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Across the Obelisk
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
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 13,127
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (69%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 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 13,160 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 77.4h for positive, 96.7h 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 (82% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (148)
story milestone ending side
- Bloodshed Kill 20 monsters 100%
- Ylmer Kill the boss: Ylmer 91%
- Initiate Upgrade 5 cards 90%
- Tracker Unlock 30 scout cards 89%
- Theurgist Unlock 30 mage cards 88%
- Giant Deal 50 damage with a single hit 88%
- Recruit Achieve Rank 5 with a Hero 87%
- Defender Stack 50 Block charges 87%
- Acolyte Unlock 30 healer cards 87%
- Swordmaster Unlock 30 warrior cards 86%
- Taxpayer Spend 1 supply on town upgrades 86%
- First Reward Claim 1 treasure 85%
- Casual Shooping Buy 5 items 84%
- Yogger Kill the boss: Yogger 83%
- Craftsman's Assistant Craft 5 cards 80%
- Entrepreneur Gain 5000 gold 73%
- Pathfinder Unlock 60 scout cards 73%
- Conjurer Unlock 60 mage cards 72%
- Vicar Unlock 60 healer cards 72%
- Myrmidon Unlock 60 warrior cards 71%
- Ignidoh Kill the boss: Ignidoh 70%
- Alchemist Gain 5000 shards 69%
- Punisher Kill 10 Boss monsters 69%
- Ottis Unlock the character: Ottis 69%
- Massacre Kill 200 monsters 68%
- Bloody Stack 50 Bleed charges 68%
- Incendiary Stack 50 Burn charges 67%
- Adventurer Play 5 games 67%
- Mayor Spend 30 supply on town upgrades 67%
- Colossus Deal 150 damage with a single hit 67%
- Fortress Stack 200 Block charges 66%
- Chilly Stack 50 Chill charges 66%
- Scorn Kill the boss: Scorn 66%
- Poisonous Stack 50 Poison charges 65%
- Adventurer Guild Play 1 game in cooperative multiplayer 65%
- Tulah Kill the boss: Tulah 65%
- Faeborg Kill the boss: Faeborg 62%
- Thuls Unlock the character: Thuls 61%
- Heiner Unlock the character: Heiner 61%
- Erekhal Kill the boss: Erekhal 61%
- Elder Dryad Kill the boss: Elder Dryad 61%
- Belphyor Kill the boss: Belphyor 60%
- Insane Stack 40 Insane charges 59%
- Wizard Unlock 90 mage cards 59%
- Soldier Achieve Rank 20 with a Hero 59%
- Cornelius Unlock the character: Cornelius 59%
- Cutthroat Unlock 90 scout cards 59%
- Bishop Unlock 90 healer cards 58%
- Adept Upgrade 100 cards 58%
- Hero Defeat the game 58%
- Dryad Stack 40 Regeneration charges 58%
- Archon Nihr Kill the boss: Archon Nihr 57%
- Lord Hanshek Kill the boss: Lord Hanshek 57%
- Guardian Unlock 90 warrior cards 57%
- Holy Ground Stack 40 Sanctify charges 56%
- Behemoth Deal 400 damage with a single hit 54%
- Minotaur Kill the boss: Minotaur 54%
- Extermination Kill 500 monsters 54%
- Spiky Stack 40 Thorns charges 50%
- Furious Stack 50 Fury charges 49%
- Astarios Kill the boss: Astarios 48%
- Arena Champion Become the new champion of the arena 48%
- Sparkly Stack 50 Spark charges 47%
- It's good to be the king Sit on the mysterious throne 46%
- Sylvie Unlock the character: Sylvie 46%
- Craftman Craft 100 cards 45%
- Graendor Kill the boss: Graendor 45%
- Wilbur Unlock the character: Wilbur 45%
- Toxic Disaster Stack 200 Poison charges 45%
- Rhodogor Kill the boss: Rhodogor 44%
- Executioner Kill 50 Boss monsters 44%
- Betty Unlock the pet: Betty 43%
