IndieRPGStrategy
Dungeons of Aether
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 659
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 10h it's 1 in 30 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 87% 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 661 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.6h for positive, 3.2h 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 (87.3% 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 (22)
- Target Practice Complete the tutorial 100%
- Excavation Termination Complete the Chapter 1 of Story Mode 81%
- A Bigger Picture Collect 5 Journal Entries 81%
- Bunker Burglar Unlock a bunker and collect the item inside 73%
- Overkill Land a hit exceeding your enemy's DEF with your ATK by a difference of 10 52%
- Three Heroes... Complete the Chapter 2 of Story Mode 45%
- Executioner Defeat 10 enemies using an ability with an ACC cost of 7 36%
- ...Three Shards Complete the Chapter 3 of Story Mode 28%
- A Big Mistake Complete the Chapter 4 of Story Mode 25%
- For Julesvale's Fate Complete the Chapter 5 of Story Mode 21%
- Sealed Once More Complete the Chapter 6 of Story Mode 20%
- At Full Potential Max out any stat of any champion using the Blacksmith 12%
- Lore Collector Pick up every available Journal Entry 8.4%
- Money Hoarder Hold 999 gold or more at one point 5.8%
- The Value of Rocks Receive 10 items from the Geode Vendor at the Mineral Deposits 4.7%
- Hero of Julesvale Complete Story Mode on Hard without changing the difficulty 4.6%
- One Shot Complete Story Mode without dying once 4.5%
- Resist Temptation Return a tempting item to its creator 3.6%
- One Life, One Run Complete a run in Challenge Mode 3.1%
- Shiny for Shinier Collect 5 items from the Clam at the Oasis 2.7%
- Overcoming Greed Complete Story Mode without using any Amsidian 2.3%
- Ninja Skills Discard 5 enemy's dice in a single battle 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.