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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II
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 42% of players who started
Started playing 41% of owners
Steam reviews 69% positive of 2,640
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 15h it's 1 in 5 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- 42% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Unshackled Genius” (Rescue Telsa from the Sewers) and “Forbidden path” (Reach the Giantwoods): from 87% to 73% of starters.
- Only 41% 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 2,646 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.3h for positive, 8.6h 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 (41.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- End of the beginning Cover the retreat from Viaduct junction. 100%
- Unshackled Genius Rescue Telsa from the Sewers. 87% −13
- Forbidden path Reach the Giantwoods. Most players quit here 73% −13
- Shock and Awe Let loose the power of Perun. 67% −6
- Out of the frying pan Take back the Foundry from Harker's forces. 55% −12
- Spanner in the works Destroy the Animated Extraction Rig. 49% −6
- Double Exile Defeat Harker. 42% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (63)
story milestone ending side
- End of the beginning Cover the retreat from Viaduct junction. 100%
- Unshackled Genius Rescue Telsa from the Sewers. 87%
- Legacy of the Fool Find the Mushroom Expert Certificate. 80%
- Mirelite Miracle Find the Frozen Goldfish. 80%
- Forbidden path Reach the Giantwoods. 73%
- Masterfully Botched Gift Find the Masterfully Botched Armor. 69%
- Shock and Awe Let loose the power of Perun. 67%
- Just a sip Drink 100 potions. 65%
- A Friend from beyond Get your own chimera. 59%
- Lunar Collection Find all three moonstones. 59%
- Legacy of the Genius Find Da Vinci's Master Plan. 57%
- Out of the frying pan Take back the Foundry from Harker's forces. 55%
- Let loose the ghost of war Let Lady Katarina kill a Boss. 55%
- Fetch! Receive a Rare item from a Chimera hunt. 54%
- Awe and Awe Find Harker's secret weapon. 50%
- Spanner in the works Destroy the Animated Extraction Rig. 49%
- Grey Treasures Loot the Grey Wizard. 46%
- Tough Cookie Survive 1000 damage from a single attack. 46%
- Two birds, one pole Find the Rukh pole. 44%
- Double Exile Defeat Harker. 42%
- A smith's dream Find the Rare Ore. 39%
- Shoot'n Tell Find Tell's Appleshooter Bow. 38%
- The roots of evil Defeat the Dryad Queen 36%
- Rage against the machines Spend 10000 Rage points accross any number of playthroughs. 34%
- It was a blast! Save the Bomb Expert's life. 34%
- Who cares whether it's poisonous? Eat the Suspicious Mushroom. 30%
- Ghoulish Taste Eat Woody's Snack. 30%
- Glory of a legend Earn 250.000 Reputation. 29%
- Eviction Enforcement Find the hiding Domovoy. 26%
- A hunter with style Equip a full collection of Set items. 25%
- Success with clean hands Complete a Tower Defense campaign map without killing a single monster directly - kill with traps only! 22%
- Sarge, he keeps coming back! Spend 1000000 Gold on resurrections. 19%
- Monster Hunter Extraordinaire Reach level 60 with a Hunter (character class). 18%
- Easy come, easy go Spend 10 million Gold. 16%
- From start to finish Reach level 60 with an imported character from Van Helsing 1. 16%
- In your face, Jones! Collect 10 Relics for the Resistance. 15%
- Titanium Cookie Survive 5000 damage from a single attack. 14%
- Maybe a few pints Drink 1000 potions. 13%
- You can be smart... Reach 350 Willpower. 12%
- You can be strong... Reach 350 Body. 12%
- The scorched one Explode 100 Chemical Tanks. 12%
- Shopping spree Earn 1000000 gold from Katarina's shopping trips. 11%
- You can be fast... Reach 350 Dexterity. 11%
- The Wonderful Wizardov Reach level 60 with a Thaumaturge (character class). 11%
- Hunter of hunters Kill 100 Champion, Elite or Boss in Scenarios. 9.9%
- ...but its easier to be just lucky! Reach 350 Luck. 9.2%
- A good catch Collect 25 million gold with any character. 8.9%
- Adeptus Mechanicus Reach level 60 with an Arcane Mechanic (character class). 8.7%
- Freakshow Reach 350 with all four statistics accross any number of characters. 8.2%
- St. Helsing Heal other players for a total of 50.000 HP. 8.2%
- Simple ways Complete a Scenario without using any Powerups. 6.3%
- Tough as a coffin nail Complete a Scenario without dying. 6.3%
- Chimera of war Let your chimera kill 500 enemies. 6.0%
- One in a million Complete every Challenge Achievement in the game. 6.0%
- You'll Never Walk Alone Play with 20 different people in any multiplayer game mode. 5.8%
- League of extraordinary gentlemen Reach level 60 with all three character classes (Hunter, Arcane Mechanic and Thaumaturge). 5.1%
- I'm so Hardcore! Finish the game in Hardcore mode. 4.8%
- Requiem for a dream Die with a level 45 or higher hardcore character. 4.8%
- Ragtag Hero Complete a Scenario without equipped Cape, Armor, Gloves and Boots. 4.6%
- Real life is overrated Complete 20 single player Scenario runs in the game. 4.6%
- The Grim Reaper himself Kill 500 other players in any PvP game mode. 4.3%
- Public enemy number one Complete a game in every available multiplayer PvP game mode. 4.3%
- The Core Finish 20 PVP games. 4.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.