Nightmare of Decay
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 3h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- 72% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Fresh Meat” (Kill the Meat Golem in the campaign) and “Beast Slayer” (Kill the Monstrous Beast in the campaign): from 100% to 66% of starters.
- Only 65% 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 4,541 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 3.9h for positive, 2.4h 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 (65.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Fresh Meat Kill the Meat Golem in the campaign. 100%
- Beast Slayer Kill the Monstrous Beast in the campaign. Most players quit here 66% −34
- Finisher Finish the campaign on any difficulty. 72% +7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (16)
story milestone ending side
- Fresh Meat Kill the Meat Golem in the campaign. 100%
- Finisher Finish the campaign on any difficulty. 72%
- A Small Favor Complete the favor for the creature in the hole. 68%
- Beast Slayer Kill the Monstrous Beast in the campaign. 66%
- Hardcore Finish the campaign on hard difficulty. 23%
- Escapist Successfully escape from the dungeon in Dungeon Escape mode. 10%
- Speedrunner Finish the campaign on any difficulty in under 1 hour. 8.4%
- Ironman Finish the campaign on any difficulty without saving or loading. 7.1%
- Randomized Finish Randomizer mode on any difficulty. 6.9%
- Horde Survivor Survive past wave 10 in Horde Mode. 6.3%
- No Healing Finish the campaign on any difficulty without using any healing items. 6.3%
- Hardcore Randomized Finish Randomizer mode on hard difficulty. 6.3%
- Hardcore Ironman Finish the campaign on hard difficulty without saving or loading. 6.1%
- Slow and Steady Finish the campaign on any difficulty without sprinting. 5.8%
- Melee Only Finish the campaign on any difficulty using only melee weapons. 4.6%
- Knife Only Finish the campaign on any difficulty using only the Survival Knife. 4.4%