Legend of Grimrock
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 15h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Enter The Prison” (Get into the Prison): only 22% of starters get there.
- 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 6,734 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 21.5h for positive, 8.2h 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 (64.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Enter The Prison Get into the Prison Most players quit here 22% −78
- Dismantler Find Dismantler 22%
- Master of the Dungeon Complete the game 20% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Apprentice Wizard Cast 25 spells 100%
- Swordsman Perform 500 melee weapon attacks 67%
- Secret Spotter Find 10 secrets 62%
- I Use Gravity As a Weapon Kill a monster by dropping or teleporting on it 54%
- Apprentice Alchemist Mix 10 potions 51%
- Master Wizard Cast 250 Spells 41%
- Ogre Slayer Kill your first ogre 37%
- Pitfall Jump 25 times into a pit 36%
- Go the Extra Mile Travel 10000 tiles 36%
- Secret Sniffer Find 25 secrets 35%
- Monster Killer Kill 250 monsters 33%
- Slimed Survive the slimes 32%
- Checkered Room Solve the Checkered room puzzle 27%
- Dungeon Hero Survive the invasion of white blobs 26%
- Archmage Cast 500 spells 25%
- Marksman Perform 500 ranged weapon attacks 25%
- Backstabber Backstab a monster 25%
- Enter The Vault Find entrance to the Vault of Dismantler 24%
- Piece of the Pie Find the pie 22%
- Enter The Prison Get into the Prison 22%
- Dismantler Find Dismantler 22%
- Zhandul's Orb Find Zhandul's Orb 21%
- Master of the Dungeon Complete the game 20%
- Stoner Throw a rock 100 times 19%
- I'm the Bugman! Collect and wear full set of chitin armor (4 pieces) 17%
- Secret Searcher Find 50 secrets 17%
- Tavern Brawler Perform 250 unarmed attacks 14%
- Buddies With Toorum Give Toorum a hand 13%
- Like a Sardine In a Can Collect and wear full set of plate mail (5 pieces) 12%
- Here's Johnny Open all iron doors 12%
- Skull Snatcher Find 5 skulls 11%
- Master Alchemist Mix 50 potions 11%
- Knight in a Shining Armor Collect and wear full set of Valor armor (6pieces) 10%
- Skill Mastery Obtain level 50 in any skill 9.4%
- Ninja Style Collect and wear lurker's wardrobe (4 pieces) 8.7%
- Treasure Hunter Find all treasures 5.7%
- Hard Boiled Complete the game with hard difficulty setting 3.7%
- Seeker of Secrets Find all secrets 3.1%
- Dungeon Runner Finish first level in under 4 minutes 2.3%
- Doin' It Old School Complete the game with old school mode 2.3%