red Dragon. 23%
- Champion of the Realm Complete Campaign mode. 22%
- Tempest's End Defeat Green Dragon. 21%
- Light in the Abyss Defeat Black Dragon. 21%
- Breaker of Ice Defeat Blue Dragon. 21%
- Ascendant Reach level 30. 20%
- Fury Forged Complete Difficulty III in Roguelike mode. 18%
- Warden of the Fray Complete Difficulty IV in Roguelike mode. 14%
- Weight of Wealth Carry 1,000,000 gold on a character. 13%
- Fashionably Fatal Transmog an item. 12%
- Realmbreaker Complete Difficulty V in Roguelike mode. 12%
- Crusader’s Mark Complete a level 40 quest. 10%
- Bearly Ethical Defeat 50 Bear Cubs. 10%
- Seasoned Pathwalker Complete a level 50 quest. 9.0%
- Blood Mask Boss - Hardcore Defeat Blood Mask Boss in hardcore mode. 7.6%
- Legacy Bearer Complete a level 60 quest. 7.6%
- Master of Trials Complete a level 70 quest. 6.9%
- One Life to Rule Them All Complete Difficulty VI in Roguelike mode. 6.9%
- Path of the Venerated Complete a level 80 quest. 6.2%
- Famed and Feared Complete a level 90 quest. 5.9%
- Failure IS an Option Have a character die in Hardcore mode. 5.9%
- Champion Eternal Complete a level 100 quest. 5.2%
- The Prospector - Hardcore Defeat The Prospector in hardcore mode. 4.5%
- The Sultan - Hardcore Defeat The Sultan in hardcore mode. 4.1%
- Blood Mask Boss - Heart of the Realm Defeat Blood Mask Boss on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 3.8%
- King Mountain Ironheart - Hardcore Defeat King Mountain Ironheart in hardcore mode. 3.4%
- Red Dragon - Heart of the Realm Defeat Red Dragon on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 3.4%
- The Dusk King - Hardcore Defeat The Dusk King in hardcore mode. 3.4%
- Admiral Blackbeard - Hardcore Defeat Admiral Blackbeard in hardcore mode. 3.1%
- The Dead One - Heart of the Realm Defeat The Dead One on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 3.1%
- The Dusk King - Heart of the Realm Defeat The Dusk King on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 3.1%
- The Sultan - Heart of the Realm Defeat The Sultan on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 3.1%
- The Witch - Hardcore Defeat The Witch in hardcore mode. 3.1%
- The Witch - Heart of the Realm Defeat The Witch on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 3.1%
- Admiral Blackbeard - Heart of the Realm Defeat Admiral Blackbeard on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 2.8%
- Medusa - Heart of the Realm Defeat Medusa on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 2.8%
- Medusa - Hardcore Defeat Medusa in hardcore mode. 2.4%
- King Mountain Ironheart - Heart of the Realm Defeat King Mountain Ironheart on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 2.4%
- Red Dragon - Hardcore Defeat Red Dragon in hardcore mode. 2.4%
- The Dead One - Hardcore Defeat The Dead One in hardcore mode. 2.4%
- The Prospector - Heart of the Realm Defeat The Prospector on Heart of the Realm difficulty. 2.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.