When does The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 15h it's 1 in 9 (11%). Fully opens up by hour 15.

How many players finish The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing?

20% of players who start reach the ending.

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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

May 22, 2013 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 20% of players who started

Started playing 85% of owners

Steam reviews 83% positive of 10,269

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 15h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
Fully opens up by hour 15.
20% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Manservant” and “Trophy: The Wingless Messiah” (Defeat the Wingless Messiah): from 94% to 57% of starters.
85% 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 10,307 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.7h for positive, 8.7h 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 (85.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Manservant Gain entrance to the village of Markovna with the help of Lady Katarina. 94% −6
Trophy: The Wingless Messiah Defeat the Wingless Messiah. Most players quit here 57% −37
Trophy: Electriferous Beast Defeat the Electriferous Beast. 52% −5
Trophy: Arachnid Leviathan Defeat the Arachnid Leviathan. 45% −7
Worm Slayer Fight your way through the Orichalcum Mines and defeat the Drill Worm. 44% −1
Trophy: Mastermind Genius Defeat the Mastermind Genius. 38% −7
Trophy: Dark Alchemist Defeat the Dark Alchemist. 37% −1
Unfulmigator Defeat Professor Fulmigati and finish the game. 20% −16

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (95)

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Misfit Killing lots of monsters will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the monsters. Kill 50 enemies. 100%
Novice Monster Hunter Killing lots of Beasts will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Beasts. Kill 50 Beasts. 99%
Manservant Gain entrance to the village of Markovna with the help of Lady Katarina. 94%
Elementary Auras and Tricks can come in handy in many situations. Learn an Aura or Trick. 92%
Tourist The world of Van Helsing is an interesting place. Go out and explore! (Visit 3 different locations.) 86%
Journeyman Monster Hunter Killing lots of Beasts will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Beasts. Kill 100 Beasts. 84%
Perseus Killing lots of Mythical creatures will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Mythical creatures. Kill 50 Mythical creatures. 76%
Theseus Killing lots of Mythical creatures will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Mythical creatures. Kill 100 Mythical creatures. 71%
Butcher Killing lots of monsters will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the monsters. Kill 500 enemies. 71%
Ink Walker The Ink is a mysterious interesting place. Explore as much of it as you can! (Visit an Ink location.) 69%
Novice Treasure Hunter Let's be honest here. The most important part of a game like Van Helsing is the LOOT! So go out there and gather as much as you can! From chests. Loot 50 chests. 67%
Expert Monster Hunter Killing lots of Beasts will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Beasts. Kill 500 Beasts. 65%
Trophy: The Wingless Messiah Defeat the Wingless Messiah. 57%
Odysseus Killing lots of Mythical creatures will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Mythical creatures. Kill 500 Mythical creatures. 57%
Basic Training Auras and Tricks can come in handy in many situations. Learn at least 5 Auras or Tricks. 56%
Journeyman Treasure Hunter Let's be honest here. The most important part of a game like Van Helsing is the LOOT! So go out there and gather as much as you can! From chests. Loot 100 chests. 55%
Trophy: Electriferous Beast Defeat the Electriferous Beast. 52%
Novice Mechanic Destroying lots of Machines will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Machines. Destroy 50 Machines. 52%
Trophy: Judge Obesovsky Defeat Judge Obesovsky. 49%
Trophy: Electriferous Beast-King Defeat the Electriferous Beast-King. 49%
Novice Exterminator Killing lots of Spiders will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Spiders. Kill 50 Spiders. 48%
Journeyman Exterminator Killing lots of Spiders will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Spiders. Kill 100 Spiders. 48%
Journeyman Mechanic Destroying lots of Machines will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Machines. Destroy 100 Machines. 47%
Expert Treasure Hunter Let's be honest here. The most important part of a game like Van Helsing is the LOOT! So go out there and gather as much as you can! From chests. Loot 200 chests. 47%
Expert Exterminator Killing lots of Spiders will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Spiders. Kill 500 Spiders. 46%
Novice Cleanser Killing lots of Undead will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Undead. Kill 50 Undead enemies. 45%
Trophy: Arachnid Leviathan Defeat the Arachnid Leviathan. 45%
Novice Rat Catcher Killing lots of Vermin will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Rats. Kill 50 Vermin. 45%
Worm Slayer Fight your way through the Orichalcum Mines and defeat the Drill Worm. 44%
Journeyman Rat Catcher Killing lots of Vermin will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Rats. Kill 100 Vermin. 44%
Let loose the ghost of war Let Lady Katarina kill a Boss. (Delivering the final blow is enough.) 44%
Novice Debominator Killing lots of Abominations will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Abominations. Kill 50 Abominations. 43%
Coil Collector Complete the Start the Generator quest. 41%
Junky Swim through 20 Garbage Containers. 40%
Journeyman Debominator Killing lots of Abominations will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Abominations. Kill 100 Abominations. 40%
