Legendary Tales
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (65%); after 7h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised more than in 93% of games we track.
- 6% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The scorched village” (Escape from the burned village) and “Fragments of fear” (Destroy the evil object): from 94% to 44% of starters.
- Only 36% 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 3,055 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 16.2h for positive, 5.7h 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 (36.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- New world Pass through portal on the snowy mountain peak. 100%
- The scorched village Escape from the burned village. 94% −6
- Fragments of fear Destroy the evil object. Most players quit here 44% −50
- Disconnected magic Kill the Goblin Shaman. 28% −15
- The prisoners freed Kill the Lanista the damned 15% −13
- Heretical interrogation Kill the necromancer. 13% −2
- The darkened light Kill the goblin paladin. 9% −4
- In the deepest pit Kill the skeleton king. 6% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- New world Pass through portal on the snowy mountain peak. 100%
- The scorched village Escape from the burned village. 94%
- You died Die for the first time. 88%
- A new chapter Collect 1 legendary item. 76%
- Adventurer Collect all the exploration trophies 53%
- Never alone Play multiplayer for the first time. 51%
- Fragments of fear Destroy the evil object. 44%
- A secret room Find the hidden room in the Shelter 35%
- Blasphemy Find the head of the destroyed statue. Wait, has this been done before? 30%
- Disconnected magic Kill the Goblin Shaman. 28%
- How to find secret wall Found the secret wall 28%
- The professional alchemist Craft 10 potions. 21%
- The story of a warrior Collect 5 legendary items. 20%
- Cast in the name of the almighty Create a unique ranked weapon. 17%
- The prisoners freed Kill the Lanista the damned 15%
- Honeycomb Get caught in a trap. 14%
- Heretical interrogation Kill the necromancer. 13%
- The junk shop Sell equipment for 100,000 gold. 13%
- Rich king Spend 100,000 gold gambling. 11%
- Lost and found Find the underground graveyard. 9.4%
- A master blacksmith Craft 10 weapons. 9.1%
- The darkened light Kill the goblin paladin. 9.1%
- A space behind the wall Find the treasure hidden behind the wall. 8.8%
- Break free from humanity Reach level 50. 7.2%
- In the deepest pit Kill the skeleton king. 6.1%
- The mimic resting spot Find the mimic cluster. 5.5%
- Wecookedll Grill some meat with an enemies fire magic. 3.0%
- Where you've been there's nothing but fear Place a legendary crystal in your forehead. 1.1%
- Ye Not Die with a perma-death character 0.6%
- The evil shant return Defeat the Skeleton King with the permadeath character. 0.3%