Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 5h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “We Got the Megatome” and “The Gold Trigon”: from 100% to 39% of starters.
- Only 58% 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 2,662 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 5h for positive, 2h 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 (57.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- We Got the Megatome Retrieve the burdensome book of sinister sworcery from the darkness beneath Mingi Taw. 100%
- The Gold Trigon Tame the cosmic geometry of The Gold Trigon in a sunlit meadow where angry bird sculptures loom. Most players quit here 39% −61
- The Grizzled Boor Feel free to take this opportunity to secretly self-identify as a principled, loving individual or a violent psychopath. 21% −18
- The Dark Moon Trigon Despite everything, tame the Dark Moon Trigon in a rain-soaked forest during a storm of thunder & lightning. 19% −1
- The Bright Moon Trigon Be awesome, get the Bright Moon Trigon from beneath an impossible island in the centre of a placid lake. 19%
- Assemble the Trigon Trifecta Complete the three trigons in The Dark Moon Rock Show. 18% −1
- Now We Are Cosmic Friends Forever Upload the Megatome at the summit of Mingi Taw & complete the Scythian's woeful errand. 16% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (14)
story milestone ending side
- We Got the Megatome Retrieve the burdensome book of sinister sworcery from the darkness beneath Mingi Taw. 100%
- The Ballad of the Space Babies Summon a slumbering sylvan sprite & send it skyward. 56%
- The Mushroom Kingdom Experience the strange insight offered by a divinatory mushroom. 50%
- The Gold Trigon Tame the cosmic geometry of The Gold Trigon in a sunlit meadow where angry bird sculptures loom. 39%
- The Grizzled Boor Feel free to take this opportunity to secretly self-identify as a principled, loving individual or a violent psychopath. 21%
- The Dark Moon Trigon Despite everything, tame the Dark Moon Trigon in a rain-soaked forest during a storm of thunder & lightning. 19%
- The Moon Grotto Use the Grizzled Boor's key to open the locked door to you-know-where. 19%
- The Bright Moon Trigon Be awesome, get the Bright Moon Trigon from beneath an impossible island in the centre of a placid lake. 19%
- Assemble the Trigon Trifecta Complete the three trigons in The Dark Moon Rock Show. 18%
- Now We Are Cosmic Friends Forever Upload the Megatome at the summit of Mingi Taw & complete the Scythian's woeful errand. 16%
- #honest Complete the Scythian's woeful errand without cheating. 15%
- #moar It has been said that something lurks within the White Stag of Scythia, wherever/whenever/whatever that might be. 6.8%
- Cheating Cheater Adjust your computer's date/time settings to access other moon phases & thus feel profound shame. 6.1%
- Monster Hunter Find & somehow slay at least 7 lagomorphs, you jerk. 5.9%