In Verbis Virtus

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 1,696 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 8h for positive, 4.3h 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 (80.5% 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 (34)

• And there was light Cast the light spell. 100%
• A gash in the darkness Cast the Beam of Light spell. 94%
• Memento Find an ancient document. 93%
• Small fry Kill 25 critters. 83%
• Clean sweep Kill 100 critters. 72%
• I'm in charge! Activate a Mark of Command. 62%
• There is no spoon Grab an object with the Telekinesis spell. 55%
• Crossroads of souls Complete Chapter 1. 50%
• Baptism Cast the Heal spell. 41%
• I love the smell of napalm in the morning Detonate a Mark of Fire. 32%
• Pest control Kill 500 critters. 27%
• Lost soul Kill a Saevar. 24%
• Singularity Stop an object in mid-air with the Stasis spell. 17%
• Light a candle Kill a Will-o'-the-wisp. 16%
• Amateur archaeologist Get 10 documents in your journal. 13%
• Faster than light Cast the Teleport spell. 12%
• In his shell Cast the Shield spell. 10%
• Fallen gods and prophecies Complete Chapter 2. 9.6%
• Old glories Defeat the Winged Glory. 9.4%
• Winter is coming Cast the Freeze spell. 6.3%
• The savior Save the game 50 times. 6.2%
• Warm welcome Cast the Wall of Fire spell. 6.1%
• Infernal sabbath Kill a Shar-Seth. 5.3%
• Big-game hunter Kill a Rak'Emesh. 4.5%
• A door to the stars Complete Chapter 3. 4.1%
• Everything and nothing Defeat Falsitas. 3.6%
• Nihilist Unlock the bad ending. 3.5%
• Checkmate Solve the chessboard secret puzzle. 3.5%
• Apprentice archaeologist Get 20 documents in your journal. 2.9%
• Global meltdown Create a healing pool. 2.4%
• Diligent pyromaniac Fire all the braziers near the planetarium. 2.1%
• Shar-Seth on the rocks Freeze two neighboring fonts. 2.0%
• Tomb raider Get all documents in your journal. 1.5%
• Advanced archeologist Get 30 documents in your journal. 1.5%