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Runestone Keeper
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 15% of players who started
Started playing 73% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 2,465
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “All the Way” (Complete with Guy): only 15% of starters get there.
- 73% 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 2,473 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 18.4h for positive, 13.4h 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 (72.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- All the Way Complete with Guy Most players quit here 15% −85
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (80)
story milestone ending side
- First Blood And much more to be spilled! 100%
- What's this? Collect your first piece of runestone 96%
- Believer Believe in a God 92%
- Sacrifice Use an altar 90%
- Shiny Obtain a piece of rare equipment 90%
- Déjà vu Who's this little fella? 90%
- Resonance Use an altar 85%
- A hard game? Die on 1st floor 83%
- Hallowmas? Killed by a monster explosion 82%
- I'm not the target Kill a ranged elite monster 82%
- Brutal Survivor Find and clear an arena 80%
- Open the x door! Die in an arena 79%
- Stable as Rock Believe in the Guardian of Rock 78%
- Fighting Spirit Believe in the God of War 77%
- Sneaker Get through a dungeon without killing anything 73%
- Wheel of Fortune Believe in the God of Treasure 71%
- Boy Scout Reach one full upgrade 71%
- At Last Sight Killed by a spike trap 66%
- Alchemist Forge a runestone 66%
- Betrayer Betray a God 65%
- Duelist Kill a Screen Block monster 65%
- Whisper of Magic Believe in the Goddess of Magic 63%
- Ahhhhhherrrrr... Killed by a poison trap 60%
- Curiosity is good Light the torch in the tutorial 59%
- Mage Power Unlock Svafa 57%
- Mage Slayer Kill all the wizards in a Wizard dungeon 54%
- Who's Lord? Kill an Overlord monster 54%
- WTF Killed by an Overlord monster 47%
- Perfectionist All attributes tuned to 5 46%
- To the Top Hero reach level 10 45%
- Upfront Payment Believe in the Holy Contractor 42%
- Bloodline Unlock Hogg 40%
- Bomber Killed by a bomb 37%
- It is your fate. Try heads next time. 37%
- Lucky Dog It is your day. 37%
- Illidan Interchange life percentage with a monster 37%
- Suffered Simultaneously sustain erosion, curse, toxin and weakness effect 37%
- Rich to be Willful Collect 1000 coin in one game journey 34%
- Purity of Your Smile Believe in the Goddess of Benevolence 32%
- Elite Slayer Kill 15 elite monsters in one go 30%
- Fall into the Abyss Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 25%
- OCD Clear all arenas throughout the entire game in Normal mode 23%
- The Void Believe in the God of Devastation 22%
- Wake up Win against Nightmare Fiend 22%
- Like A Mountain Be really vital 20%
- On your face Single strike cause more than 100 damage 19%
- Cold Dish Believe in the God of Vengeance 17%
- Civil Duty Kill 200 monsters in one go 17%
- Traitor Betray two Gods in a row 17%
- Master Reach all full upgrades 16%
- All the Way Complete with Guy 15%
- Non Wasted Soul point reach 80 14%
- Vengeance Sought Complete with Svafa 14%
- Atheist Reach floor 20 without believing in any Gods 12%
- Just another Cycle Complete with Hogg 11%
- Archmage Be really vigorous 9.1%
- Over the Top Hero reach level 12 8.3%
- Cursed Kill an elite monster while stacked with 20 cursed effect 8.1%
- Remember... remember! Win against Ancient Memories 7.8%
- Do or Die Believe in the God of Evil 7.7%
- The Dungeon Reach floor 30 in Endless mode 7.6%
- The Evil Within Die from the Lich quest 7.6%
- Mourner Complete with Dellamorey on any difficulty 6.3%
- What changed Complete with Morte on any difficulty 5.6%
- No need for magic Activate "Spell Breaker" Runeword and complete on any difficulty 5.0%
- Don't push it Activate "Fresh Blood" Runeword and complete on any difficulty 4.8%
- Mistery identity Complete with Balerio on any difficulty 4.1%
- Kansas elsewhere Complete with Lilith on any difficulty 4.1%
- Arena Legend Complete with Alexander on any difficulty 4.0%
- Mazer Rackham Having 9 tattoos! 3.9%
- Just a cook... right? Complete with Azir on any difficulty 3.7%
- Masochist Kill an elite monster while stacked with 15 weakness effect 3.4%
- Enigma of the Forest Complete with Merlin on any difficulty 3.4%
- Corrupter Kill an elite monster while stacked with 40 erosive effect 3.0%
- Go into Darkness Reach floor 21 in Abyss mode 2.9%
- Trust no one but yourself Activate "Pagan" Runeword and complete on any difficulty 2.6%
- The Cruel Punishment How dare you...traitor! 2.5%
- Vini Vidi Vici Activate "Conqueror" Runeword and complete on any difficulty 2.3%
- Poor little creatures Activate "Tyrant" Runeword and complete on any difficulty 2.3%
- You're just lucky. Activate "Lucky" Runeword and complete on any difficulty 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.