Slice & Dice
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 64% of players who started
Started playing 51% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 2,600
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 15 reviews are negative (7%); after 7h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 95% of games we track.
- 64% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Unlock a door” (Beat level 8) and “winner” (Complete any mode): from 97% to 64% of starters.
- Only 51% 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 2,624 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 12.5h for positive, 4.6h 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 (51.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Boss Beat level 4 100%
- Unlock a door Beat level 8 97% −3
- winner Complete any mode Most players quit here 64% −33
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (187)
story milestone ending side
- First Boss Beat level 4 100%
- Unlock a door Beat level 8 97%
- 5 achievements Complete any 5 achievements 94%
- Oops Lose a hero during your turn 94%
- Victory Win 15 fights 94%
- 10 achievements Complete any 10 achievements 90%
- Troll Slayer Kill 2 trolls 89%
- Victory+ Win 30 fights 87%
- Chaos Use a side with 3+ keywords 86%
- 15 achievements Complete any 15 achievements 86%
- Dragon Kill Kill 1 dragon 84%
- Blessed Ring Shield for 300 total 84%
- 20 achievements Complete any 20 achievements 82%
- 25 deaths 25 hero deaths 82%
- Victory++ Win 45 fights 82%
- Indecisive undo 20 times 82%
- Alpha Strike Win a fight on the first turn 80%
- 25 achievements Complete any 25 achievements 79%
- Ironclad Shield a single hero for 10 79%
- Caster Cast 100 spells 78%
- Victory+++ Win 60 fights 78%
- 30 achievements Complete any 30 achievements 76%
- All 1 Roll 1 on all sides 75%
- Hidden Emerald Kill 10 slimers 75%
- 1-5 Straight Roll sides with pips 1 2 3 4 5 74%
- Victory++++ Win 75 fights 74%
- 35 achievements Complete any 35 achievements 72%
- 50 deaths 50 hero deaths 71%
- Anger the Ghosts Kill 5 ghosts 71%
- Heal Heal for 300 total 71%
- Stone Revenge Kill 5 slates 71%
- Curse Mastery win a fight with 1 curse 70%
- Victory+++++ Win 90 fights 69%
- 40 achievements Complete any 40 achievements 69%
- All 2 Roll 2 on all sides 69%
- Caster+ Cast 200 spells 68%
- Survivor Win a fight with only one surviving hero 67%
- Chaos+ Use a side with 4+ keywords 67%
- Manastorm Accumulate 10 mana 67%
- 45 achievements Complete any 45 achievements 66%
- Victory++++++ Win 105 fights 66%
- winner Complete any mode 64%
- 50 achievements Complete any 50 achievements 63%
- 75 deaths 75 hero deaths 62%
- GONG Kill 10 fanatics 62%
- Victory+++++++ Win 120 fights 62%
- Benevolence Allow enemies to flee 20 times 62%
- Hexia Kill Kill 1 hexia 62%
- Spines Kill 20 imps 61%
- Caster++ Cast 300 spells 60%
- NOT FAIR! Stun an enemy with 20+ max hp 60%
- Saviour Save 3 heroes with a single action 60%
- Troll Nemesis Kill 10 trolls 59%
- Wizard Use 6 abilities in a single turn 59%
- Victory++++++++ Win 135 fights 59%
- Indecisive+ undo 200 times 58%
- Overgrowth Activate growth on a single side 4 times 58%
- 60 achievements Complete any 60 achievements 57%
- 100 deaths 100 hero deaths 56%
- Victory+++++++++ Win 150 fights 56%
- Green Blood Have 5+ poison on an ally 55%
- Caw Eggs Kill 10 caws 54%
- Victory++++++++++ Win 165 fights 53%
- Splattered Overkill an enemy by 10+ 51%
- Victory+++++++++++ Win 180 fights 50%
- 70 achievements Complete any 70 achievements 50%
- Double-revive Revive 2 heroes with a single action 48%
- Victory++++++++++++ Win 195 fights 48%
- 75 achievements Complete any 75 achievements 47%
- Pile of Bones Kill 100 bones 46%
- Change of Heart Heal for 1000 total 44%
- Chaos++ Use a side with 5+ keywords 44%
- Snake-eyes Roll 5 Blank sides at once 44%
- 80 achievements Complete any 80 achievements 43%
- Hard victory Complete any mode on Hard or harder 43%
- Brambles Kill 10 thorns 43%
- Hand Kill Kill 1 the hand 43%
- Dragon Eggs Kill 3 dragons 42%
- Bard-pick Choose Bard twice 41%
- Gambler-pick Choose Gambler twice 41%
- Herbalist-pick Choose Herbalist twice 41%
- I wish I could undo this achievement undo 500 times 41%
- Dabbler-pick Choose Dabbler twice 40%
- Expert Defeat 1000 monsters 39%
- Challenger accept 3 challenges 39%
- Jester-pick Choose Jester twice 39%
- Reaper Kill 5 monsters with a single action 38%
- 200 deaths 200 hero deaths 38%
- Crushed Beat a boss fight on the first turn 36%
- 90 achievements Complete any 90 achievements 36%
- Stone Revenge+ Kill 15 slates 36%
- Mandrake Have 10+ poison on an enemy 36%
- Fading Kill 15 wisps 34%
- Ludus-pick Choose Ludus twice 34%
- Cheat Death Win the Tarantus fight with no dead heroes 34%
