ActionAdventure
Shadow Warrior
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 57% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 26,788
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 57% 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 26,901 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 13.4h for positive, 8.1h 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 (57.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (92)
story milestone ending side
- Pot Breaker Destroy 50 destructible items 100%
- Enraged (Tier 1) Kill 5 enemies within 10 seconds on difficulty Casual 89%
- Tiny Grasshopper Kill 100 enemies 87%
- Anarchist (Tier 1) Kill a Warlord on difficulty Casual 77%
- Beheaded Decapitate 50 enemies 76%
- Party Crasher Destroy 250 destructible items 71%
- Digger Find 5 secrets 71%
- Shredder Dismember 500 enemies 71%
- Enraged (Tier 2) Kill 5 enemies within 10 seconds on difficulty Normal 71%
- Anarchist (Tier 2) Kill a Warlord on difficulty Normal 62%
- Firestarter Kill 20 enemies using environmental damage only 61%
- Crying Assassin Kill 500 enemies 57%
- The Touch! Obtain 5 power upgrades 56%
- Spell Breaker (Tier 1) Kill a Shaman on difficulty Casual 56%
- Senpai Learn 10 skills 53%
- Massacre Obtain 200 massacre bonuses 51%
- Matador (Tier 1) Defeat Gozu on difficulty Casual 51%
- Bloodbath (Tier 1) Kill 3 enemies with one shot on difficulty Casual 50%
- Armed And Dangerous Buy 5 weapon upgrades 48%
- Furious (Tier 1) Kill 10 enemies within 15 seconds on difficulty Casual 47%
- Spell Breaker (Tier 2) Kill a Shaman on difficulty Normal 46%
- Tranquillizer Kill 50 enraged demons 46%
- Treasure Raider Find 25 secrets 43%
- Matador (Tier 2) Defeat Gozu on difficulty Normal 42%
- Hoodlum Destroy 1000 destructible items 41%
- Bloodbath (Tier 2) Kill 3 enemies with one shot on difficulty Normal 41%
- Specialist Kill 100 enemies using katana special attacks 39%
- Headshot Kill 50 enemies with a headshot 39%
- Nervine (Tier 1) Kill a Berserker on difficulty Casual 39%
- Furious (Tier 2) Kill 10 enemies within 15 seconds on difficulty Normal 39%
- Horse Whisperer (Tier 1) Defeat Mezu on difficulty Casual 38%
- Agent Of Mayhem Kill 150 enemies using environmental damage only 32%
- Nervine (Tier 2) Kill a berserker on difficulty Normal 32%
- Berserk (Tier 1) Kill 15 enemies within 20 seconds on difficulty Casual 31%
- Horse Whisperer (Tier 2) Defeat Mezu on difficulty Normal 31%
- Head Hunter (Tier 1) Defeat Xing on difficulty Casual 30%
- Shadow Warrior (Tier 1) Complete the game on difficulty Casual 30%
- Berserk (Tier 2) Kill 15 enemies within 20 seconds on difficulty Normal 26%
- Head Hunter (Tier 2) Defeat Xing on difficulty Normal 25%
- Shadow Warrior (Tier 2) Complete the game on difficulty Normal 25%
- Demolished Kill 100 enemies with explosive environmental objects 24%
- Merciless Kill 50 crawling demons 24%
- Defused Kill 100 Mother demons before they explode 20%
- Enraged (Tier 3) Kill 5 enemies within 10 seconds on difficulty Hard 19%
- Anarchist (Tier 3) Kill a Warlord on difficulty Hard 18%
- Cold Blooded Killer Kill 2500 enemies 15%
- Spell Breaker (Tier 3) Kill a Shaman on difficulty Hard 15%
- Headache Kill 50 enemies using a demon head 15%
- Bloodbath (Tier 3) Kill 3 enemies with one shot on difficulty Hard 14%
- Toasted Burn 100 enemies to death 14%
- Matador (Tier 3) Defeat Gozu on difficulty Hard 14%
- Furious (Tier 3) Kill 10 enemies within 15 seconds on difficulty Hard 12%
- Nervine (Tier3) Kill a berserker on difficulty Hard 11%
- Horse Whisperer (Tier 3) Defeat Mezu on difficulty Hard 11%
- Heart Attack Kill 50 enemies with a demon heart 9.5%
- Berserk (Tier 3) Kill 15 enemies within 20 seconds on difficulty Hard 9.1%
- Head Hunter (Tier 3) Defeat Xing on difficulty Hard 8.9%
- Shadow Warrior (Tier 3) Complete the game on difficulty Hard 8.8%
- Anarchist (Tier 4) Kill a Warlord on difficulty Insane 8.2%
- Merciful Kill 50 burning enemies 8.2%
- Enraged (Tier 4) Kill 5 enemies within 10 seconds on difficulty Insane 7.9%
- Sensei Learn all skills 7.5%
- One Man Army Buy all weapon upgrades 7.5%
- Slaughterhouse (Tier 1) Kill 6 enemies with one shot on difficulty Casual 7.5%
- Detonator Kill 75 enemies using sticky bombs 7.5%
- The Power! Obtain all power upgrades 7.4%
- Cookie Monster Find all fortune cookies 7.4%
- Spell Breaker (Tier 4) Kill a Shaman on difficulty Insane 7.2%
- Bloodbath (Tier 4) Kill 3 enemies with one shot on difficulty Insane 7.0%
- Matador (Tier 4) Defeat Gozu on difficulty Insane 6.7%
- Slaughterhouse (Tier 2) Kill 6 enemies with one shot on difficulty Normal 6.7%
- Aviator Kill 50 enemies ensnared in water trap 6.0%
- Furious (Tier 4) Kill 10 enemies within 15 seconds on difficulty Insane 5.8%
- Nervine (Tier 4) Kill a berserker on difficulty Insane 5.8%
- Horse Whisperer (Tier 4) Defeat Mezu on difficulty Insane 5.6%
- Berserk (Tier 4) Kill 15 enemies within 20 seconds on difficulty Insane 5.4%
- Head Hunter (Tier 4) Defeat Xing on difficulty Insane 5.3%
- Shadow Warrior (Tier 4) Complete the game on difficulty Insane 5.3%
- Nailed Pin 50 enemies to walls with crossbow bolts 4.9%
- Sleepyhead Kill 50 stunned enemies 4.9%
- Alice In Shadowland Kill 10 evil rabbits 4.7%
- Hell On Earth (Tier 1) Kill 10 enemies with one shot on difficulty Casual 4.7%
- Slaughterhouse (Tier 3) Kill 6 enemies with one shot on difficulty Hard 4.7%
- Mr. Jones Find all the secrets in the game 4.7%
- Hell On Earth (Tier 2) Kill 10 enemies with one shot on difficulty Normal 4.6%
- Slaughterhouse (Tier 4) Kill 6 enemies with one shot on difficulty Insane 4.4%
- Hell On Earth (Tier 3) Kill 10 enemies with one shot on difficulty Hard 4.2%
- Hell On Earth (Tier 4) Kill 10 enemies with one shot on difficulty Insane 4.2%
- Raiden Electrocute to death 100 enemies 4.2%
- Demolition Man Kill 1000 enemies using environmental damage only 4.0%
- Achievement Whore Unlock all achievements 3.9%
- No Ordinary Wang Complete the game on difficulty Heroic 3.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.