When does Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered get good?

Hooks you almost right away. In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 7h it's 1 in 11 (9%). The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.

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Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

Dec 10, 2024 Steam: Very Positive

Hooks you almost right away

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 82% of owners

Steam reviews 89% positive of 3,828

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 7h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
The biggest drop-off is between “SR1 | Elder God's Agent” and “SR1 | Gardens of the Dead” (Find the Necropolis): from 100% to 74% of starters.
82% 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 3,876 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 15.6h for positive, 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 (81.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
SR1 | Elder God's Agent Complete your training and escape the Underworld 100%
SR1 | Gardens of the Dead Find the Necropolis Most players quit here 74% −26
SR1 | Fratricide Defeat Melchiah 50% −24
SR1 | Your Destinies Are Intertwined Obtain the Soul Reaver 45% −5
SR1 | The Reaver Is the Key Open the entrance to the Cathedral 42% −3
SR1 | A Breach From Above Infiltrate the Human Citadel 34% −7
SR1 | Stifled Titan Defeat Zephon 33% −1
SR1 | Maladjusted Defeat Rahab 26% −7
SR1 | Your Thanks Are Premature Defeat Dumah 23% −3
SR1 | You Nearly Had Me Defeat Kain the second time 21% −2
SR2 | The Corruption of Pillars Find and confront Kain 20% −1
SR2 | Darkness Is My Friend Obtain the Dark Reaver 16% −4
SR2 | Enlightening Sun Obtain the Light Reaver 14% −1
SR2 | History and Destiny Collide Change history 14%
SR2 | Lighter Even Than Kain Obtain the Air Reaver 12% −2
SR2 | Ancient Flame Obtain the Fire Reaver 12% −1
SR2 | Blade of Vengeance Avenge Janos' death 12%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (83)