Journeyman Cleanser Killing lots of Undead will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Undead. Kill 100 Undead enemies. 39%
Escort Master Escort the Traveling Merchant to the Romany Camp with him taking no damage. 39%
Expert Rat Catcher Killing lots of Vermin will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Rats. Kill 500 Vermin. 39%
Monsters' Bane Killing lots of monsters will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the monsters. Kill 5000 enemies. 39%
Trophy: Mastermind Genius Defeat the Mastermind Genius. 38%
Trophy: Dark Alchemist Defeat the Dark Alchemist. 37%
Hero of the Day Solve every side-quest in Markovna. 36%
Trophy: The Rabbit Defeat The Rabbit. 35%
Trophy: Tweedledum Defeat Tweedledum. 35%
Trophy: Tweedledee Defeat Tweedledee. 35%
Treasure Hunter Extraordinaire Let's be honest here. The most important part of a game like Van Helsing is the LOOT! So go out there and gather as much as you can! From chests. Loot 500 chests. 34%
Expert Debominator Killing lots of Abominations will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Abominations. Kill 500 Abominations. 33%
Smuggler Complete The weapon shipment quest. 33%
Trophy: Ignis Fatuus Defeat Ignis Fatuus. 33%
Defender of the Lair Defender of the Lair and defeat Breda. 31%
Expert Mechanic Destroying lots of Machines will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Machines. Destroy 500 Machines. 30%
Heracles Killing lots of Mythical creatures will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Mythical creatures. Kill 2500 Mythical creatures. 27%
Expert Cleanser Killing lots of Undead will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Undead. Kill 500 Undead enemies. 26%
Viva la Resistance! Solve every side-quest in the Helsing Lair. 22%
Trophy: Frenzied Forest Spirit Defeat the Frenzied Forest Spirit. 22%
Hijacker Complete The orichalcum shipment quest. 21%
Trophy: Marquis of Soot Defeat the Marquis of Soot. 21%
Unfulmigator Defeat Professor Fulmigati and finish the game. 20%
Sword in the Stone Pull out the Excalibur from the stone. 20%
Trophy: Gruumsh Defeat the Gruumsh. 18%
Chicken Runner Kill a Chicken with a Sword. 16%
Explorer The world of Van Helsing is an interesting place. Go out and explore! (Visit all locations.) 16%
King's Bounty Find the hidden treasure of King Borislav the Just. 14%
Traps are just so cool! Building a lot of traps can help you though some tight spots if your Lair is ever attacked. (Wink-wink!) Have 25 traps built at the same time. 14%
Unstoppable Force Deliver a Critical Hit against a Charging opponent with a Ranged Weapon. 13%
Well-Learned Auras and Tricks can come in handy in many situations. Learn at least 10 Auras or Tricks. 13%
Who needs machines when you've got SWAG! Defeat the Drill Worm without the help of the Elyctric Discharger. 10%
Ink Master The Ink is a mysterious interesting place. Explore as much of it as you can! (Visit all Ink locations.) 10%
Chicken Slayer Kill all Chickens on the loose in Markovna. 9.7%
Monster Hunter Extraordinaire Killing lots of Beasts will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Beasts. Kill 2500 Beasts. 9.5%
Debominator Extraordinaire Killing lots of Abominations will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Abominations. Kill 2500 Abominations. 7.6%
Brute Force Defeat Professor Fulmigati with all of his Towers, etc. still intact. 6.6%
Rightful Heir Retrieve King Borislav's Royal Scepter. 6.4%
Well fed Find all Mystical Albino Animal Body Parts and eat them. 6.0%
Diversity in everything Building a lot of traps is cool but do you know, what's even more cool? Building lots of different traps! (Have one of all different trap types built at the same time.) 5.9%
Rat Catcher Extraordinaire Killing lots of Vermin will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Rats. Kill 2500 Vermin. 5.6%
Exterminator Extraordinaire Killing lots of Spiders will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Spiders. Kill 2500 Spiders. 5.4%
Spotless Defense Defend the Lair without a single enemy getting in. 5.4%
Unmovable Object Deliver a Critical Hit against a Charging opponent with a Melee Weapon. 5.2%
What's in the bag? Take at least 20 pieces of loot (Gold piles included) from the Domovoy on the Gorgon Pass with a single character. 5.2%
Mechanic Extraordinaire Destroying lots of Machines will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Machines. Destroy 2500 Machines. 4.2%
Explosives Expert Finish the Salvage Mission quest without setting off any explosives! 4.1%
Fortune's Child Gather a Cirtical Hit chance of at least 50%. 3.9%
Riddle me Wisp Answer all the Riddle Wisps correctly (so you don't have to fight them). 3.8%
Jack of all Trades Learn every Skill. 2.9%
Bunnyslayer Defeat the Rabbit with the Bunnyslayer. 2.5%
Highly Educated Auras and Tricks can come in handy in many situations. Learn at least 20 Auras or Tricks. 2.2%
Obsessed Alchemist Completely fill up the Alchemy tab of your Inventory so you can't pick up any new Alchemical items. 2.2%
Satan's Lil' Helper Killing lots of monsters will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the monsters. Kill 50000 enemies. 2.0%
I'm so Hardcore! Finish the game with a Hardcore character. 1.9%
Cleanser Extraordinaire Killing lots of Undead will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the Undead. Kill 2500 Undead enemies. 1.9%
I'm the Hardcorest! Finish the game with a Heroic Hardcore character. 1.8%
I'm even more Hardcore! Finish the game with a non-Casual Hardcore character. 1.8%
But they are so cute! Finish the game without killing a single Igor. (You know, those cute little guys with the flamethrowers!) 1.8%
Carnage Incarnate Killing lots of monsters will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the monsters. Kill 500000 enemies. 1.5%

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