Incremental Adventures

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 835 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 16.6h for positive, 19.1h 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 (89% 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 (21)

• Second hero unlocked Reach floor 10 100%
• Prestigious Prestige for the first time 86%
• Layered Prestige on layer 2 75%
• Climber Reach floor 100 55%
• Like an onion Prestige on layer 5 50%
• How high (or low) does this go? Reach floor 1000 44%
• Automator Prestige on layer 10 35%
• Ascendant Ascend for the first time 18%
• Tutorial completed Prestige on layer 20 16%
• The sky is the limit Reach floor e10 15%
• Trialist Complete an ascension trial 7.9%
• More layers Ascend on layer 2 6.2%
• Tactician Complete five ascension trials 5.5%
• Highborne Ascend on layer 3 4.7%
• Prestige pusher Prestige on layer 50 4.7%
• Tiered trialist Complete ten ascension trials 4.3%
• Auto-ascender Ascend on layer 4 4.0%
• Serious numbers Prestige on layer 100 3.5%
• True power Ascend on layer 5 3.4%
• Airborne Reach floor e100 3.3%
• Challenger Complete 25 ascension trials 3.1%