Chants of Sennaar
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 10h it's 1 in 115 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- 53% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Welcome to the Tower” (Reach the Abbey) and “The great escape” (Reach the Frontier): from 92% to 80% of starters.
- 96% 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 35,814 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.2h for positive, 8.1h 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 (96.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome to the Tower Reach the Abbey 92% −8
- The great escape Reach the Frontier Most players quit here 80% −13
- A new dawn Reach the Garden 68% −12
- The darkness Reach the Galleries 61% −7
- One last step Reach Exile 57% −4
- In this together Reaching the real end of the game 53% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (25)
story milestone ending side
- That's the spirit Fill in the Journal's first page 100%
- Welcome to the Tower Reach the Abbey 92%
- The great escape Reach the Frontier 80%
- The Preacher's fate Discover the Preacher's corpse 76%
- A new dawn Reach the Garden 68%
- Scholar Validate half of the game's glyphs 62%
- The darkness Reach the Galleries 61%
- True G3M4R Winning at both games in the Gardens 60%
- A good beginning Rebuild a first link 59%
- One last step Reach Exile 57%
- Rascal Ring the Abbey bell three times 56%
- Cable guy Activate all Terminals 56%
- Half the way Rebuild half of the links 56%
- I did it Get to the top 54%
- Peace walker Rebuild all links in the game 54%
- In this together Reaching the real end of the game 53%
- Champollion Validate all glyphs in the game 53%
- Open door See the Great Door of the Abbey open 48%
- Feels like springtime Visit the revived Abbey Garden 48%
- Alchemists Express Take a trip in the Alchemists' cable car 47%
- Free at last Meet a Serf in the Abbey 44%
- A Link to the Past Meet Bards in the Library 41%
- A great audience Attend the Bards' show in the Fortress 38%
- For its own good See the captured monster in the Laboratories 38%
- Fashion victim Leave the Armory with the wrong disguise once the Call is made 29%