When does Dungeon Souls get good?

The first 2 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 7h it's 1 in 6 (17%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

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Dungeon Souls

Dec 2, 2016 Steam: Mostly Positive

The first 2 hours are a test

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 41% of owners

Steam reviews 74% positive of 2,224

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 7h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
Only 41% 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 2,238 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 13h for positive, 4.5h 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 (41.3% 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 (10)

Indiana Jones'd Get killed by a Boulder Trap 100%
Puny Skeleton King Skeleton King is not worthy of being a king. Maybe I should start calling him SkeLOSER! (Kill the Skeleton King under 30 seconds without taking damage) 97%
Keep 'Em Coming! Is this the best that you can do?! 500 enemies are NOTHING! (Kill over 500 enemies on a single run) 64%
I Am Now Ready! Now I should know how to survive this hell of a dungeon! (Finish the tutorial) 55%
The Whole Crew's Here! You've found all the heroes trapped in the dungeon. 43%
Good Architecture The architect who built this dungeon must be amazing. 30 floors in and still no end in sight! (Reach a dungeon level of 30 floors or greater) 34%
Gold Swimming Maybe with 1 million gold I can buy a dungeon for myself! 22%
Freedom We did it… We’re finally free… (Finish the story of the game, freeing all souls of the dungeon and defeating Selene one last time) 18%
Professional Baker! Found all arcane forge recipes in the game. 15%
Can Someone Call a Witch Doctor? Something tells me I shouldn’t have picked more than 5 cursed items… 11%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.