Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (29%); after 20h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “A Winner is You!” (Complete the standard game): only 50% of starters get there.
- Only 68% 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 3,525 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 24.7h for positive, 9.9h 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% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Winner is You! Complete the standard game Most players quit here 50% −50
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- You get a Gold Star! Beat any level on Extreme. 100%
- Hit the Books Visit the tips menu (overworld->tips) 96%
- Precision Targeting Use an advanced targeting option 95%
- Intro to Library Science Level your Librarian up to LVL 10 93%
- My Own Personal Army Unlock all 6 character classes (not counting Librarian) 88%
- I've Got the Power! In battle, boost a character to the max boost level 84%
- All Access Visit the accessibility menu (options->accessibility) 81%
- You Can't Control Me! Visit the controls menu (options->controls) 80%
- Mad Skills Unlock a level 20 skill 63%
- A Winner is You! Complete the standard game 50%
- Intermediate Librariology Level your Librarian up to LVL 25 49%
- Advanced Librarophysics Level your Librarian up to LVL 40 28%
- Sheep Slayer Defeat the Super Sheep in the standard game 27%
- Swiss Army Sword Earn all the unique weapons in the standard game 26%
- Swiss Army Breastplate Earn all the unique armor in the standard game 24%
- Book Worm Earn all the books from bonus challenges in the standard game 22%
- No Loose Ends Beat all side quests in new game+ 19%
- Endurance Reach wave 100 on Endless Challenge 2 in the standard game 16%
- Hero Mode Beat the standard game without any generic recruits 14%
- Elite Libraromancy Level your Librarian up to LVL 60 14%
- A Winner+ is You! Complete the game in new game+ 14%
- Big Box o' Killing-Stuff Upgrade all the unique weapons in new game+ 8.2%
- Ultra Sheep Slayer Defeat the Super Sheep in new game+ 7.5%
- Hero Mode+ Beat the game in new game+ without any generic recruits 7.2%
- Big Box o' Not-Dying Upgrade all the unique armor in new game+ 6.3%
- Hero Mode++ Earn 180 gold stars without any generic recruits. For your sanity, we recommend increasing XP gains to 300% in the options menu! 5.7%
- Marathon Reach wave 100 on Endless Challenge 2 in new game+ 3.2%
- Completionist Earn 201 Blue Stars 3.2%
- Super Completionist Earn 201 Gold Stars 3.2%
- Book Dragon Earn all the books from bonus challenges in new game+ 3.1%