BLACKTAIL
Give it 15 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 15h it's 1 in 18 (5%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- 54% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Baba Yaga” (Complete the game): only 54% of starters get there.
- Only 19% 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 2,884 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 18.4h for positive, 3.1h 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 (19.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Baba Yaga Complete the game Most players quit here 54% −46
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (32)
story milestone ending side
- Tooth fairy Collect 20 Teeth 100%
- Uprooting Smash many Root-infested vessels 98%
- Devil's in the details Accept Boruta's deal 81%
- Dental maturity Collect 32 Teeth 78%
- Liar Liar Trick the bees 60%
- Fishing fanatic Fish out a few fish 57%
- Baba Yaga Complete the game 54%
- Gold rush Hunt down a Golden Imp 53%
- Forbidden techniques Brew every Special Treat 51%
- Devoted Be either as good or as evil as possible 48%
- Favorite Earn the Favorite title 47%
- Sneak peek Discover quite a few rose secrets 44%
- Slavic squatter Squat many times 44%
- The word around is... Hear a great lot of bobok gossip 41%
- Queen Earn the Queen title 41%
- The cycle acknowledged Find the Mushroom Sanctuary 37%
- Specialist Earn either the Ornithologist or the Beekeeper title 33%
- Spirit animal Brew every skill of a single Hex type 32%
- A friend in need... Befriend either Ant Queen or Mr. Larva 32%
- Always worth a try Kiss all the toads and take them to the Yard 32%
- Toxic Turn a blue Vodnik green 29%
- Extensive retelling Finish all the side quests 28%
- Entangled See all the spider logs 26%
- Witch's cookbook Learn all the skill recipes 26%
- Goal! Kick a shroomy back into its lair. 25%
- Both sides Put all the Lost and Found on the shelf 25%
- Gnowlledgeable Learn all the Gnowlledge 24%
- Awards unwarded Open every Warden chest 23%
- Loremaster Find every Totem 21%
- Bad apple Poison the hedgehog 19%
- Mushrooming enthusiast Defeat every fightable mushroom 16%
- Apex predator Free all the rats 15%