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Hero Tale
Give it 100 hours
Gets good by 100h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 69% positive of 432
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 100h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 89% 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 433 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 81.2h for positive, 35.9h 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 (88.6% 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)
- Scent of Adventure Leave the Town 100%
- From head to toe Fill every equipment slot 94%
- Inner Darkness Discover the darkness within you 80%
- Graduate Buy all training from captain 59%
- Winter is coming Beat Enemies from Abandoned Bastion 59%
- Royal Knight Equip all plate armour 54%
- Legendary mage Master all spells 46%
- Gifted one Finish the game once 44%
- Trade route Visit every store in the game 43%
- Beast Hunter Slay Leviathan 41%
- End of the Path Unlock all skills on tree 37%
- Who should train whom Win a duel with the captain on the first try 36%
- William Wallace Reach 100 overall Combat 31%
- Robin Hood Reach 100 overall Ranged 28%
- Like father, like son Drink 12 Dad's Juices 27%
- IP man Defeat Sensei before he hits you 22%
- Desecration Slay the Unicorn 20%
- Solo Defeat Brawlhopper bare handed 17%
- Spiritual Guide Listen to all the Druid's sayings 16%
- Good son Bring father 12 daddy juices 14%
- Don Juan Talk to Witch 69 times 14%
- Metal Detector Find all hidden coins 14%
- Merlin Reach 130 overall Magic 14%
- Passionate Ornithologist Defeat the harpies before leaving the town 11%
- Chosen one Get all the final rewards 11%
- Bottomless Unlock 1000 backpack slots 9.5%
- Who should teach whom Learn heal having 4 spells already 8.1%
- Highlander Finish game without dying 7.3%
- Revenge Beat Prince using Sir Stick 6.8%
- Animal Lover Reach the Deamon lands without killing innocent animals 6.7%
- Shouldn't have given me the sword Defeat the final boss using Wooden Sword 6.5%
- Bounty Hunter Reveal every enemy loot 6.5%
- Muggle Finish game without spells 6.0%
- You again? Play the game 10 times 3.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.