Abyss Odyssey
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 7h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Once Upon a Time...” (Finish the prologue) and “Lord of Sleep” (Defeat the Warlock): from 100% to 27% of starters.
- 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 2,535 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 6.8h for positive, 2.7h 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 (51.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Once Upon a Time... Finish the prologue. 100%
- Lord of Sleep Defeat the Warlock. Most players quit here 27% −73
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (17)
story milestone ending side
- Once Upon a Time... Finish the prologue. 100%
- Thief Defeat the shopkeeper. 49%
- Dream Catcher Capture a level 10 enemy. 36%
- Persistent Adventurer Uncover the Warlock's secret. 34%
- Dance with the Devil Defeat Paganini, the Demon Violinist. 33%
- Lord of Sleep Defeat the Warlock. 27%
- Assassin of Kings Defeat Verbum Dei. 25%
- The Golem Defeat the Golem. 22%
- Wishing Well Unlock the Pincoya. 21%
- Lion Tamer Defeat the Living Creature. 17%
- Dream Hunter Capture a level 25 enemy. 16%
- Ultimate Katrien Equip Katrien with 3 fully upgraded special attacks. 13%
- Ultimate Monk Equip the Ghost Monk with 3 fully upgraded special attacks. 12%
- Ultimate Pincoya Equip the Pincoya with 3 fully upgraded special attacks. 7.7%
- Dream Master Capture a level 40 enemy. 7.5%
- GrandMaster Defeat the Warlock in nightmare difficulty, "Coop Friendly Fire" must be on. 5.4%
- Online Champion Win 5 online versus matches in one session. 5.4%