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ENDLESS Dungeon™ - Definitive Edition
The first 2 hours are a test
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 23% of players who started
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 65% positive of 3,856
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 7h it's 1 in 3 (31%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised more than in 92% of games we track.
- 23% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Leap Before You Look” (Reach the hoist at the end of the first floor) and “Getting the Hang of It”: from 93% to 65% of starters.
- 78% 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 3,886 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 13.2h for positive, 10.8h 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 (77.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Leap Before You Look Reach the hoist at the end of the first floor. 93% −7
- Getting the Hang of It Reach the hoist at the end of the second floor. Most players quit here 65% −29
- How Low Can We Go? Reach the hoist at the end of the third floor. 45% −20
- Finishing an Endless Story Reach the Reactor for the first time. 23% −21
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Starting an Endless Story Taste the Reloader for the second time. 100%
- Leap Before You Look Reach the hoist at the end of the first floor. 93%
- Getting the Hang of It Reach the hoist at the end of the second floor. 65%
- Hoarder Store 100 Food, Industry and Science (in a single run). 63%
- Pest Control Get rid of Bug Momma. 55%
- Blobmeister Get rid of Shelldiver. 47%
- How Low Can We Go? Reach the hoist at the end of the third floor. 45%
- Exhaustive Explorer Reach the hoist after visiting all of the Districts on the first floor (over several runs). 41%
- Team Builder Unlock all Heroes. 32%
- Long Live Rock Get the complete band on stage. 28%
- Aggressive Antivirus Get rid of Red Dead Eye. 25%
- Effective Efficiency Reach the Reactor with a minimal score of 7 000. 24%
- Unblurred Lines Get rid of Eriaudy. 24%
- Endlessly Effective Reach the Reactor with a minimal score of 10 000. 24%
- Finishing an Endless Story Reach the Reactor for the first time. 23%
- Everybody Goes Home Reach the Reactor without losing a single Hero. 23%
- Obsessively Thorough Reach the hoist after visiting all of the Districts on the second floor (over several runs). 20%
- Cruise Control Reach the Reactor on "Friendly" or higher difficulty. 12%
- Asleep at the Wheel Reach the Reactor on "Easy" or higher difficulty. 11%
- No Stone Unturned Reach the hoist after visiting all of the Districts on the third floor (over several runs). 8.2%
- Just Warming Up Reach the Reactor on "Normal" or higher difficulty. 8.1%
- What's Behind Every Door? Reach the hoist after visiting all of the Districts (over several runs). 7.8%
- Mint Condition Reach the Reactor without Crystal Bot being damaged. 5.3%
- Wild Deck Unlocks a total of 30 Station Cards. 4.2%
- The Fan and her Idol Reach the Reactor with at least Zed and Shroom in your squad. 3.3%
- Turret Syndrome Build every Turret once (over several runs). 3.1%
- Cruising Speed Reach the Reactor in less than 90 minutes. 2.4%
- All Your Secrets Are Belong to Us Reach the Reactor once all of the Station Archives are unlocked. 1.9%
- The Good and the Ugly Reach the Reactor with at least Bunker and Blaze in your squad. 1.9%
- The Mite and the Militant Reach the Reactor with at least Cartie and Comrade in your squad. 1.8%
- Medkit Megashake Reach the Reactor with "Medkit Megashake" enabled. 1.8%
- Endless Biographer Complete all of the Hero quests. 1.5%
- Better Do It Myself! Reach the Reactor with Viggie. 1.4%
- Strove, Sought, Found, Did Not Yield Reach the Reactor on "Hard" or higher difficulty. 1.4%
- Technophobia Reach the Reactor without upgrading a single Turret. 1.2%
- The Crass and the Class Reach the Reactor with at least Sweeper and Fassie in your squad. 1.2%
- Tea of Myriad Outcomes Reach the Reactor with "Tea of Myriad Outcomes" enabled. 1.0%
- Noob Nirvana Reach the Reactor without buying a single Hero Upgrade. 0.9%
- Grab 'Em All Kill 100 000 Monsters (over several runs). 0.8%
- Nothing Fancy Reach the Reactor using only the Heroes' starting Weapons. 0.8%
- Full Throttle Reach the Reactor in less than 60 minutes. 0.8%
- Pepper Punch Reach the Reactor with "Pepper Punch" enabled. 0.8%
- Fine Crystal Reach the Reactor with "Fine Crystal" enabled. 0.8%
- Rainy Day Reach the Reactor with "Rainy Day" enabled. 0.8%
- Bloody Mêlée Reach the Reactor with "Bloody Mêlée" enabled. 0.8%
- Is this real?! Complete Viggie's quest. 0.5%
- Harvey Headbanger Reach the Reactor with "Harvey Headbanger" enabled. 0.5%
- Silent Punch Reach the Reactor with "Silent Punch" enabled. 0.5%
- For Those Who Wish… Reach the Reactor with "For Those Who Wish to See What Cannot Be Seen" enabled. 0.4%
- Unnaturally Curious Open 10 000 Doors (over several runs). 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.