AdventureIndieRPG
Legend of Grimrock 2
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 61% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 4,097
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (54%); after 20h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 82% of games we track.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Extreme Gardening” (Defeat the Viper Roots) and “Fumigation” (Defeat Herder's Den): from 96% to 46% of starters.
- Only 61% 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 4,107 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 33.6h for positive, 5.2h 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 (60.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Extreme Gardening Defeat the Viper Roots 96% −4
- Fumigation Defeat Herder's Den Most players quit here 47% −49
- Pest Control Defeat the Ratling Boss 36% −10
- Having a Gneiss Time Defeat the Summon Stones 32% −5
- Rest in Peace Defeat the Wormbound brothers 30% −2
- Dragon Slayer Defeat the Lindworm 23% −7
- Island Master Enter the Nexus 16% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- Apprentice Wizard Cast 25 spells 100%
- Extreme Gardening Defeat the Viper Roots 96%
- Swordsman Perform 500 melee weapon attacks 70%
- Elementary Collect an elemental essence 66%
- Apprentice Alchemist Mix a total of 10 potions 63%
- Explorer Visit 10 levels 59%
- Secret Spotter Find 10 secrets 57%
- Expert Max out a skill 53%
- Holy Diver Dive 250 tiles 53%
- Master Wizard Cast 250 Spells 53%
- Go the Extra Mile Travel 10000 tiles 48%
- Fumigation Defeat Herder's Den 47%
- Unstoppable Kill a monster with a single blow 46%
- Booty Addict Dig up three treasure chests 46%
- Telefragged Kill a monster by teleporting on it 46%
- Fist Fighter Deal a killing blow with unarmed attack 44%
- Monster Killer Kill 250 monsters 40%
- Archmage Cast 500 spells 40%
- Code Cracker Open the door to the Archives 39%
- Secret Sniffer Find 25 secrets 39%
- Hallowed Ground Open the gate to the Cemetery 38%
- Pest Control Defeat the Ratling Boss 36%
- Master Alchemist Mix a total of 50 potions 36%
- Mine Sweeper Enter the Crystal Mines 34%
- Golden Boy Open 5 gold locks 33%
- Snake Charmer Enter the Pyramid of Umas 32%
- Having a Gneiss Time Defeat the Summon Stones 32%
- Chop Chop Find Bane 31%
- Rest in Peace Defeat the Wormbound brothers 30%
- Master of the Elements Collect four elemental essences 29%
- Castle Crasher Enter the Castle 28%
- Specialist Perform 100 power attacks 27%
- Turn off the Heat Defeat a Magma Golem 27%
- Dragon Slayer Defeat the Lindworm 23%
- Watcher of the Skies Assemble the Meteor Hammer 23%
- Marksman Perform 500 missile or throwing weapon attacks 23%
- Piece of the Pie Find the pie 22%
- Secret Searcher Find 50 secrets 22%
- Enlightenment Enter the Shrine of Balance 20%
- Backstabber Defeat a monster with a backstab attack 20%
- Cartographer Visit all levels 19%
- Island Master Enter the Nexus 16%
- Guru Max out three skills 16%
- Skull Snatcher Find 8 skulls 16%
- Rodman Catch 25 fish 15%
- Hard as a Rock Collect and wear full set of Meteor armor (6 pieces) 15%
- Shiniest Knight of Them All Collect and wear full set of Crystal armor (6 pieces) 14%
- Like a Shadow Collect and wear rogue's wardrobe (5 pieces) 14%
- I Have the Power! Collect and wear archmage's uniform (4 pieces) 13%
- Sage Learn 15 spells 13%
- Relic Find the Relic 12%
- Treasure Hunter Dig up all treasure chests 6.9%
- Full Monty Kill a monster by throwing pants at it 6.9%
- Identity Crisis Polymorph 10 times 5.3%
- Hard Boiled Complete the game with hard difficulty setting 5.1%
- Gluttony Reach level 10 with a farmer 4.8%
- Seeker of Secrets Find all secrets 3.6%
- Gotta Go Fast Summon the Viper Roots in under 6 minutes 3.0%
- Doin’ It Old School Complete the game with old school mode 2.3%
- Insane Ironman Complete the game with Ironman and Single-use Crystals modes turned on 2.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.