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Lichdom: Battlemage
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending at least 6% of players who started
Started playing 73% of owners
Steam reviews 56% positive of 3,011
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 10h it's 1 in 3 (33%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- At least 6% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “The First of Many” (Rogiro and his undead beast are no more): only 44% of starters get there.
- 73% 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 3,025 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 11.3h for positive, 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 (73% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The First of Many Rogiro and his undead beast are no more Most players quit here 45% −55
- Under the Rocks Maelstrom's secrets revealed 13% −32
- Get the Water Flowing Zasad water source restored 11% −2
- Sacrifice At what cost 8% −3
- Into the Darkness Soddentrod is a memory 7% −1
- Bitter Victory Back from the grave ≥6% −1
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- Apprentice Choose your first sigil 100%
- Artificer Craft your first spell 70%
- The First of Many Rogiro and his undead beast are no more 45%
- Mage Against the Machine Complete 2 Loot Machines 44%
- Puking Pustules Destroy 20 Loot Spores 44%
- The First of Many (Battlemage) Defeat Rogiro and his Undead Hulk on Battlemage Difficulty 32%
- This One, This One Right Here. This Was My Dream, My Wish Find 20 Loot Orbs 27%
- Good, Bad, I’m the One with the Magic Complete 6 Loot Machines 17%
- 99.1% Pure Destroy 20 Loot Crystals 16%
- Surf and Turf Defeat Frostclaw 14%
- Under the Rocks Maelstrom's secrets revealed 13%
- Get the Water Flowing Zasad water source restored 11%
- Twenty Men Enter, Only Him Leave! Complete 10 Loot Machines 10%
- Surf and Turf (Battlemage) Defeat Frostclaw on Battlemage Difficulty 9.3%
- Dust In The Wind Defeat the Ancient Golem 8.2%
- Sacrifice At what cost 7.9%
- It's Comin' Outta Me Like Lava! Fall in the lava in the Maelstrom 7.3%
- Into the Darkness Soddentrod is a memory 6.7%
- Especially When It's Waving a Razor-sharp Hunting Knife In Your Eye Oops, did I break that crate on you? 6.6%
- Old Drivasser Explorer Find all of the Plaques in Old Drivasser 6.2%
- Bitter Victory Back from the grave 6.0%
- A Salt Shaker Half Full Careful with the crates in Soddentrod 6.0%
- Dust In The Wind (Battlemage) Defeat the Ancient Golem on Battlemage Difficulty 5.8%
- You Took Too Much, Man. You Took Too Much Destroy more than 20 special crates in Soddentrod 5.6%
- I Am the Dragon Some people just want to watch the world burn 5.2%
- This House is Clean Complete 20 Loot Machines 4.8%
- Bitter Victory (Battlemage) Back from the grave 4.4%
- I Am the Dragon (Battlemage) Some people just want to watch the world burn 3.7%
- Pyrosmith Level your Fire Sigil to 16 3.4%
- Newb Game Plus Complete any Vortex Portal 3.4%
- Cryosmith Level your Ice Sigil to 16 2.6%
- Electrosmith Level your Lightning Sigil to 16 2.5%
- Challenge Completed Complete an entire New Game Plus sequence 2.5%
- Forcesmith Level your Kinesis Sigil to 16 2.5%
- Zasad Explorer Find all of the Plaques in Zasad 2.3%
- The First of Many (Badass) Defeat Rogiro and his Undead Hulk on Badass Difficulty 2.3%
- This better be good... Craft a Spell with a Unique Pattern and 4 Legendary Augments 2.1%
- Grey Teeth Explorer Find all of the Plaques in the Grey Teeth 2.1%
- Maelstrom Explorer Find all of the Plaques in the Maelstrom 1.9%
- Plaguesmith Level your Corruption Sigil to 16 1.9%
- Corpsesmith Level your Necromancy Sigil to 16 1.9%
- Phasesmith Level your Phase Sigil to 16 1.9%
- Lost Zasad Explorer Find all of the Plaques in Lost Zasad 1.8%
- Mouthful Complete an entire series of Vortex Portals in one sitting 1.8%
- Surf and Turf (Badass) Defeat Frostclaw on Badass Difficulty 1.8%
- Truly A Badass Equip nine unique spells 1.6%
- Soddentrod Explorer Find all of the Plaques in Soddentrod 1.6%
- Sinkhole Explorer Find all of the Plaques in the Sinkhole 1.6%
- Drivasser Explorer Find all of the Plaques in Drivasser 1.6%
- Plus Sized Complete three sets of Vortex Portals 1.6%
- Dust In The Wind (Badass) Defeat the Ancient Golem on Badass Difficulty 1.6%
- Psychosmith Level your Delirium Sigil to 16 1.6%
- I Am the Dragon (Badass) Some people just want to watch the world burn 1.6%
- Bitter Victory (Badass) Back from the grave 1.6%
- Bass Ackwards Complete all Skirmish Portals 1.5%
- Magic Hunt Complete all Hunt Portals 1.4%
- Cult 45 Complete all Disable Portals 1.4%
- It does not get any better than this Equip all tier 20 spells 1.4%
- A need to acquire every permutation Craft every available synergy spell 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.