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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 37% of players who started
Started playing 80% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 6,550
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 20h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 37% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Vampire kiss” (Accept Zobek's gift) and “Crushed rock” (Destroy the golem): from 96% to 83% of starters.
- 80% 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 6,589 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 14.5h for positive, 5.5h 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 (79.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- False chosen one Defeat the Paladin 100%
- Vampire kiss Accept Zobek's gift 97% −3
- Crushed rock Destroy the golem Most players quit here 83% −13
- Hunted hunter Capture Raisa Vólkova 71% −13
- A madman's on the loose Release the Chupacabras from his prison 64% −6
- Heart of stone Kill the Gorgon 62% −2
- Next stop: Castlevania Survive the train trip 53% −10
- Femme fatale Subdue Carmilla 50% −2
- The apple of his eyes Eliminate Satan's first acolyte 48% −2
- Natural selection Defeat Agreus 45% −3
- Once upon a time... Sabotage the Toy Maker's show 44% −1
- Family reunion Gain the trust of Victor 41% −3
- Inner Dracula Shed your darkest self 41%
- Dissipated storm Finish off Satan's second acolyte 40% −1
- Death is not enough Get rid of Zobek forever 39% −1
- The End Annihilate Satan and save the world, again 37% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- False chosen one Defeat the Paladin 100%
- Vampire kiss Accept Zobek's gift 97%
- Start the path Acquire a skill 86%
- Crushed rock Destroy the golem 83%
- Hunted hunter Capture Raisa Vólkova 71%
- A madman's on the loose Release the Chupacabras from his prison 64%
- Heart of stone Kill the Gorgon 62%
- Experienced Gain a total of 10000 Experience Points 60%
- Next stop: Castlevania Survive the train trip 53%
- Good customer Buy an item at the Chupacabras' shop 52%
- Femme fatale Subdue Carmilla 50%
- The apple of his eyes Eliminate Satan's first acolyte 48%
- The path of the Whip Acquire all of the Shadow Whip skills and upgrades 47%
- Initiated in Mastery Increase the Mastery Level of a weapon 46%
- Natural selection Defeat Agreus 45%
- Once upon a time... Sabotage the Toy Maker's show 44%
- Specialist Gain a total of 50000 Experience Points 43%
- Family reunion Gain the trust of Victor 41%
- Inner Dracula Shed your darkest self 41%
- Dissipated storm Finish off Satan's second acolyte 40%
- Death is not enough Get rid of Zobek forever 39%
- The End Annihilate Satan and save the world, again 37%
- Veteran Gain a total of 100000 Experience Points 22%
- Whip Master Increase the Mastery Level of the Shadow Whip to the maximum 17%
- Classic Flavor Cook a chicken in the old style 14%
- The path of the Sword Acquire all of the Void Sword skills and upgrades 14%
- Freezing Void Recover the Void relic in Revelations 14%
- Burning Chaos Recover the Chaos relic in Revelations 13%
- Sword Master Increase the Mastery Level of the Void Sword to the maximum 12%
- Nice armor... Defeat the Lieutenant in Revelations 12%
- Customer of the month Spend a total of 20000 Experience Points at the Chupacabras' shop 12%
- Claw Master Increase the Mastery Level of the Chaos Claws to the maximum 12%
- The path of the Claws Acquire all of the Chaos Claws skills and upgrades 11%
- Weapons Master Increase the Mastery Level of all weapons to the maximum 11%
- The path of the warrior Acquire all of the skills and upgrades 10%
- Multiple Pockets Recover all the upgrades for the Relics 9.1%
- Void Collector Recover 30 Void Gems 8.4%
- Chaos Collector Recover 30 Chaos Gems 8.4%
- Life Collector Recover 30 Life Gems 8.4%
- Expert Silversmith Recover all the Void, Chaos and Life gems 8.2%
- Kleidos Champion I Complete all the Reminiscences of Sapphire challenges 6.8%
- Philanthropist Collect all of the art 6.5%
- The Path of the Wolf Acquire all the Crissaegrim's combat skills and upgrades in Revelations 5.7%
- Crissaegrim Master Increase the Mastery Level of the Crissaegrim to the maximum in Revelations 5.3%
- Butcher Kill an enemy with the Ballroom's saw in Revelations 4.9%
- Not again... Find those annoying characters from Alucard's past in Revelations 4.7%
- Fine Nose Find all the Secret Boxes and Soldiers' Diaries in Revelations 4.5%
- Prince of Darkness Complete the game at Prince of Darkness difficulty 4.2%
- Kleidos Champion II Complete all the Recollections of Ruby challenges 4.2%
- Art Dealer Collect all the artwork in Revelations 3.8%
- Kleidos Champion III Complete all the Reminders of Amethyst challenges 3.6%
- Kleidos Champion IV Complete all the Memories of Emerald challenges 3.4%
- Kleidos Hero Complete all of the Kleidos challenges 3.4%
- Heir of Darkness Complete Revelations at Prince of Darkness difficulty 3.3%
- Kleidos Legend Complete all of the Kleidos challenges at Prince of Darkness difficulty 2.9%
- The Outer Limits Complete 110% of the game 2.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.