Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 87% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 5+ hours (82%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 84% of games we track.
- 44% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Big "Friendly" Jotunn” (Reach the Bone Jotunn for the first time) and “The Jotunnslayer”: from 88% to 44% of starters.
- Only 61% 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 8,099 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 11.4h for positive, 7.5h 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 (60.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Big "Friendly" Jotunn Reach the Bone Jotunn for the first time. 88% −12
- The Jotunnslayer Become the Jotunnslayer. Most players quit here 44% −43
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Rigor Mortis Unlock Revenant. 100%
- Hurt Them Plenty Slay 2000 enemies. 94%
- A-Trophy Special Obtain a Trophy. 91%
- Give Me Fuel... Unlock Flame Sister. 91%
- Big "Friendly" Jotunn Reach the Bone Jotunn for the first time. 88%
- Pest Control Kill 1000 Spiders. 85%
- Not On My Watch Kill 50 Exploders. 81%
- The Moria, The Merrier Unlock Warden. 68%
- King of Soul Spend 20 Soulstones in total. 58%
- The "Key" in... Unlock Kinslayer. 55%
- The Jotunnslayer Become the Jotunnslayer. 44%
- Experienced Killer As Seeress kill 100 enemies with Experience Crystals. 41%
- Rage Against As Berserker maintain Rage for 60 seconds. 38%
- Purgatory Kill any Jötunn without any healing. 34%
- Pack Tactics As Revenant have 10 Haunting Wolves active at once. 32%
- Better Than Cool Freeze 2000 enemies. 31%
- Coolest One Around Complete Nilfheim on Insane difficulty. 27%
- ...Give Me Fire Apply Burn to 2000 enemies. 25%
- Lord of Destruction Deal 450000 damage in a single run. 23%
- Health Nut Reach 1000 total Health. 23%
- The Hotstepper Complete Muspelheim on Insane difficulty. 19%
- Bifrost Billionaire Collect 10000 Gold in total. 15%
- Hero of the Storm Complete Jotunheim on Insane difficulty. 12%
- Shock & Awe Shock 2000 enemies. 10%
- Master of Rock Complete Svartalfheim on Insane difficulty. 9.2%
- What the Hel? Complete Helheim on Insane difficulty. 7.9%
- Time Flies Survive for 45 minutes in Endless mode. 6.9%
- Dodgeball As Flame Sister evade 500 attacks. 6.8%
- Godlike Kill any Jötunn having only god skills. 5.6%
- Mithridates Poison 2000 enemies. 5.6%
- Bulwark As Warden block 500 attacks. 5.4%
- Fortune & Glory Obtain 20 Trophies. 4.4%
- Classy Kill any Jötunn having only class skills. 3.6%
- Terrifying Presence Fear 2000 enemies. 3.6%
- Mortared And Pestled Destroy 100 Mortars in Muspelheim. 2.6%
- Let Them Cook Eat 1000 Food. 2.1%
- Unholy Ascension As Kinslayer kill 200 enemies with a Revive explosion. 2.1%
- Frequent-Flyer Use Catapult in Svartalfheim 250 times. 1.5%