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SR1 | Elder God's Agent Complete your training and escape the Underworld 100%
SR1 | Womb of My Rebirth Visit the place of your execution 84%
SR1 | Utter Desolation Explore the ruins of your clan territory 81%
SR1 | Big Stakes Impale 10 vampires 76%
SR1 | Dissolution Jump into a pool of water without having the swim ability 76%
SR1 | Gardens of the Dead Find the Necropolis 74%
SR1 | Fratricide Defeat Melchiah 50%
SR1 | Between the Zones Shift 50 times during the one playthrough 45%
SR1 | Your Destinies Are Intertwined Obtain the Soul Reaver 45%
SR1 | The Reaver Is the Key Open the entrance to the Cathedral 42%
SR1 | Energy Unbound Use the Soul Reaver charge move on 10 vampires 39%
SR1 | Immolate Scorch 10 vampires 36%
SR1 | A Breach From Above Infiltrate the Human Citadel 34%
SR1 | Seek100 Consume 100 vampire souls in one playthrough 33%
SR1 | Stifled Titan Defeat Zephon 33%
SR1 | Alas, Poor Nupraptor Obtain Force Glyph 33%
SR1 | Know Thyself Discover Kain's dirty secret 29%
SR1 | You Shall Pass Defeat the Tomb Guardian 29%
SR1 | Desecrated Abbey Explore the Drowned Abbey 27%
SR1 | Beyond Death Jump into the Lake of the Dead 27%
SR1 | Double Impact Kill 2 vampires with Force Glyph 27%
SR1 | Maladjusted Defeat Rahab 26%
SR1 | Dismembered Remove all of Zephon's legs 26%
SR2 | Reaver Convergence Upgrade the Reaver blade 24%
SR1 | Untouchable Block a Turelim Telekinesis with your own 24%
SR1 | Primordial Flame Obtain the Fire Reaver 24%
SR1 | Don't Be Afraid Make humans worship you 24%
SR1 | Locked in Eternal Limbo Examine the remains of the Ruined City 24%
SR1 | Wall Decor Throw 10 vampires into wall spikes 23%
SR1 | Your Thanks Are Premature Defeat Dumah 23%
SR1 | Where Time Is But a Loop Enter the Oracle's Cave 22%
SR1 | Hammertime! Obtain Stone Glyph 22%
SR1 | You Are Persistent, Raziel Leave a boss arena and come back 22%
SR1 | Backstabber Hit Melchiah on his back and make him roar 21%
SR1 | Has This All Been Foretold? Reach the Chronoplast chambers 21%
SR1 | You Nearly Had Me Defeat Kain the second time 21%
SR2 | Harvester of Souls Feed yourself 30 times 20%
SR1 | Drowned Rat Throw 10 vampires into a pool of water 20%
SR2 | The Corruption of Pillars Find and confront Kain 20%
SR2 | Aerial Jump Make a human jump into air by using your feet in combat 18%
SR1 | Firestarter Obtain Fire Glyph 18%
SR1 | Taken by Surprise Perform 10 stealth kills 17%
SR1 | Hydromancer Obtain Water Glyph 16%
SR1 | Daywalker Obtain Sunlight Glyph 16%
SR2 | Darkness Is My Friend Obtain the Dark Reaver 16%
SR2 | Interview With a Vampire Have a chat with Vorador 16%
SR1 | Soulraver Obtain Sound Glyph 15%
SR1 | Flipped Off Kill a vampire by flipping a block on them 14%
SR2 | Enlightening Sun Obtain the Light Reaver 14%
SR2 | Reaver of Souls Feed the Reaver 30 times 14%
SR2 | History and Destiny Collide Change history 14%
SR2 | Ariel's Lament Listen to Ariel's tormented spirit 13%
SR2 | The Ruined Aerie Discover the remains of an ancient civilization 13%
SR1 | Lore Master Obtain all Glyphs 13%
SR2 | Lighter Even Than Kain Obtain the Air Reaver 12%
SR2 | The Tenth Guardian Master the Aerie and meet the legendary vampire 12%
SR2 | Ancient Flame Obtain the Fire Reaver 12%
SR2 | Blade of Vengeance Avenge Janos' death 12%
SR2 | Inferno Kill fire demons within 1 minute at the Pillars during the Sarafan era 12%
SR1 | A Hymn of Death Activate the pipes in the upper section of the Cathedral to kill the Zephonim 11%
SR1 | Warp Factor Activate all Warp Gates 11%
SR2 | Air Lift Lift an enemy into the air with the Air Reaver 11%
SR1 | From This Summit Get to the top of the water tower 11%
SR1 | Cast Him In! Throw a vampire into the Lake of the Dead 9.7%
SR1 | Soul Spiral Reach maximum health capacity 9.4%
SR1 | Spectral Talk Talk to Dumah before resurrecting him 8.2%
SR2 | What Sorcery Is This?! Kill three sorceresses in a row without being hurt 8.2%
SR2 | Drowned Rat II Make a human drown in a body of water 8.1%
SR1 | Great Old One Reach maximum glyph energy capacity 7.9%
SR2 | Split Use an axe finisher on a Greater Thrall 7.9%
SR1 | Unconscionable Do not get hit by Kain in the first encounter 7.8%
SR2 | Sacrifice Was Rejected Bring the wrong sacrificial heart to the altar in Air Forge 5.4%
SR2 | Not Without Purpose II Glide for 25 seconds without using an updraft 5.3%
SR2 | On the Outside Go to the Sarafan Stronghold before visiting Janos 4.9%
SR2 | Finish Him Use every type of weapon to finish the enemy 4.6%
SR1 | Ariel Remembers Listen to all of Ariel's hints 4.4%
SR1 | Not Without Purpose Glide for 30 seconds without using an updraft 4.0%
SR1 | Don't Get Your Feet Wet Reach the Abbey's bell tower without touching the water 3.9%
SR2 | Touch the Devil Twist Fire Demon's neck with your bare hands 3.5%
SR2 | Vampire Champion Complete the game within 6 hours 2.6%
SR2 | Scare the Crows! Frighten all the crows surrounding the Dark Forge balcony 2.6%
SR2 | Vertical Rush Complete the Janos' Aerie final interior puzzle within 15 minutes 2.2%
SR2 | Keep Your Distance Kill a fire demon groundling 2.1%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.