Volgarr the Viking
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 5h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- At least 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “I Will Have My Vengeance!” (Defeat the Lizardmen King): only 47% of starters get there.
- Only 52% 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 2,470 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 6.6h for positive, 1.3h 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 (51.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I Will Have My Vengeance! Defeat the Lizardmen King Most players quit here 47% −53
- If It Bleeds, You Can Kill It Complete the game and earn Ending C ≥10% −37
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 (20)
story milestone ending side
- By the Power of Gray-Skill... Wield the fire sword 100%
- Let Off Some Steam, Bennett Kill 4 enemies with a single charged spear attack 78%
- Nothing Can Stop Me Block a projectile with the shield while in the air 73%
- Shield Gots My Back Block an attack with the shield while on a rope/chain 67%
- Thor's Blessing Unlock Mjolnir's power 56%
- I Will Have My Vengeance! Defeat the Lizardmen King 47%
- You've Got the Touch, You've Got the Powah! Obtain a Warrior Spirit 42%
- What the Hel is "Nar-Nee-Yah" Reach the alternate path for any world 17%
- On the Highway to Hel Hitch a ride on a spear attached to an enemy shield 15%
- Wealthier than the King of Sweden Collect a golden walrus statue 13%
- Viking Nipples of Steel Complete any world without ever losing any equipment 13%
- Sock It to Me Nakatomi Break the Magic Seal on Fafnir's Tower 11%
- If It Bleeds, You Can Kill It Complete the game and earn Ending C 10%
- Volgarr...You're Sooo Smooth Find a Key Stone 5.2%
- 4-Minute Abs Complete any world in 4 minutes or less 5.0%
- Viking Legend Complete the game with 10 or less retries (deaths) 3.9%
- That Was...Unexpected Kill Fafnir before he reaches his Dragon form 3.5%
- On the Wings of Glory Complete the game and earn Ending B 3.5%
- Don't Nidhoggr All the Ale Reach Yggdrasil's roots 3.1%
- Red Means Dead Complete the game and earn Ending A 3.1%