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Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 27% of players who started
Started playing 74% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 4,467
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 10h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “I Heard That Before” (Finish The First World) and “Monkey Business” (Finish The Second World): from 89% to 69% of starters.
- 74% 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 4,503 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 11.1h for positive, 6.9h 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 (73.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I Heard That Before Finish The First World 89% −11
- Monkey Business Finish The Second World Most players quit here 69% −20
- Myth Of The Cave Finish The Third World 58% −11
- Pyramid Scheme Finish The Fourth World 51% −8
- The Fool On The Hill Finish The Fifth World 46% −4
- Selling Ice Scream To Eskimo Finish The Sixth World 42% −4
- Plot Twist Finish The Seventh World 36% −6
- Space Odyssey Finish The Eighth World 34% −2
- Hero Of The Song Finish The Epilogue 27% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- Snake BBQ, Anyone? Unlock the Flaming Sword 100%
- I Heard That Before Finish The First World 89%
- Lethal Weapon Kill 100 enemies 77%
- Now You Don't See Me Unlock the Invisible Potion 76%
- Monkey Business Finish The Second World 69%
- Steve Zissou Unlock the New Shield and Dive Skills 63%
- Lethal Weapon 2 Kill 200 enemies 61%
- Klapaucius Collect 9999 Coins 59%
- Myth Of The Cave Finish The Third World 58%
- Like A Rolling Stone Survive The Roling Stone. 56%
- The Flash Unlock the Dash 54%
- Pyramid Scheme Finish The Fourth World 51%
- Hop Hop Unlock the Double Jump 48%
- Brainiac Solve The Pyramid Puzzle. 47%
- The Fool On The Hill Finish The Fifth World 46%
- Get Over There! Unlock the Hookshot 44%
- Roller Coaster Tycoon Use The Minecart. 44%
- Musashi Vagabond Learn All Sword Moves 43%
- Selling Ice Scream To Eskimo Finish The Sixth World 42%
- What Comes Around Goes Around Unlock the Crossbowmerang 40%
- Not So Terrible After All Defeat The Terrible Villain 39%
- Plot Twist Finish The Seventh World 36%
- Space Odyssey Finish The Eighth World 34%
- Superior Instinct Become The Super Hero 33%
- I Want To Believe Survive The Asteroids. 33%
- We Have A Musician Over Here Collect Half Musical Notes 29%
- Snake Charming Defeat The First Boss While Taking No Damage 29%
- Ape With Lasers Kill The Epilogue Sub Boss 28%
- Hero Of The Song Finish The Epilogue 27%
- Dr. Dolittle Pet The Dog 27%
- Cobretti Defeat The First Secret Boss 24%
- He went bananas! Defeat The Second Boss While Taking No Damage 23%
- Are We Cool? Open The Frozen Chest 19%
- Don't Eat That Defeat The Second Secret Boss 16%
- The Big Fish Defeat The Third Secret Boss 14%
- Cool Runnings Use A Box To Slide On The Cliffs 12%
- And Then A Hero Comes Along Collect All HERO Letters 12%
- Another Brick On The Wall Defeat The Fourth Secret Boss 12%
- Mr. Mime Mimic The Adventurer's Jump 12%
- Why you little... Defeat The Fifth Secret Boss 11%
- Fooled ya! Find the last hidden useless spot. 10%
- High Rank Defeat The Sixth Secret Boss 9.0%
- My Anaconda Don't Defeat The First Secret Boss While Taking No Damage 8.0%
- Surplus Find All Energy Container PIeces 7.2%
- Aracnophobia Defeat The Third Boss While Taking No Damage 6.9%
- Koji Kondo Collect All Musical Notes 6.2%
- Batter My Heart, Three-person’d God Find All Heart Container Pieces 6.1%
- Funghi Sauce Defeat The Second Secret Boss While Taking No Damage 6.1%
- Tomb Raider Defeat The Fourth Secret Boss While Taking No Damage 6.0%
- Not So Fast Kill All Enemies During The Avalanche. 5.7%
- This Is A Game Two Can Play Defeat The Third Secret Boss While Taking No Damage 5.7%
- Scorpion, Schmorpion! Defeat The Fourth Boss While Taking No Damage 5.6%
- Plot Twister Kill 20 Enemies During The Tornado. 5.2%
- Beakman Defeat The Fifth Boss While Taking No Damage 5.2%
- Fast and Furious Grab All The Minecart Coins 5.0%
- Breaking The Ice Defeat The Sixth Boss While Taking No Damage 5.0%
- Is that a Gremlin? Defeat The Fith Secret Boss While Taking No Damage 4.2%
- Kowalski? Defeat The Sixth Secret Boss While Taking No Damage 3.9%
- How To Slay Your Dragon Defeat The Seventh Boss While Taking No Damage 3.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.