Stray Blade

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 536 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 286 reviews: 16.2h for positive, 8.3h 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 (85.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (52)

• Self-Defence Kill the first Enemy 100%
• Tinkerer Craft your first weapon 94%
• A new World ahead Open the Temple Gate 71%
• Don't Cry Wolf Meet Boji, first apprentice of the great sage 67%
• Welcome to the Club Find and Pick Up the Wooden Club 66%
• Apprentice 10% Skilltree progression 54%
• Can't touch this Perform 50 successful parries 41%
• The A-Team Reunite with Boji after escaping together 39%
• The Golden Flash Receive the Intium ability 35%
• Craftsmen Craft 15 Weapons 30%
• Defeat Tezuth Defeat Tezuth 30%
• Freezing Cold Enter the Tamed Peaks for the first time 26%
• The Power of the Mountains Receive the Manninite ability 25%
• Expert 50% Skilltree progression 24%
• Finally! Find the Flux Battery 23%
• A Deceiving Gift Find out the truth behind the Arcane Forges of the Elessine 22%
• Defeat Uskol Defeat Uskol 22%
• Searing Heat Enter the Seething Wastelands for the first time 21%
• locked and loaded Equip three runes on one weapon at once 20%
• Witch Discover all types of plants 20%
• Pathfinder Find all Everforest Map Charts 20%
• Changing the World Receive the Xhinnon Ability 19%
• Nothing but the Truth Find all Acrean Legacies 17%
• Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Activate all three of Inglas Mirrors 17%
• Defeat Ingla Defeat Ingla 16%
• But what of the Acreans? Learn the truth about the Acreans and what happened to them 16%
• Through Dangers Untold Enter the Spire for the first time 16%
• Trailblazer Find all Tamed Peaks Map Charts 15%
• Unveiling the Truth Shatter the Illusion of Inglas Mirage 15%
• The End Get to the end credits 15%
• Ancient Powers Find all Ellesine weapon blueprints 9.4%
• Explorer Find all Seething Wastelands Map Charts 8.8%
• Wizard Find all runes 8.5%
• Sponsor Skill Boji up to 100% 7.9%
• Collector Craft all Weapons 7.4%
• Style over Stats Craft all Armor Parts 7.2%
• Globetrotter Find all Flux Fungi 6.5%
• Master of all Domains 100% Skilltree progression 6.3%
• Bringing guns to a sword fight Defeat 5 or more enemies with your fists only 5.6%
• Forest Expert Complete the Everforest to 100% 4.0%
• Fashionista Find all colors 3.9%
• Knowledge is King Find all of Erray's Memoirs 3.9%
• Small Setback Lose your first encounter against the Ashen Syndicate leader 3.8%
• Mountain Lover Complete the Tamed Peaks to 100% 3.6%
• Explorer by Heart Complete the Convergence to 100% 3.5%
• Wasteland Connoisseur Complete the Seething Wastelands to 100% 3.5%
• Mind Over Matter Beat Knox 3.3%
• Bookworm Find all story notes 3.3%
• Coming Prepared Collect all three Manninite armor pieces 3.1%
• Everything in its Place Complete the Shifted Wastelands to 100% 2.4%
• Whispers of the Sand Find all Ashen Syndicate Story Notes 2.4%
• Lost and Found Recover all your lost weapons 2.4%