When does Minecraft Dungeons get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 10h it's 1 in 12 (8%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

How many players finish Minecraft Dungeons?

50% of players who start reach the ending.

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Minecraft Dungeons

Sep 22, 2021 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

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 50% of players who started

Started playing 87% of owners

Steam reviews 90% positive of 20,431

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 10h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
50% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Out of the Woods” (Complete Creeper Woods) and “The Plot Thickens” (Complete Pumpkin Pastures and Soggy Swamp): from 96% to 70% of starters.
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 20,597 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 11.2h for positive, 6.9h 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% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Happy Camper Complete Squid Coast and set up camp. 96% −4
Out of the Woods Complete Creeper Woods. 96%
The Plot Thickens Complete Pumpkin Pastures and Soggy Swamp. Most players quit here 70% −26
Built On Sand, Set in Stone Complete Redstone Mines and Cacti Canyon. 70% −1
High and Dry Complete Desert Temple, Fiery Forge and Highblock Halls. 55% −15
Saved The Overworld Defeat the Arch-Illager at the Obsidian Pinnacle. 50% −5

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (104)

story milestone ending side

Wooden Sword Defeat 50 mobs. 100%
Happy Camper Complete Squid Coast and set up camp. 96%
Out of the Woods Complete Creeper Woods. 96%
Fancy That! Find and open your first 'fancy' treasure chest. 95%
Cha-ching! Collect a total of 1,000 emeralds. 89%
Scrappy Scout Reach Level 10. 81%
Worked Like A Charm Enchant an item and upgrade the enchantment to Tier 3. 78%
Diamond Sword Defeat 2,500 mobs. 72%
The Plot Thickens Complete Pumpkin Pastures and Soggy Swamp. 70%
Built On Sand, Set in Stone Complete Redstone Mines and Cacti Canyon. 70%
Oooh! Shiny! Collect a total of 5,000 emeralds. 66%
Passive Aggressive Defeat 50 passive mobs. 66%
Apprentice Adventurer Reach Level 25. 59%
Om Nom Nom Eat 200 food items. 59%
Break the Spell Defeat 50 enchanted mobs. 58%
High and Dry Complete Desert Temple, Fiery Forge and Highblock Halls. 55%
Fashionable Climber Acquire a melee weapon, ranged weapon, armor, and artifact while climbing the tower. 53%
Saved The Overworld Defeat the Arch-Illager at the Obsidian Pinnacle. 50%
Blast Radius Kill any 10 mobs at once with TNT. 47%
Well-Seasoned Reach seasonal adventure rank 10. 44%
More For Me Open 100 treasure chests. 42%
Locally Sourced Have 6 merchants in your camp at once. 39%
Meet and Greet Make a purchase from each of the tower's vendors. 37%
Expert Explorer Reach Level 50. 34%
Life Of The Party Revive a downed friend 20 times. 32%
To the End! Travel through the End Portal to the End Wilds. 27%
A Friend in Need Use artifacts to summon the Wolf, Llama and Iron Golem allies at least once each. 25%
Smooth Operator Slide a total distance of 500 blocks on ice. 24%
So Many Stairs! Clear 100 Tower floors. 22%
Pet the Dog "Who's a good wolf? You are! Yes, you are." 21%
Customized Customer Make use of the Enchantsmith's services 3 times. 21%
Tower Power Complete a tower run on Adventure difficulty. 19%
How Does It All Fit? Store 50 items in the Storage Chest. 18%
Maxed Out And Geared Up Equip a gear set consisting of fully enchanted items (3 enchantment slots upgraded to level 3). 18%
Tower Tourist Encounter 15 different biomes in your Tower adventures. 17%
High Treason Defeat the Arch-Illager on Apocalypse difficulty. 14%
A Piglin's Best Friend Collect 500 gold over time. 13%
Indomitable Complete a tower run on Apocalypse difficulty. 13%
Seriously Overpowered Equip a gilded, unique, fully enchanted weapon. 13%
Trendsetter Reach seasonal adventure rank 25. 13%
Heartbreaker Defeat the Vengeful Heart of Ender. 11%
Goal Driven Complete 10 Weekly Challenges. 9.8%
Daily Destroyer Complete 3 Daily Trials in 1 day. 8.9%
Abomination Domination Complete Overgrown Temple on Adventure or Apocalypse difficulty. 8.9%
Burning Up After consuming a Burning Brew, defeat a Mob using a weapon with the Fire Aspect enchantment. 8.4%
Nether Been Better Complete Nether Wastes on Apocalypse difficulty. 8.4%
Repeat Customer Save yourself by using the Death Barter enchantment twice in a single mission. 8.0%
Lone Champion Complete Lone Fortress on Adventure or Apocalypse difficulty. 7.4%
