Dishonored
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 15h it's 1 in 85 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 89% of games we track.
- 48% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Dishonored” (Complete the Intro missions) and “Excommunication” (Eliminate High Overseer Campbell): from 100% to 79% of starters.
- 83% 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 15,261 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 16.4h for positive, 6.7h 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 (83.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Dishonored Complete the Intro missions 100%
- Excommunication Eliminate High Overseer Campbell Most players quit here 79% −21
- Child Care Find Emily Kaldwin 66% −13
- Capturing Genius and Madness Complete the Bridge mission 59% −7
- This Is Mine Recover your belongings 51% −8
- Resolution Complete the game 48% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (80)
story milestone ending side
- Dishonored Complete the Intro missions 100%
- Excommunication Eliminate High Overseer Campbell 79%
- Occultist Collect 10 bone charms 67%
- Child Care Find Emily Kaldwin 66%
- Rogue Assassinate 10 unaware enemies 65%
- Bodyguard You protected Callista's uncle, Captain Geoff Curnow 63%
- Capturing Genius and Madness Complete the Bridge mission 59%
- Cleaner Fight with 5 enemies at once, without any of them surviving 54%
- This Is Mine Recover your belongings 51%
- Resolution Complete the game 48%
- Long Live the Empress You saved Empress Emily Kaldwin 48%
- Food Chain You assassinated an assassin 47%
- Wall of Sparks Kill an enemy using a Wall of Light 42%
- Political Suicide Expose the Lord Regent's crimes and bring about his arrest 41%
- Faceless After escaping Coldridge Prison, complete a single mission without alerting anyone 40%
- Thief Pickpocket items worth a total of 200 coins 39%
- Merchant of Disorder Acquire 15 equipment upgrades 38%
- Creepy Crawly You used a rat tunnel 38%
- Mercy is the Mark You spared Daud’s life 37%
- Well Mannered You completed the Boyle Estate mission without spoiling the party 36%
- The Escapist After Coldridge Prison, elude 5 pursuers at once without killing them or leaving the map 35%
- Regicide Assassinate the Lord Regent, Hiram Burrows 33%
- Specter After escaping prison, complete a mission without alerting anyone, and kill less than 5 people 30%
- Dunwall in Chaos You completed the game in high chaos 29%
- Just Dark Enough You completed the game in low chaos 29%
- Razor Rain Kill 5 characters with Drop Assassination 28%
- Speed of Darkness Travel 30 meters in less than 1 second 25%
- Manipulator Make others kill 5 of their own allies 25%
- Alive Without Breath You took possession of a fish 25%
- Street Conspiracy You completed all the Slackjaw side missions 24%
- Big Boy Kill a tallboy with only your sword 22%
- Vanished You escaped prison and navigated the sewers undetected 20%
- King of the World You reached the top of Kaldwin's Bridge 20%
- Poetic Justice You neutralized all key targets using indirect means 20%
- Surgical Play from the first mission through Kaldwin's Bridge killing fewer than 10 characters 19%
- The Art of the Steal You got the Art Dealer's safe combination for Slackjaw, but robbed the safe first 19%
- An Unfortunate Accident You killed Morgan Pendleton with steam 17%
- Just Business Get the information you need from the Rothwild Slaughterhouse 17%
- Missing Pieces Meet with Thalia Timsh, the Barrister's Niece 14%
- Breakout Break Lizzy Stride out of Coldridge Prison 13%
- Stone Cold Heart Speak with the statue of Delilah Copperspoon in Timsh's estate 13%
- Parting Shot Deliver (or attempt) the killing blow on Corvo 13%
- Gangs of Dunwall Restore the Undine to working condition 12%
- Gentleman Caller You completed all the Granny Rags side missions 11%
- Lights Out You deactivated at least 5 security systems on Kingsparrow Island 11%
- No Regrets Complete The Knife of Dunwall in High Chaos 8.8%
- Redemptive Path Complete The Knife of Dunwall in Low Chaos 8.8%
- Changed Ways Complete The Brigmore Witches in Low Chaos 8.4%
- Clean Hands Complete the game without killing anyone 7.5%
- Well Connected Purchase all of the Favors in The Knife of Dunwall 7.2%
- Shadow Complete all missions after the prologue without alerting anyone 6.1%
- All Come To Ruin Complete The Brigmore Witches in High Chaos 6.0%
- Deal Maker Purchase at least 8 favors in The Brigmore Witches 5.8%
- Tempest Kill 6 enemies in less than 1 second 5.5%
- Art Dealer Collect all the Sokolov paintings 5.5%
- Ghost Complete all missions after the prologue, alerting no one or killing no one but key targets 5.4%
- Hornets' Nest Kill 4 enemies in less than 1 second using the crossbow 4.4%
- Cleaner Hands Complete The Knife of Dunwall without killing anyone 4.4%
- Whisper Ways Complete The Knife of Dunwall without alerting anyone 4.2%
- Cleanest Hands Complete The Brigmore Witches without killing anyone 4.2%
- Mostly Flesh and Steel Finish the game without purchasing any supernatural powers or enhancements, besides Blink 3.8%
- Versatile Kill characters with each weapon and offensive gadget 3.7%
- Back Home Grab a live grenade and use it to kill an attacker 3.2%
- Silence is Golden Complete The Brigmore Witches without alerting anyone 3.2%
- Inhabitant Stay in possession of others for most of a 3 minute period 3.1%
- Message from the Empress Perform a drop assassination from atop the Empress statue in The Knife of Dunwall 2.9%
- Wall of Flesh Use an enemy lifted with Pull as a shield 2.9%
- Harm's Way Cause 5 unintentional suicides 2.6%
- Enough Coin to Disappear Survive The Brigmore Witches in low chaos with 10,000 coins 2.4%
- Assassin Vs. Machine Complete Train Runner before the train arrives at the station 2.3%
- Natural Talent Finish Mystery Foe without using any active supernatural powers 2.3%
- Rats and Ashes Attach an arc mine to a rat, resulting in a kill 2.3%
- Long Way Down Perform a drop assassination of at least 150 meters in the Kill Cascade challenge 2.2%
- Mrs Pilsen's Remorse Find Emily's doll hidden in each of the 10 challenges 1.8%
- Rare Collector Find all of the collectable figurines in Burglar on Expert 1.7%
- By My Hand Alone Get to Wave 13 in Back Alley Brawl killing all combatants personally 1.6%
- Headhunter Complete Assassin's Run with 100% accuracy using only head shots 1.6%
- Time Management Finish Chain Kill or Bend Time Massacre without failing any wave, including bonuses 1.6%
- Void Star Complete all Normal and Expert challenges with a 3-Stars rating 1.4%
- Daredevil In Bonfires, perform all the special combination jumps in 1 round 1.4%