Card Hunter
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 7% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Adventurer” (Save Ommlet from the Kobolds) and “Slayer of Melvelous” (Defeat Melvelous the Magnificent): from 100% to 23% of starters.
- Only 65% 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 5,376 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 17.9h for positive, 9.6h 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 (64.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Adventurer Save Ommlet from the Kobolds 100%
- Slayer of Melvelous Defeat Melvelous the Magnificent Most players quit here 23% −77
- Defender of Woodhome Defend Woodhome from the undead 19% −4
- Cardstock Attendee Complete the campaign 7% −12
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Adventurer Save Ommlet from the Kobolds 100%
- Collector Collect one legendary item 38%
- Ally Complete an adventure cooperatively 27%
- Slayer of Melvelous Defeat Melvelous the Magnificent 23%
- Fairy Finder Find the Loot Fairy 20%
- Rookie Win one ranked MP game 20%
- Defender of Woodhome Defend Woodhome from the undead 19%
- Bounty Hunter Find the Hidden Bandit 19%
- Soldier Get MP rating to 500 7.3%
- Cardstock Attendee Complete the campaign 6.8%
- Veteran Complete all campaign adventures 6.2%
- Warrior Get MP rating to 800 4.9%
- Questor Complete a quest 4.8%
- Apprentice Win 10 ranked MP games 4.8%
- Servus Win one league game 3.2%
- Squire Get MP rating to 1000 3.2%
- Treasure Hunter Complete all Basic Edition treasure hunts 2.6%
- BFF Complete the campaign cooperatively 2.5%
- Knight Get MP rating to 1100 2.5%
- Hacker Complete Expedition to the Sky Citadel 2.2%
- Novicius Win 10 league games 2.2%
- Baron Get MP rating to 1200 2.2%
- Journeyman Win 100 ranked MP games 2.2%
- Count Get MP rating to 1300 2.0%
- Intern Complete Acquisitions Incoporated 1.9%
- Rare Artifact Collector Collect all AotA rares 1.9%
- Common Collector Collect all base set commons 1.9%
- Rare Cyber Collector Collect all Citadel rares 1.9%
- Master of Artifacts Complete Attack of the Artifacts 1.9%
- Marquis Get MP rating to 1400 1.9%
- Epic Artifact Collector Collect all AotA epics 1.7%
- Legendary Artifact Collector Collect all AotA legendaries 1.7%
- Epic Collector Collect all base set epics 1.7%
- Legendary Collector Collect all base set legendaries 1.7%
- Rare Collector Collect all base set rares 1.7%
- Uncommon Collector Collect all base set uncommons 1.7%
- Epic Cyber Collector Collect all Citadel epics 1.7%
- Legendary Cyber Collector Collect all Citadel legendaries 1.7%
- Artifact Aristocrat Complete all AotA quests 1.7%
- Palus Win 100 league games 1.7%
- Duke Get MP rating to 1500 1.7%
- Prince Get MP rating to 1600 1.7%
- King Get MP rating to 1700 1.7%
- Master Win 1000 ranked MP games 1.7%
- Cyber Punk Complete all Citadel quests 1.5%
- Knight Errant Complete all campaign quests 1.5%
- Primus Palus Win 1000 league games 1.5%
- Emperor Get MP rating to 1800 1.5%
- Manager Complete AI hard mode 1.4%
- Franchisee Complete all AI quests 1.2%