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Dark Deity
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 15% of players who started
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 72% positive of 3,131
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Early Graduation” (Chapter 1: Get drafted) and “Current Objective: Survive” (Chapter 5: Defeat the onslaught of undead): from 95% to 58% of starters.
- 82% 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 3,160 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 22.4h for positive, 8.5h 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 (81.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Early Graduation Chapter 1: Get drafted 95% −5
- Current Objective: Survive Chapter 5: Defeat the onslaught of undead Most players quit here 58% −37
- Et tu, Irving? Chapter 8: Have someone close to you witness a shameful act 47% −11
- The Atlas Curse Chapter 11: Complete your most harrowing battle yet 37% −10
- Hello 'ol Humback Chapter 12: Leave Etlan by way of sea 37%
- The One Who Came Before Chapter 15: Complete the Trial of Soul 27% −10
- More dots, more dots! Chapter 16: Defeat a legendary creature 26% −1
- Chamber of Souls Chapter 20: Chase a dangerous foe away 21% −5
- Daddy Issues Chapter 23: Resolve some long running familial tension 18% −2
- Justice Chapter 25: Defeat one of your greatest enemies 17% −2
- You were my brother... Chapter 27: Find the resolve to continue on 16% −1
- The End of the Eclipse Beat the game 15%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Super Effective! Get a critical hit 100%
- Early Graduation Chapter 1: Get drafted 95%
- Not Very Effective... Take 0 damage from an attack. 92%
- Thank you sir may I have another Have one unit take 50% of the team's damage in a chapter 81%
- O.H.K.O Defeat an enemy in one hit. 77%
- What are you buyin? Upgrade your first spell/weapon 74%
- Upgrades, people, upgrades! Upgrade a unit to tier 2 62%
- Current Objective: Survive Chapter 5: Defeat the onslaught of undead 58%
- Et tu, Irving? Chapter 8: Have someone close to you witness a shameful act 47%
- The Atlas Curse Chapter 11: Complete your most harrowing battle yet 37%
- Hello 'ol Humback Chapter 12: Leave Etlan by way of sea 37%
- You know, I'm something of a strategist myself Take 25 or more turns to clear a chapter 34%
- The best of friends Reach a max level bond 34%
- You shall not pass! Have a unit take 150 damage and live in one chapter 31%
- Structural Integrity Clear Chapter 7 while the aqueducts are over 50 health 30%
- Dodge Tank Have a single unit dodge 20 or more times in one chapter 28%
- The One Who Came Before Chapter 15: Complete the Trial of Soul 27%
- More dots, more dots! Chapter 16: Defeat a legendary creature 26%
- Say hello to my little friend Reach the max level of a single spell/weapon tree 25%
- Unlimited Power Upgrade a unit to tier 3 25%
- Canon? Promote a character into the tier 3 corresponding to their tier 2 25%
- My rugs! Clear Chapter 12 while the boat is below 30 health 24%
- Running Riot Defeat 15 enemies with one unit in a single chapter 23%
- Have you heard of the High Elves? Clear a chapter with Thae'Lanel, Corvan, or Maeve as your MVP 21%
- Chamber of Souls Chapter 20: Chase a dangerous foe away 21%
- I live my life a quarter-mile at a time Have a character move 150 tiles in a chapter 20%
- Daddy Issues Chapter 23: Resolve some long running familial tension 18%
- Inevitable Start a chapter with aspects equipped to every deployed unit 18%
- Justice Chapter 25: Defeat one of your greatest enemies 17%
- You were my brother... Chapter 27: Find the resolve to continue on 16%
- The End of the Eclipse Beat the game 15%
- New visual novel, Dark Deity Beat the game on Mortal mode 15%
- Blessed by Aren Jee Zuss Have all stats increase on a single levelup 13%
- I can go the distance Beat the game on Hero mode 13%
- Bought the Battle Pass Upgrade all of a unit's weapons to tier 4 8.8%
- I am speed Prove your worth to King Varic in under 8 turns 7.5%
- Here comes the cavalry Deploy 6 mounted units at once 5.4%
- Sweet Home Redhill Eat corn with Benji 4.3%
- Checkmate, Atheists Beat the game on Deity mode 3.3%
- Dark Deity Acquire all other achievements 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.