AI LIMIT
Give it 15 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- At least 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- 92% 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 37,513 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 26.3h for positive, 12.8h 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 (91.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Second Dawn Decline the invitation of the Sphere Gods and explore the future with mankind. ≥33% −67
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Journey Begins Bid farewell to Asteria and embark on your journey. 100%
- The Lost Defeat Lore, the Lost Lancer. 84%
- Branch Growth Cultivate the Branch using Purified Soil for the first time. 76%
- The Panic Reaper Defeat Necro, the Panic Reaper. 74%
- Cleansing Knight Defeat Cleansing Knight. 62%
- Choirmaster, the Inspector Defeat Choirmaster, the Inspector. 58%
- Fully Healed Obtain all Standard Abilities and complete the Spell Frame on the left arm. 58%
- Hunter of Bladers Defeat Hunter of Bladers. 56%
- The Stygian Queen of Woe Defeat Persephone, the Stygian Queen of Woe. 54%
- Weaponsmith Enhance any weapon to the maximum level. 53%
- The Resplendent Bishop Defeat Eunomia, the Resplendent Bishop. 51%
- Weaver Enhance any Main Seal to the maximum level. 49%
- Loskid, the Son Defeat Loskid, the Blade of Judgement. 48%
- Oath of Faith Accept Loskid's oath and obtain the Golden Branch. 48%
- Aether, the Father Defeat Aether, the Father. 48%
- Fair Fight Fight alongside Feylia and defeat the Resplendent Bishops. 47%
- Brilliance of the Tree Find the Courtyard of the Tree and enter it. 45%
- Guardians of the Tree Defeat Guardians of the Tree. 45%
- Expanded Trade Routes Deliver all the documents left behind by Otto, an apprentice from the Moose Caravan, to merchant Kyen. 45%
- Friends Reunited Help Stone find his friend Hubert. 45%
- Gardener Cultivate the Branch to the maximum level. 45%
- Ursula Defeat Ursula, the Mutated. 44%
- The Wanderer of Undersea Defeat Necro, the Wanderer of Undersea. 42%
- Blooming Life Help Delpha grow plants and obtain the Azure Branch. 40%
- A Deadly Joke Reveal the true identity of Assis. 39%
- Tattooist Obtain all Main Seals and enough Normal Seals. 36%
- Last Promise Promise Shirley that you will build a new home with her. 36%
- Farewell to the Past Help Shirley discard the Bunny Doll Arrisa. 35%
- The Battlefield of Humanity Encourage Vikas to return to the Hunters Guild. 34%
- Second Dawn Decline the invitation of the Sphere Gods and explore the future with mankind. 33%
- Charon, the Nurturer Defeat Charon, the Nurturer. 33%
- Religious Scholar Find all the scattered pages of Firebearer's Codex. 33%
- Prosperity Repair all Branches. 32%
- The End of the Lost Ones Defeat all the lost Bladers. 32%
- The End of Childhood Terminate the rule of the Church and face doomsday with mankind. 26%
- Boundless Stars Accept the invitation of the Sphere Gods and step into the stars. 22%
- Arsenal Obtain all weapons. 16%
- Bookworm Obtain all Spells. 16%
- The Apex of Evolution Obtain all Achievements. 12%