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Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 28% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 3,863
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 35h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Bigger Than a Wolf” (Defeat the Warg) and “No Match” (Defeat the Bandit Captain): from 100% to 76% of starters.
- 91% 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 3,883 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 31h for positive, 18.5h 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 (91.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Bigger Than a Wolf Defeat the Warg. 100%
- No Match Defeat the Bandit Captain. Most players quit here 76% −24
- Capo di Tutti Capi Defeat Pepper. 65% −10
- Creature of the Old World Defeat the Necromancer. 61% −4
- Executioner-executioner Defeat the Fang Executioner. 61%
- Arachnophobia Defeat the Paleweaver. 54% −6
- The Ferryman Defeat the Ferryman. 53% −1
- Blood Spilled, But Not Wasted Defeat Lord Auberon. 48% −5
- Knowledge is Power Defeat the Tome Mistress. 46% −2
- To Right a Wrong Defeat the Entropic Wyrm. 41% −4
- Court Affairs Defeat the Expelled Court Magician. 41%
- The Cult of the Lamb Defeat Matron Layla. 39% −2
- A Dream within a Dream Defeat the Sleepwalker. 37% −2
- Revenge Defeat the Inquisitors. 36% −1
- The Betrayal Defeat the King Priest. 28% −8
- End of an Era Complete the main story. 28%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (85)
story milestone ending side
- Bigger Than a Wolf Defeat the Warg. 100%
- Learning Curve Finish the Tutorial. 99%
- Monster Slayer Defeat a Miniboss. 88%
- Tinkerer Craft an item. 86%
- Warmup Kill 100 enemies. 86%
- Skillful Fingers Use a lockpick on a chest. 86%
- Wasn't Funny Hear a corny joke. 85%
- Good Student Learn a new skill. 82%
- Initiate Reach level 10. 79%
- All That Glitters Collect 5000 gold. 78%
- No Match Defeat the Bandit Captain. 76%
- Craftsman Craft 20 items. 71%
- Shiny Baubles Open a Gold Chest. 68%
- Capo di Tutti Capi Defeat Pepper. 65%
- Journeyman Reach level 25. 65%
- Fat Purse Collect 25000 gold. 63%
- Apprentice Enchant an armor piece. 63%
- Master Craftsman Craft 50 items. 63%
- No Secret Anymore Find 15 secret areas. 62%
- Creature of the Old World Defeat the Necromancer. 61%
- Executioner-executioner Defeat the Fang Executioner. 61%
- Dust to Dust Discover Entropy. 60%
- Fighting Kill 1000 enemies. 59%
- Novice Enchant a weapon. 58%
- Arachnophobia Defeat the Paleweaver. 54%
- Wainwright Upgrade an artisan's cart. 54%
- The Ferryman Defeat the Ferryman. 53%
- Taking Care Defeat all Caretakers. 51%
- Master Reach level 50. 48%
- Blood Spilled, But Not Wasted Defeat Lord Auberon. 48%
- Interdimensional Threat Defeat a Rift Boss. 47%
- Self Sustained Restore 100000 Health. 47%
- The Play Defeat the Marionettes. 47%
- Knowledge is Power Defeat the Tome Mistress. 46%
- Thanks again, Travis! Collect 100000 gold. 46%
- Skilled! Upgrade a skill to maximum level. 43%
- To Right a Wrong Defeat the Entropic Wyrm. 41%
- Court Affairs Defeat the Expelled Court Magician. 41%
- The Cult of the Lamb Defeat Matron Layla. 39%
- A Dream within a Dream Defeat the Sleepwalker. 37%
- Bigfoot Defeat all Giants. 37%
- Revenge Defeat the Inquisitors. 36%
- Exterminator Defeat all Corrupted Vermin. 31%
- Master Vanguard Learn every Combat skill. 31%
- The Betrayal Defeat the King Priest. 28%
- End of an Era Complete the main story. 28%
- Master Nightshade Learn every Assassination skill. 26%
- Master Flameweaver Learn every Fire Relic skill. 26%
- It Was Hot Defeat all Darkfire Demons. 26%
- Arena Champion Clear all Entropic Rifts. 25%
- Exorcist Defeat all Wraiths. 25%
- Master Spellbinder Learn every Chaos Relic skill. 25%
- Tremors Defeat all Chthonic Stalkers. 24%
- Cartographer Find all map fragments. 23%
- The End of the Road Reach the Undermoon Sea. 23%
- Drain the Blood Defeat all Bloodfiends. 23%
- One Thousand and Forty-Nine Enter the Treasure Chamber in Tombstone Hollows. 22%
- Treasure Hunter Open 100 chests. 22%
- All Smiles Defeat the Queen of Smiles. 22%
- Cat Person Pet all the cats. 21%
- Master Adventurer Reach maximum level with the Adventurer. 21%
- Master Occultist Reach maximum level with the Occultist. 20%
- The Light in the Darkness Fully upgrade the Witch Lantern. 16%
- Master Goldsmith Reach maximum level with the Goldsmith. 16%
- Master Wyldwarden Learn every Wyld Relic skill. 16%
- Master Blacksmith Reach maximum level with the Blacksmith. 15%
- Master Alchemist Reach maximum level with the Alchemist. 14%
- Master Vindicator Learn every Astral Relic skill. 14%
- Master Tailor Reach maximum level with the Tailor. 14%
- Enchanter Enchant 10 weapons. 13%
- Bounty Hunter Claim all bounties. 12%
- Master Chef Reach maximum level with the Cook. 11%
- Grand Master Reach level 100. 9.4%
- Can't Touch Me Parry successfully 50 times. 8.1%
- Armorer Enchant 20 armor pieces. 6.8%
- No Stone Unturned Collect all diagrams. 5.3%
- Grand Explorer Explore the entire map. 5.1%
- We'll Meet Again Unlock the Witch Lantern in New Game Plus. 4.4%
- Master Enchanter Enchant 25 weapons. 4.2%
- Ring Collector Collect all rings. 3.8%
- Loremaster Unlock all Bestiary information. 3.6%
- Master Armorer Enchant 50 armor pieces. 3.4%
- Massacre Kill 10000 enemies. 3.3%
- Armed to the Teeth Collect all weapons. 2.6%
- Reaver of Entropy Kill 1000 enemies in Entropy. 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.