ActionAdventureRPG
Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 27% of players who started
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 10,316
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 10h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The Undeath of Khamun” (Kill The Boss of the Crypts): only 62% of starters get there.
- 75% 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 10,386 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 8.9h for positive, 4.6h 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 (74.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Undeath of Khamun Kill The Boss of the Crypts Most players quit here 62% −38
- Besting the Beast of Orox Kill The Boss of the Caves 45% −17
- Morak Defeated Kill The Boss of the Temple 27% −18
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Explosive Exit Die from Area Damage 100%
- Suddenly Skewered Die by taking damage from a Spike Trap 88%
- The Undeath of Khamun Kill The Boss of the Crypts 62%
- As Luck Would Have It... - Gold Destroy 800 Props With One Hero 57%
- Icy Tomb Die while Frozen 49%
- Besting the Beast of Orox Kill The Boss of the Caves 45%
- Precision Strike Kill 500 Monsters with Magic Arrow or Sniper Shot - Elf 33%
- Morak Defeated Kill The Boss of the Temple 27%
- Seriously Severed Die by taking damage from a Blade Trap 26%
- We need to go Deeper - Bronze Survive until Floor 10 in Endless Mode 23%
- Dying for a Living - Gold Die 100 Times With One Hero 18%
- Heroic Hunger - Gold Eat food equal to 6000 health in total With One Hero 17%
- Furious Charge Tackle 500 Monsters using Rush - Warrior 17%
- Eye for an Eye Block 100 projectiles with Shield Block - Valkyrie 15%
- Embracing the End Die by taking Area Damage from an Explosive Barrel that you are Carrying 13%
- Deader than Dead - Gold Die 8 Times in one session on a single Floor 12%
- Crypt Kicker - Gold Complete all Crypt Levels on Hard 9.0%
- Heir of Valhalla - Gold Take 12000 Cumulative Damage as the Valkyrie 7.4%
- Hardened Champion - Gold Take 15000 Cumulative Damage as the Warrior 7.2%
- Cave Crusher - Gold Complete all Caves Levels on Hard 6.7%
- Vampiric Touch Ghostwalk through 500 enemies - Necromancer 6.3%
- We need to go Deeper - Silver Survive until Floor 25 in Endless Mode 5.5%
- Formidable Fortune - Gold Destroy 5000 Props With One Hero 5.3%
- Mysteries of the Elf-folk - Gold Take 10000 Cumulative Damage as the Elf 5.2%
- Soul Reaper - Gold Summon 1200 Undead Minions - Necromancer 5.1%
- Accomplished Master - Gold Take 10000 Cumulative Damage as the Wizard 4.4%
- Dropper of Crowns - Gold Drop the Crown 200 Times With One Hero 4.1%
- Flamewalker - Gold Kill 8000 Monsters with Fire Spells 3.3%
- Temple Toppler - Gold Complete all Lava Levels on Hard 3.3%
- Stormcaller - Gold Kill 8000 Monsters with Lightning Spells 2.7%
- Curse of the Undying - Gold Take 10000 Cumulative Damage as the Necromancer 2.0%
- Mummy Slayer - Gold Kill 15000 Mummies With One Hero 2.0%
- Slayer - Gold Kill 50000 Monsters With One Hero 1.9%
- Lich Slayer - Gold Kill 50 Liches With One Hero 1.6%
- Whirling Death - Gold Kill 12000 Monsters with Warrior Weapon Abilities 1.6%
- Bombardier - Gold Kill 12000 Monsters with Elf Weapon Abilities 1.5%
- The Captain's Special - Gold Kill 12000 Monsters with Valkyrie Weapon Abilities 1.5%
- We need to go Deeper - Gold Survive until Floor 50 in Endless Mode 1.2%
- Skeleton Slayer - Gold Kill 15000 Skeletons With One Hero 1.2%
- Eating off the Floor - Gold Destroy the Food 500 Times With One Hero 1.1%
- Frostweaver - Gold Kill 8000 Monsters while they are Frozen or Chilled 1.1%
- Spider Queen Slayer - Gold Kill 50 Spider Queens With One Hero 1.1%
- Cultist Slayer - Gold Kill 15000 Cultists With One Hero 0.9%
- Demon Slayer - Gold Kill 15000 Demons With One Hero 0.8%
- Grunt Slayer - Gold Kill 15000 Grunts With One Hero 0.8%
- Orc Slayer - Gold Kill 15000 Orcs With One Hero 0.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.