ActionAdventureRPG
God of War Ragnarök
The first 3 hours are a test
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 60% of players who started
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 50,999
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 20h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 76% of games we track.
- 60% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Blood Debt” (Battle the God of Thunder) and “The Cauldron” (Destroy Grýla's cauldron): from 98% to 75% of starters.
- 93% 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 51,230 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 34.5h for positive, 19.8h 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 (92.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Grizzly Encounter Battle the Bear 100%
- Blood Debt Battle the God of Thunder 98% −2
- The Cauldron Destroy Grýla's cauldron Most players quit here 75% −23
- Backyard Brawl Battle the Mysterious Valkyrie 75%
- Root of the Problem Battle Níðhögg 73% −2
- Off the Leash Battle Garm 65% −8
- Comeuppance Battle Heimdall 63% −2
- Better Together Battle Hrist and Mist 60% −2
- Ragnarök Battle the All-Father 60% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- A Grizzly Encounter Battle the Bear 100%
- Blood Debt Battle the God of Thunder 98%
- Knock off the Rust Purchase a Skill 93%
- Spit Shine Upgrade one piece of armor 89%
- The Cauldron Destroy Grýla's cauldron 75%
- Backyard Brawl Battle the Mysterious Valkyrie 75%
- Root of the Problem Battle Níðhögg 73%
- How it Started Equip an Enchantment 73%
- Spartan Ways Remember the Spartan teachings 65%
- Off the Leash Battle Garm 65%
- Comeuppance Battle Heimdall 63%
- Making Amends Free the Lyngbakr 62%
- Better Together Battle Hrist and Mist 60%
- Ragnarök Battle the All-Father 60%
- New Friends Fetch Lúnda's orb 57%
- It Was a Good Day Retrieve Mardöll 56%
- Full Gufa Free the Hafgufas 51%
- Besties Pet Speki and Svanna 50%
- Rebel Leader Return the Hammer of the Rebellion 49%
- Funeral for a Friend Attend the funeral 38%
- Invitation Accepted Discover the secret of Valhalla 37%
- How it's Going Fully repair the Amulet of Yggdrasil 36%
- Pure of Hart Return the Stags of the Four Seasons 33%
- Invasive Species Complete all of the Crater Hunts 32%
- Rightful Place Return all the Lindwyrms to Ratatoskr 31%
- Style Points Equip a Cosmetic Armor 31%
- Phalanx Obtain all Shields 29%
- Ready for Commitment Fully upgrade one armor set 29%
- Full Belly Obtain all of the Apples of Iðunn and Horns of Blood Mead 28%
- Dark Odyssey Participate in the sacrifice 28%
- Dragon Slayer Craft the Dragon Scaled Armor Set 28%
- Blood, Sweat, and Týr Battle Týr 25%
- Trials by Fire Complete the Trials of Muspelheim 24%
- Grave Mistake Battle King Hrólf 24%
- Scry Me a River Reclaim Kratos' Oath Stone 24%
- The True Queen Battle Gná 23%
- No Kratos, No Scry Reclaim Pandora's Statue 21%
- The Florist Collect one flower from each of the nine realms 19%
- God of Hope Master Valhalla and master thyself 19%
- The Librarian Collect all of the Books 19%
- Wayfarer Visit all 9 Realms in Valhalla 18%
- The Curator Collect all of the Artifacts 17%
- Easy Come, Easy Go Acquire more than 15,000 Fleeting Echoes on a single attempt 15%
- You Again? Find all 3 Boat Captain Keys 15%
- Collector Obtain all Relics and Sword Hilts 14%
- Understood the Assignment Complete 9 Mastery Quests 13%
- The Bear and the Wolf Collect all Trophies 12%
- Fight at the Forum Participate in a fight at The Forum arena 11%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.