Vagante
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 20h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.
- At least 23% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Fresh Air” (Complete the Caves) and “Darkness Beckons” (Complete the Forest): from 98% to 65% of starters.
- Only 51% 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 5,062 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 35.8h for positive, 4.6h 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 (51.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Fresh Air Complete the Caves 98% −2
- Darkness Beckons Complete the Forest Most players quit here 65% −33
- Into the Breach Complete the Catacombs 39% −26
- The End? Complete the Rifts 27% −12
- The Cycle Continues Beat the Game without All Rune Orbs ≥23% −4
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 (44)
story milestone ending side
- No Masters! Kill the Goblin King 100%
- Fresh Air Complete the Caves 98%
- Dragon Slayer Kill the Baby Dragon 96%
- Bird Food Kill the Rock Worm 82%
- Darkness Beckons Complete the Forest 65%
- Weed Whacker Kill the Vine Lord 56%
- Will-No-Wisp Kill the Wisp Queen 52%
- Fungicide Kill the Mushroom Golem 48%
- Into the Breach Complete the Catacombs 39%
- Forbidden Magic Kill the Necromancer 31%
- Stay in your Grave! Kill the Zombie Dragon 28%
- Oh the Horror! Kill the Abomination 28%
- The End? Complete the Rifts 27%
- Iced Kill the Evil Mage 25%
- The Cycle Continues Beat the Game without All Rune Orbs 23%
- The Dark Side Kill the Shadow Knight 20%
- Myth Slayer Kill the Chimera 19%
- Nothing to Brood About Kill the Brood Demon 19%
- Slayer of Giants Kill the Behemoth 18%
- Fresh Air (Hard) Beat the Caves on Hard 13%
- Locked for a Reason Kill the Tower Serpent 12%
- Dragon Slayer (Hard) Kill the Baby Dragon on Hard 11%
- No Masters! (Hard) Kill the Goblin King on Hard 10%
- Conclusion Beat the Game with All Rune Orbs 10%
- Bird Food (Hard) Kill the Rock Worm on Hard 9.0%
- Infernal Engine Kill the Rust Fiend 8.8%
- Darkness Beckons (Hard) Beat the Forest on Hard 7.8%
- Will-No-Wisp (Hard) Kill the Wisp Queen on Hard 6.1%
- Weed Whacker (Hard) Kill the Vine Lord on Hard 5.9%
- Into the Breach (Hard) Beat the Catacombs on Hard 5.5%
- Fungicide (Hard) Kill the Mushroom Golem on Hard 5.5%
- Iced (Hard) Kill the Evil Mage 4.5%
- Forbidden Magic (Hard) Kill the Necromancer on Hard 4.1%
- Ending? (Hard) Beat the Rift on Hard 3.9%
- Oh the Horror! (Hard) Kill the Abomination on Hard 3.7%
- Stay in your Grave! (Hard) Kill the Zombie Dragon on Hard 3.7%
- The Cycle Continues (Hard) Beat the Game without All Rune Orbs on Hard 3.7%
- Myth Slayer (Hard) Kill the Chimera on Hard 3.3%
- Nothing to Brood About (Hard) Kill the Brood Demon on Hard 2.9%
- The Dark Side (Hard) Kill the Shadow Knight on Hard 2.9%
- Slayer of Giants (Hard) Kill the Behemoth on Hard 2.7%
- Locked for a Reason (Hard) Kill the Tower Serpent on Hard 2.7%
- Conclusion (Hard) Beat the Game with All Rune Orbs on Hard 2.7%
- Infernal Engine (Hard) Kill the Rust Fiend on Hard 2.1%