- Oops+ Lose 2 heroes during your turn 33%
- Last legs Win a fight with 4+ heroes on 1hp 33%
- Petrified Roll 3 petrified sides at once 32%
- Classic Unfair defeat Get defeated on Classic on Unfair or harder 32%
- Dancer-pick Choose Dancer twice 32%
- Cursed Bolt Cast 1000 spells 31%
- Poet-pick Choose Poet twice 30%
- 2-6 Straight Roll sides with pips 2 3 4 5 6 29%
- 100 achievements Complete any 100 achievements 28%
- 101 achievements Complete any 101 achievements 28%
- 102 achievements Complete any 102 achievements 28%
- Sling-pick Choose Sling once 28%
- Draw Win and lose a fight at the same time 27%
- Heal+ Heal for 2000 total 26%
- Brambles+ Kill 30 thorns 25%
- Chaos+++ Use a side with 6+ keywords 25%
- Raid victory Complete Raid 23%
- 110 achievements Complete any 110 achievements 22%
- Emerald Mirror-pick Choose Emerald Mirror once 22%
- Classic Normal streak Get to a streak of 2 on Classic Normal 21%
- Pocket Mirror-pick Choose Pocket Mirror twice 21%
- Triple-revive Revive 3 heroes with a single action 21%
- Ace-pick Choose Ace twice 21%
- All 3 Roll 3 on all sides 20%
- Curse Mastery+ win a fight with 7 curses 20%
- Speedrun Complete Classic on Normal or harder with a time of 45m or less 20%
- Crushed+ Beat the final boss fight on the first turn 20%
- Challenger+ accept 10 challenges 19%
- Generate victory Complete Generate 18%
- Wisdom reject 20 challenges 17%
- 500 deaths 500 hero deaths 17%
- Spines+ Kill 100 imps 17%
- Unfair victory Complete any mode on Unfair or harder 16%
- Updog-pick Choose Updog once 16%
- Alpha Strike+ Win a fight on the first turn whilst rolling 16%
- 120 achievements Complete any 120 achievements 16%
- Choose-Party 3x Complete Choose-Party on Normal or harder with 3+ of one hero colour 16%
- Statue-pick Choose Statue twice 16%
- Pocket Phylactery-pick Choose Pocket Phylactery twice 15%
- Barrel Roll Allow a Barrel to flee 15%
- Dragon Flight Allow a Dragon to flee 14%
- total-deaths 0 Complete Classic with 0 total-deaths 13%
- Encumbered Equip 2 curse items to a single hero 13%
- Choose-Party 4x Complete Choose-Party on Hard or harder with 4+ of one hero colour 12%
- Manastorm+ Accumulate 100 mana 12%
- turns-taken <= 40 Complete Classic with 40 or fewer turns-taken 11%
- undo-count 0 Complete Classic with 0 undo-count 11%
- 130 achievements Complete any 130 achievements 10%
- Classic Hard streak Get to a streak of 2 on Classic Hard 9.8%
- Curse Mastery++ win a fight with 13 curses 9.0%
- Generate Hard victory Complete Generate on Hard or harder 8.8%
- Oops++ Lose 3 heroes during your turn 8.2%
- 1000 deaths 1000 hero deaths 8.0%
- Chaos++++ Use a side with 8+ keywords 7.4%
- Choose-Party 5x Complete Choose-Party on Unfair or harder with 5+ of one hero colour 6.7%
- Collection Equip 3 items to Collector 6.3%
- Hoard Equip 3 items to Hoarder 6.1%
- 140 achievements Complete any 140 achievements 5.9%
- 3-7 Straight Roll sides with pips 3 4 5 6 7 5.5%
- Dream Hard victory Complete Dream on Hard or harder 5.1%
- Museum Equip 3 items to Curator 4.9%
- 7 damage! Equip 'Ace of Spades' to Gambler 3.5%
- Max mana Reach 999 mana 3.5%
- Max shields Reach 999 shields 3.5%
- Oops+++ Lose 4 heroes during your turn 3.5%
- Generate Unfair victory Complete Generate on Unfair or harder 3.3%
- 150 achievements Complete any 150 achievements 2.9%
- Chaos+++++ Use a side with 10+ keywords 2.9%
- turns-taken <= 30 Complete Classic with 30 or fewer turns-taken 2.7%
- Oops++++ Lose 5 heroes during your turn 2.3%
- Brutal victory Complete any mode on Brutal or harder 2.0%
- Max rerolls Reach 999 rerolls 2.0%
- Quick Shortcut Complete Shortcut on Normal or harder in 15m or less 2.0%
- Classic Unfair streak Get to a streak of 2 on Classic Unfair 1.8%
- Fully-Petrified Roll 5 petrified sides at once 1.8%
- My hat! Equip 'Jester Cap' to Jester 1.4%
- 160 achievements Complete any 160 achievements 1.2%
- All T2 Complete Classic with only t2 heroes 1.2%
- Challenge Accepted Defeat a dragon before fight 20 1.0%
- total-blocked 0 Complete Classic with 0 total-blocked 0.8%
- All T1 Complete Classic with only t1 heroes 0.6%
- Chaos++++++ Use a side with 15+ keywords 0.6%
- Oops+++++ Lose 6 heroes during your turn 0.6%
- 170 achievements Complete any 170 achievements 0.4%
- turns-taken <= 20 Complete Classic with 20 or fewer turns-taken 0.4%
- 10000 deaths 10000 hero deaths 0.2%
- 180 achievements Complete any 180 achievements 0.2%
- Alone Complete Classic with a single hero in your party 0.2%
- Chaos+++++++ Use a side with 20+ keywords 0.2%
- Choose-Party 6x Complete Choose-Party on Brutal or harder with 6+ of one hero colour 0.2%
- Classic Brutal streak Get to a streak of 2 on Classic Brutal 0.2%
- dmg-taken 0 Complete Classic with 0 dmg-taken 0.2%
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