Taming the Storm Complete Gale Sanctum on Adventure or Apocalypse difficulty. 7.0%
Pandamonium Complete the Panda Plateau secret mission. 7.0%
Chill Out Defeat 5 mobs with a single Ice Wand attack 6.9%
Mine Is Cuter Than Yours! Defeat the Redstone Monstrosity with any Ministrosity Pet equipped. 6.7%
Bad Omen, Good Loot Complete 10 missions where the difficulty has been modified by a Raid Captain's Banner. 5.7%
Post Post-Apocalypse Complete Obsidian Pinnacle on Apocalypse Plus 5 difficulty. 5.6%
Back From Whence You Came! Defeat 10 Wildfires. 5.6%
Bubble Trouble Using the Bubble Bow, have 10 mobs bubbled at the same time. 5.1%
Feeling Bubbly Relax for 5 minutes in a bubble column. 4.9%
Turn the Tide Complete Abyssal Monument on Apocalypse difficulty. 4.7%
Lost In The Snow Complete the Lost Settlement secret mission. 4.6%
Treetop Untangled Complete Treetop Tangle on any Apocalypse Plus difficulty. 4.6%
Staff Only (secret) You aren't supposed to be here! 4.6%
Treasure Trove Enter the Stronghold Vault. 4.1%
Thanks But No Thanks! Complete a tower without using the services of the Guildsmith, Enchantsmith and Powersmith. 4.0%
Rampart Rampage Complete the Colossal Rampart secret mission. 3.9%
Wooly Wisdom Find the chamber dedicated to the humble Llama and make an offering. 3.8%
Herd Mentality Defeat the Tempest Golem while four pets are active. 3.4%
Survival Skills Complete Dingy Jungle without using a healing potion or losing a life. 3.0%
Seafood Skewer Defeat 10 mobs with a single Trident explosion. 3.0%
Hot-Footed Hero Complete Cacti Canyon in under 5 minutes. 2.6%
Giant Slayer Defeat a Ravager and a Squall Golem within 5 seconds of each other. 2.6%
Desert Dynamo Complete Desert Temple in under 4 minutes. 2.5%
A, B, Bee, Bee, Bee, Bee, Bee Summon 15 Bees at once. 2.5%
Glow and Behold Complete the Radiant Ravine secret mission on any Apocalypse Plus difficulty. 2.4%
I Need Them All Unlock all mission item drops in the base game and DLCs. 2.4%
Ancient Hunter Defeat 15 different ancient mobs. 2.1%
Save Your Breath Survive without oxygen for 60 seconds. 2.1%
The Eponymous Squid That was strange... 2.1%
Soul Powered Use the Soul Totem of Casting 50 times. 2.1%
So Last Season Complete a mission with a full set of cosmetics (Cape, Pet, Emote, Flairs) from a previous season. 1.8%
Trial by Fire Complete all secret Nether levels on any Apocalypse Plus difficulty. 1.7%
A Taste Of Their Own Medicine Using the Updraft Tome, cast Updraft on three Wind Callers at once. 1.7%
Whirlwind Warrior Using the Tempest Knife, defeat 10 Mountaineer mobs within 10 seconds. 1.6%
Acclaimed Acrobat Achieve 70 hits with a single activation of the Spinblade. 1.6%
Treetop Trespasser Complete Treetop Tangle wearing the Root Rot armor. 1.5%
Creeper In The Woods Complete Creeper Woods on Apocalypse difficulty, without defeating any mobs. 1.5%
Leader of the Pack Wear the Ocelot Armour and complete any mission featuring Ocelots without killing any of them. 1.5%
Avoidable Survive being afflicted by Voided x999. 1.5%
Dress for Success Complete a Daily Trial with a level III challenge while wearing Emerald Gear. 1.3%
Adorable Explorer Complete Lower Temple on Apocalypse difficulty with the desert rabbit as your companion. 1.3%
Ear Protection Recommended Activate the Gong of Weakening 6 times in 5 seconds. 1.3%
Frozen Fists Complete Frosted Fjord without having a melee or ranged weapon equipped at any time. 1.3%
End Run Defeat a total of 1000 Enderlings (Watchling, Blastling, Snareling) with an Obsidian Claymore. 1.1%
Same To You, Buddy 2.0 Use the Horse Ride emote at a Skeleton Horseman. 1.1%
Back to Back Complete two Ancient Hunts and two Daily Trials, in two-player co-op, on the second day of the month 1.1%
Lost Power Return the lost conduit to its rightful place. 1.1%
Jungle Fungus Defeat the Mooshroom Monstrosity using only gear unique to the jungle. 1.0%
Alpha Centurion Defeat 100 Tower Guards. 1.0%
Take the High Road Reach the top of the Broken Citadel without ever getting hit by a Shulker. 1.0%
Gone Fishin' Hit each type of underwater mob with the fishing rod. 0.9%
Iceologer's Revenge Kill a Glow Squid using an Ice Wand. 0.9%
Same To You, Buddy! Use the Abomination Roar emote at the Jungle Abomination. 0.9%
Diver's Dozen Using the Elytra, dive attack 12 enemies at once. 0.8%
Golden Gauntlet Complete Gauntlet of Gales on Apocalypse difficulty with the golden parrot as your companion 0.8%
Homecoming During Ancient Hunts, bring a wolf, a bat, and a soul entity to visit familiar locations. 0.7%

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