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Ember
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
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 75% positive of 996
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 15h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 58% 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 994 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 16.6h for positive, 5.8h 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 (58.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (22)
- Escape from the Barrows Escape from the Barrows and enter the world of Domus. 100%
- Meet an Old Friend Encounter the Darkbringer in Darkwood. 60%
- Reunited and It Feels So Good! Find Fia and return her to her Lantern. 48%
- Hammer of the Gods Meet the Goblin King deep within the Goblin Library. 38%
- Where the Shadows Hide Infiltrate the Thieves Guild and find their Leader. 26%
- A Thief in the Ranks Recruit Zannon to join your party. 26%
- What Happened to the Dragons? Discover what has happened to Moros, the prospective Dragon Hunter. 25%
- Searching for the Soulless Meet the nefarious Necromancer carrying out experiments in the Bog of Souls. 22%
- Bastille Day Stop Prince Syrion's evil plans. 20%
- A Lost Soul Discover what has happened to Gloria and her missing husband Davey. 20%
- Becoming Whole Find your heart and make your Lightbringer whole. 18%
- The Cult Lies Beneath Deal with the mysterious cult living in the sewers below the City of Light. 16%
- Spit Shrine Restore the Sanctuary Shrine. 16%
- Tips Appreciated Tip the Five Lanterns Band. 16%
- Shrine Like a Diamond Restore the Ember Mines Shrine. 16%
- Shrine On! Restore the Giant Cliffs Shrine. 15%
- Keep Shrining on Me Restore the Shrine beneath Radiance. 15%
- A Race Reborn Finish Ember. 14%
- A Blade of Legend Acquire a mystical, long lost weapon of Lightbringer lore. 13%
- Just Keep Swimming Settle things with the Fish Co. peacefully. 11%
- Viking Funeral Burn the Blue Whale. 8.9%
- Deathbringer Unleash a horrifying doom upon the world. 3.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.