Desktop Dungeons

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 2,367 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 59 reviews: 32.7h for positive, 7.2h 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 (53.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (35)

• Monster Masher Kill an enemy one level above you (any standard dungeon) 100%
• Recycler Get 6 full conversions in one dungeon run 75%
• One Weird Trick Petrify an enemy, then earn more than double its experience value on your next kill 55%
• Popcorn Bowl Earn extra experience from five enemies in a standard dungeon run while they're slowed 51%
• Goliath Gutter Kill an enemy three levels above you 50%
• Apostate Spend piety on two different gods in one dungeon 32%
• Level Cannon Gain a level in the middle of a fight to defeat a regular level 10 boss 31%
• Sponsor Upgrade any hero guild to level 3 29%
• Punchomancer Destroy ten walls with PISORF in one standard dungeon run 28%
• Archmage Reach 25 maximum mana 25%
• Waste Not, Want Not Waste fewer than 50 tiles of regeneration to win a standard dungeon run 25%
• Difficult Decisions Replace a locker item when all guild slots are full 25%
• RoboCop Have Might, Death Protection and Stone Skin active at the same time (from glyphs or other sources) 25%
• Irresistible Break completely through an enemy's physical or magical resistance 24%
• Cauterise The Wound Block 1000 points of regeneration with burning or poison 23%
• Tank Reach 200 maximum health 22%
• Titan Toppler Kill an enemy five levels above you 21%
• Look Ma, No Hands In a standard dungeon, kill any enemy with the Burning effect by striking another foe 20%
• One-Inch Punch Reach 150 total damage 19%
• No Returns Policy Immediately convert ten items bought from standard dungeon shops 18%
• Colossus Crusher Kill an enemy seven levels above you 17%
• Supreme Slayer Kill an enemy nine levels above you 17%
• Polytheist Spend piety on four different gods in one dungeon 16%
• Theologian Discover all god likes and dislikes 15%
• Typhoid Mary Use five different poison cure methods in a single dungeon run 15%
• Sim City Fully upgrade your Kingdom 14%
• Hero Literate Complete all bronze challenges 7.5%
• Boy Scout Spend at least 300 gold on preparations for a single dungeon run 7.1%
• Thank You! Unlock the Goatperson 6.0%
• How Did They Even ... Unlock the Half-Dragon 5.2%
• You Suck Unlock the Vampire 5.2%
• Thousand Pound Stare Unlock the Gorgon 4.9%
• Masochist Spend 100 hours in the dungeons 4.7%
• Dungeoneer Complete all silver challenges 4.7%
• Guildmaster Complete all gold challenges 4.5%