RPG
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 22% of players who started
Started playing 69% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 26,186
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- At least 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Training Wheels” (Complete the Prologue) and “Pain Relief” (Defeat Sion): from 70% to 28% 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 26,195 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 42.9h for positive, 9.8h 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 (68.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Training Wheels Complete the Prologue 70% −30
- Pain Relief Defeat Sion Most players quit here 28% −42
- Hunger Strike Defeat Nihilus 30% +2
- Seeker Complete the game on the Light Side ≥22% −8
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (57)
story milestone ending side
- Larger World Get your first Light Side points 100%
- Starting Down the Dark Path Get your first Dark Side points 78%
- Training Wheels Complete the Prologue 70%
- Dancing Queen Dance for Vogga 70%
- In It For the Money Collect 10,000 credits 49%
- We Have to Hack Into the Mainframe! Have 30 points in Computer Use. 48%
- I Didn't Do It! Let the Sith destroy the Peragus Asteroids 48%
- An Elegant Weapon Contruct your first Lightsaber 48%
- I've Seen How You Use a Hydrospanner Have 30 points in Repair. 47%
- It Was Like That When I Got Here! Destroy Peragus Astroids 44%
- Orphan White Recruit the Handmaiden 42%
- Pet Rock Get the named Lightsaber crystal 40%
- A Certain Set of Skills Gain a Prestige class 39%
- Unadulterated Violence Repair the damaged droid on the Ebon Hawk 39%
- Fight Another Day Flee Korriban after fighting Sion 38%
- It's a trap! Get this by starting the "Trapped" Quest on Korriban. 38%
- Grave Robber Loot a body on Korriban 37%
- Last Stand Side with the Settlers at Khoonda 36%
- Lost Girl Recruit Mira 35%
- Don't Get Cocky Kill all Sith troopers before they can board the Ebon Hawk 35%
- Talk Them to Death Have Persuasion over 30 33%
- The Gang's All Here Fill the Party Selection screen 33%
- Luminous Beings Reach maximum Light Side points 32%
- Hutt Oil Convince Vogga the Hutt to sell fuel to Telos. 31%
- The Second Rule... Complete the Mandalorian Battle Circle 30%
- Hunger Strike Defeat Nihilus 30%
- Royal Protocol Side with the Queen on Onderon 29%
- Pain Relief Defeat Sion 28%
- Seeker Complete the game on the Light Side 22%
- Trust Me, I'm a Doctor Have 30 points in Treat Injury. 19%
- Your Eyes Can Deceive You Learn Force Sight 19%
- Ancient History Recruit the Disciple 18%
- Breaking the Oath Teach the Handmaiden the ways of the Force. 17%
- Silent, But Deadly Have 30 points in Stealth 17%
- Let's Blow This Place! Have 30 points in Demolitions. 16%
- Finders Keepers Claim Darth Nihilus' mask. 15%
- Pure Pazaak Beat the champ on Nar Shadaa 15%
- The First Rule... Complete the Handmaiden Battle Circle 15%
- Cupid's Rifle Listen to HK-47's definition of love. 14%
- If You Only Knew... Reach maximum Dark Side points 14%
- The Walking Carpet Recruit Hanharr 13%
- Over Achiever Reach Player Level 30 12%
- No Jedi can stop us Kill all the Jedi masters 12%
- Martial Law Side with Vaklu on Onderon 11%
- Lost in Your Work Learn Moving Meditation 11%
- Never Tell Me the Odds Win a Pazaak game with a full board 11%
- The Sith Lord Have your character replace any of the Sith Lords on the main menu screen. 9.7%
- Destiny, Dominated Complete the game on the Dark Side 9.6%
- Cheater Convince the "champ" to lose the game without playing. 9.4%
- Short Circuit Install HK-47's unique module 7.7%
- Assassination Protocol: Active Learn how to kill Jedi from HK-47 6.5%
- Nothing Personal Change your mind about siding with the Settlers at Khoonda 4.8%
- Unlimited Power Acquire all Dark Side Powers. 4.1%
- I Am A Jedi Acquire all Light Side Powers 4.1%
- You ARE the droid I'm looking for Deduce G0-T0's identity 3.9%
- Laugh It Up, Fuzzball Break Hanharr's spirit 3.3%
- I hate everything about you Reduce a companion's Influence to zero. 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.