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Dragonkin: The Banished
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 19% of players who started
Started playing 69% of owners
Steam reviews 74% positive of 2,791
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 10h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- 19% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Welcome to the Squad” (Be accoladed by the Council) and “The End of Whispers” (Defeat the Banished Lord of Ja’Ksara): from 90% to 39% of starters.
- Only 69% 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 2,816 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 15.6h for positive, 11.9h 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 (68.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome to the Squad Be accoladed by the Council 90% −10
- The End of Whispers Defeat the Banished Lord of Ja’Ksara Most players quit here 39% −51
- Pride and its Cost Defeat the Banished Lord of Okeanos 29% −10
- Death and Memory Defeat the Banished Lord of Nurõrgartt 24% −5
- Virtue and Strength Defeat the Banished Lord of Erde-nòr 23% −2
- The Light Prevails Defeat the Primordial Banished Lord 19% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Hunter of Servants Eliminate 1000 enemies 100%
- Welcome to the Squad Be accoladed by the Council 90%
- Stockpiler Loot 100 crafting ingredients 87%
- Ready for Battle Equip your character with a full set of armour and two weapons (without accessories) 81%
- Friend of the Black Market Sell 100 items to the Dark Merchant 48%
- Stronger Together Create a skill in Symbiosis with your wyrmling 41%
- Hunter of Masters Eliminate 100 elite enemies 41%
- Multi-skilled Equip 5 character skills and 5 wyrmling skills at the same time 39%
- The End of Whispers Defeat the Banished Lord of Ja’Ksara 39%
- Experienced Hunter Fill 30 Ancestral Grid slots 38%
- Hunter of Lords Eliminate 10 semi-bosses or champions 38%
- Collector of the Corrupted Eliminate 100 different enemy types (includes semi-bosses, bosses, elite enemies and champions) 38%
- Spoils of War Loot 100,000 gold 35%
- Uncorruptible Obtain a Draconic item 30%
- Avid Explorer Open 50 chests 30%
- Pride and its Cost Defeat the Banished Lord of Okeanos 29%
- The Hunt Continues Successfully complete your first hunt from the Hunting Maps 28%
- Loot and Plunder Loot 500 pieces of equipment 25%
- Purification in Desolate Lands Defeat a Banished Lord in difficulty mode Desolation I or higher. 24%
- Death and Memory Defeat the Banished Lord of Nurõrgartt 24%
- Illustrious Ingredients Loot 1 divine ingredient 24%
- Virtue and Strength Defeat the Banished Lord of Erde-nòr 23%
- The Deepest Abyss Reach Deep Dracomundus 20%
- The Light Prevails Defeat the Primordial Banished Lord 19%
- Symbiotic Taming Create 5 skills in Symbiosis with your wyrmling 19%
- Unshakeable Steel Successfully complete a hunt in difficulty mode Calamity I or higher 18%
- Master Artisan Create or improve 100 items in the city 16%
- Scholar Loot 500 ancestral fragments 16%
- Grand Dragon Tamer Reach max level with any wyrmling 15%
- No Dragon Left Standing Successfully complete 20 hunts (Chaos Hunts or hunts from the Hunting Maps) 15%
- Purifier Veteran Complete 10 Dungeon Purifications 9.0%
- Champion of the Oracles of Pythoderkon Reach max level as Electrane 8.4%
- Dressed to Impress Equip your character with a full set of legendary or superior items (including accessories) 7.3%
- Champion of the Qhongirati Clan Reach max level as Qara-Tani 6.4%
- Champion of the Toriel Clan Reach max level as Rurik Haraldson 5.8%
- Champion of the Order of the Eternal Reach max level as Lothair of Montdragon 5.4%
- Draconic Purification Complete all the hunts on the Hunting Maps 3.8%
- No Dragon will Tempt Me Defeat the Banished Lords of Ja’Ksara, Okeanos, Nurõrgartt and Erde-Nòr in Apocalypse difficulty 3.3%
- The Best or Bust Create a full set of armour, complete with ornaments. 2.0%
- Divine Forge Forge a divine, mythical and draconic piece of equipment at max level (50) 2.0%
- Protector Improve a piece of wyrmling armour to its max level 1.6%
- Unwavering Will Complete trial 20 in a Test of Will 0.9%
- Legend of the Alliance of Men Reach max level with four different characters and wyrmlings 0.6%
- Elite Hunter Obtain all the trophies. 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.