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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 13% of players who started
Started playing 73% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 3,914
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 78% of games we track.
- 13% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Manservant” and “Reach Borgova” (Reach the town of Borgova): from 100% to 57% of starters.
- 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 3,926 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 22.1h for positive, 7.9h 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 (72.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Manservant Gain entrance to the village of Markovna with the help of Lady Katarina. 100%
- Reach Borgova Reach the town of Borgova. Most players quit here 57% −43
- Breda and Butter Defeat Fulmigati's General. 37% −20
- Unfulmigator Defeat Fulmigati the Mad Scientist. 31% −6
- Spanner in the works Destroy the Animated Extraction Rig. 20% −11
- The roots of evil Defeat the Dryad Queen and General Harker. 18% −1
- Crystal Bastion Defeat the Master of Doors. 17% −1
- Follow the Leader You have defeated the leader of the Cult of Seven. 16% −1
- Lock and Key You have sealed down the Impossible Tombs. 14% −1
- Defying Death You have destroyed Koschei's Death. 14% −1
- Ride into the Sunset You have defeated Koshei the Deathless and saved Borgovia. 13% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Manservant Gain entrance to the village of Markovna with the help of Lady Katarina. 100%
- Let loose the ghost of war Let Lady Katarina kill a Boss. (Delivering the final blow is enough.) 65%
- Reach Borgova Reach the town of Borgova. 57%
- Treasure Hunter Let's be honest here. The most important part of a game like Van Helsing is the LOOT! So go out there and gather as much as you can! From chests. 54%
- Monsters' Bane Killing lots of monsters will make you famous among the populace and infamous among the monsters. 49%
- Tower Defender Finish a Tower Defense mission. 38%
- Breda and Butter Defeat Fulmigati's General. 37%
- Perfect Plan Finish a Tower Defense mission without letting any monster reach the gate. 36%
- Archhero Defeat Special Enemies to gain reputation! 32%
- Bunnyslayer Find the mythical sword The Bunnyslayer. 31%
- Unfulmigator Defeat Fulmigati the Mad Scientist. 31%
- Just a sip Drink lots of potions (shouldn't be that hard). 30%
- A good catch Collect 1 million gold with any character. 29%
- Nemesis Defeat Bosses to gain reputation! 25%
- Shock and Awe Let loose the power of Perun. 23%
- Spanner in the works Destroy the Animated Extraction Rig. 20%
- A change of pace Finish a Scenario. 19%
- The roots of evil Defeat the Dryad Queen and General Harker. 18%
- But wait! There's more! Complete a Daily Quest. 17%
- Crystal Bastion Defeat the Master of Doors. 17%
- Grey Treasures Loot the Grey Wizard. 17%
- Viva la Resistance! Finish a Resistance mission. 16%
- Follow the Leader You have defeated the leader of the Cult of Seven. 16%
- Murky waters You've found the underwater section of the Laboratory. 15%
- Lock and Key You have sealed down the Impossible Tombs. 14%
- Defying Death You have destroyed Koschei's Death. 14%
- The Grimm truth You've uncovered the true story of Hansel and Gretel. 14%
- Ride into the Sunset You have defeated Koshei the Deathless and saved Borgovia. 13%
- It was a blast! Save the Bomb Expert's life 12%
- Family reunion You've met one of Katarina's relatives in the Otherworld. 12%
- Lone Wolf Finish the game in single player all the way through. 11%
- Rightful Heir Retrieve King Borislav's Royal Scepter. 10%
- Her little pony You have found the tomb of the lost pony. 8.5%
- In your face, Jones! Collect 10 Relics for the Resistance. 8.4%
- Specialist Learn every Skill, Powerup and Mastery on a single branch of the Skill Tree with any Character Class. 8.0%
- Glory of a legend Reach Reputation level 15. 7.1%
- Riddle me Wisp Answer all the Riddle Wisps correctly (so you don't have to fight them). 7.1%
- Tour the World Play every Scenario type. 4.4%
- Just a good ole' hunter Reach level 100 with a Bounty Hunter or Protector (character classes). 3.4%
- Never Walk Alone Finish the game playing mostly in coop. 3.2%
- Forgotten knowledge Reach level 100 with an Elementalist or Umbralist (character classes). 3.0%
- Steam Lord Reach level 100 with a Constructor or Phlogistoneer (character classes). 2.9%
- Godlike Upgrade a Godlike item to its full potential. 2.7%
- Profiler You have an uncanny sense of recognizing dangerous criminals and you know who should stay behind bars. 2.3%
- A hunter with style Equip a full collection of Set items. 2.2%
- Requiem for a dream Die with a level 60 or higher hardcore character. 2.1%
- Circle Unbroken Complete the "Forgotten Knowledge", "Steam Lord" and "Just a Good ole' hunter" achievements. 1.9%
- Eternal Glory Reach Glory level 100. 1.8%
- I'm so Hardcore! Finish the game with a Hardcore character. 1.8%
- Incredible Adventures Complete all Achievements. 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.