- Malukah Unlock the character: Malukah 43%
- Inferno Stack 200 Burns charges 42%
- Grukli Unlock the character: Grukli 42%
- Survivor Survive the White Horde 41%
- Blood Bath Stack 200 Bleed charges 41%
- Flamy Unlock the pet: Flamy 41%
- Bree Unlock the character: Bree 40%
- DT-800 Kill the boss: DT-800 40%
- Zek Unlock the character: Zek 40%
- Gustav Unlock the character: Gustav 38%
- Veteran Achieve Rank 35 with a Hero 38%
- Capitalism Buy 50 items 38%
- Ursur Kill the boss: Ursur 36%
- Proud but poor Show who is the strongest on the battlefield 35%
- Lianta Unlock the pet: Lianta 35%
- Matriarch Kill the boss: Matriarch 34%
- Nezglekt Unlock the character: Nezglekt 34%
- Governor Spend 250 supply on town upgrades 33%
- Divine Stack 40 Bless charges 33%
- Custodian Repair the altar to its former glory 31%
- Stormy Unlock the pet: Stormy 31%
- Slimy Unlock the pet: Slimy 30%
- Legendary Hero Master Madness Level 1 30%
- Generous Give the two beggars enough money to take the ship 29%
- Wrecking Ball Stack 50 Crack charges 28%
- Ratone Kill the boss: Ratone 27%
- Master Craftman Craft 250 cards 27%
- Scholar Upgrade 500 cards 26%
- Filthy Rich Gain 100000 gold 24%
- Dark offerings Discover what cultists throw into the pit 24%
- Electrocuter Stack 200 Spark charges 24%
- Trustworthy Save the baker's son 24%
- Air rats Feed the harpies 24%
- Oculy Unlock the pet: Oculy 24%
- Apprentice Become the master craftsman's apprentice 23%
- Orby Unlock the pet: Orby 22%
- Mortis Kill the boss: Mortis 22%
- Ancient History Read what happened in the void 21%
- Spellcrafter Gain 100000 shards 21%
- Mozzy Unlock the pet: Mozzy 20%
- Glacier Stack 200 Chill charges 20%
- Sandworm Kill the boss: Sandworm 19%
- Sharpy Unlock the pet: Sharpy 18%
- Daley Unlock the pet: Daley 16%
- Mysterious reward Fight for the crocomen after visiting their village 16%
- A trickster's hand Make a wish to the Djinn 16%
- Laia Unlock the character: Laia 16%
- Endless Fury Stack 200 Fury charges 16%
- Treasure Hoarder Claim 25 treasures 15%
- Asmody Unlock the pet: Asmody 15%
- Champy Unlock the pet: Champy 15%
- Navalea Unlock the character: Navalea 12%
- Chompy Unlock the pet: Chompy 12%
- Chumpy Unlock the pet: Chumpy 11%
- Siege Breaker Stack 200 Crack charges 11%
- Fenny Unlock the pet: Fenny 11%
- Sealing the deal Fight for the lizardmen after visiting their village 10%
- Last Piece Find the ultimate treasure 9.3%
- The Slot Machine Play a game at the ancient machine 9.0%
- Basthet Survive Basthet's ordeal 8.8%
- Fred Kill the boss: Fred 8.5%
- Risky bet Make a bet with the crocomafia and win 6.6%
- No expense spared Have a big feast at the Happy Owl 6.3%
- Cuby Unlock the pet: Holy Cuby 5.7%
- Dark Cuby Unlock the pet: Dark Cuby 5.6%
- Ancient Mariner Deliver the Rime of the Ancient Mariner 5.2%
- Recruiter Find a new member for the Tsnemo crew 4.9%
- Untrustworthy Accidentally burns the baker's son 4.5%
- A trickster's hand revealed Get the Djinn to corrupt you a ring 3.4%
- Merchant's dream Find the Happy Owl founder's runes 3.2%
- Franky Kill the boss: Franky 2.9%
- Desert Visions Fulfill the vision and complete the ancient mural 2.2%
- The Three Scarabs Summon the three scarabs and let them run free 2.0%
- Open Sesame Discover the secret chamber under the sands of Ulminin 1.8%
- Batsy Unlock the pet: Batsy 1.5%
- Cursed Ring Find the ultimate treasure 0.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.