ActionRPG
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 9% of players who started
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 59% positive of 20,853
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (68%); after 15h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- At least 8% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “So that's a Lord!” (Defeated First Warden) and “Hard shell, soft core” (Defeated the Commander): from 78% to 52% of starters.
- 88% 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 20,972 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 19.9h for positive, 4.9h 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 (88.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- So that's a Lord! Defeated First Warden 78% −22
- Hard shell, soft core Defeated the Commander Most players quit here 52% −26
- Only after Disaster Defeated the Worshiper 37% −14
- Seal the gate Defeated the Infiltrator 26% −11
- No time for losers Defeated the Champion 24% −2
- Anger is a gift Defeated the Beast 22% −3
- Thousands of candles Defeated the Guardian 19% −2
- Not a question of can or can't Defeated the Annihilator 17% −2
- Two against one Defeated Lost Brothers 16%
- Whole world in his hands Bring balance to both realms ≥9% −8
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 (56)
story milestone ending side
- Bookworm Found a note that someone left behind 100%
- It's bound to take your life Died for the first time 95%
- So that's a Lord! Defeated First Warden 78%
- Myself again Retrieved lost experience by collecting your ghost 77%
- Give him power Bought your first Attribute or Spell Point 71%
- Take my hand Cut off Monk's arm 69%
- Now we're talking Found the Gauntlet 66%
- Hard shell, soft core Defeated the Commander 52%
- Only after Disaster Defeated the Worshiper 37%
- The real Lords starts here Entered the Rhogar realm 35%
- He speaks in riddles Met the Blacksmith 34%
- Good with weapons Collected all weapon types 27%
- Seal the gate Defeated the Infiltrator 26%
- No time for losers Defeated the Champion 24%
- Strong with this one Unlocked all spells for one class 23%
- He who protect us Met Antanas 22%
- Anger is a gift Defeated the Beast 22%
- Human skull Collected 25 Human Skulls 21%
- Thousands of candles Defeated the Guardian 19%
- Not a question of can or can't Defeated the Annihilator 17%
- Shout at the gods Met Adyr 17%
- Two against one Defeated Lost Brothers 16%
- She was the last woman here Showed mercy to an imprisoned monster 16%
- Go breaking my heart Collected 9 Tyrant Hearts 15%
- Fool of a Tuck Throw a corpse down the bottomless pit in Catacombs 14%
- All in Defeated a boss with at least 20000 unspent experience 14%
- Killing monsters Killed all types of enemies 13%
- Against all odds Defeated a Boss without taking damage 11%
- Way of the warrior Completed the game as Warrior 10%
- Solitary Met a strange person in a strange place 8.8%
- Whole world in his hands Bring balance to both realms 8.5%
- By the book Found 60 audio notes 8.0%
- Extra strong Upgraded the Health Potions 7.6%
- Couldn't have done it myself Let the boss destroy the statue during fight 7.3%
- God is dead Led humans to victory 6.7%
- I feel lucky Purified the sword of the unlucky grave robber 6.3%
- Are you not entertained? Completed all Proving Grounds 5.9%
- No one can hear you scream Completed all Infinite Voids 5.9%
- Way of the rogue Completed the game as Rogue 5.8%
- Don't burn yourself out Defeated the Keeper 5.7%
- Harkyn collection Collected 20 armor sets 5.6%
- Faith is weakness Led Rhogar to victory 5.6%
- Tailor-made Chose a perfectly fitting armor 5.6%
- This! Is! Keystone! Kicked an enemy into his death 5.2%
- He knows what they did last era Found all eight audio notes in the Ancient Labyrinth 5.2%
- I kill dead people Killed 40 ghosts in the Ancient Labyrinth 5.2%
- Way of the cleric Completed the game as Cleric 5.1%
- I saw everything Entered 15 secret rooms 4.9%
- Treasure left alone Looted all Treasure Chambers 4.8%
- Real men don't need a map Just in case you picked up a shielding map 4.0%
- My private stash Got 12 special weapons 3.4%
- Respect for the dead Plundered all four resting places 3.3%
- Psychological warfare Manipulated the Keeper's magic schools 3.2%
- Do unto others... Killed the First Warden with the Warden Greatsword 2.7%
- Played with fire Defeated the Keeper after changing his initial magic school to the fire type 2.5%
- Ancient tool, new purpose Defeated the Judge with a weapon dropped by the Keeper 2.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.