RPG
Torchlight
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending at least 25% of players who started
Started playing 72% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 7,404
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 20h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- At least 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Over the Brink” (Defeat Brink) and “A Lich to Scratch” (Defeat the Overseer): from 89% to 67% of starters.
- 72% 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 7,416 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 14.4h for positive, 12.8h 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 (72.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Adventure Begins Find the entrance to the mine 100%
- Over the Brink Defeat Brink 89% −11
- A Lich to Scratch Defeat the Overseer Most players quit here 67% −22
- Tree Hugger Defeat the Root Golem 53% −15
- When this Town's a Rockin' Defeat the Ember Colossus 47% −6
- Big and Green and Dead all Over Defeat Krag 39% −8
- Purple People Defeater Defeat Medea 34% −5
- Only a Master of Evil Defeat Alric 22% −12
- Beast Slayer I Defeat Ordrak on Easy or Normal ≥25% +3
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (66)
story milestone ending side
- The Adventure Begins Find the entrance to the mine 100%
- Gibbed Blow 25 enemies to pieces with critical strikes 95%
- Over the Brink Defeat Brink 89%
- Fetch a Fair Price Send your pet to town 77%
- Beast of Burden Fill your pet's inventory 70%
- A Lich to Scratch Defeat the Overseer 67%
- Shape-Shifter Change your pet by feeding it fish 65%
- Ka-Chunk! Pull 100 levers 57%
- Pet Trainer Equip a spell on your pet 55%
- Tree Hugger Defeat the Root Golem 53%
- When this Town's a Rockin' Defeat the Ember Colossus 47%
- Walkabout Take 25,000 steps 45%
- Wabam! Kill 5000 Monsters 43%
- Big and Green and Dead all Over Defeat Krag 39%
- Purple People Defeater Defeat Medea 34%
- Bum Luck Have an item disenchanted on the first enchantment attempt 32%
- Sir Mixes-a-lot Successfully create 25 items using the transmuter 28%
- Enchanted Successfully enchant one item 5 times 26%
- Beast Slayer I Defeat Ordrak on Easy or Normal 25%
- Only a Master of Evil Defeat Alric 22%
- Rich Collect 250,000 gold 22%
- Mod Squad 1 game mod installed 21%
- Deep Pockets Have 100,000 gold in your inventory 17%
- Angler Catch 50 fish 17%
- Sorcelator's Servant Transform your pet into a Mimic 17%
- Lucky Gambler Gamble a unique item 16%
- Transmogrifier Permanently transform your pet 12%
- Gambling Enthusiast Gamble 20 times 9.6%
- Mod Maniac 5 mods installed at the same time 9.6%
- Fisherman Catch 100 fish 8.4%
- Epic Strike Do at least 10,000 damage to an enemy in a single strike 8.2%
- Enchantment Overload Successfully enchant one item 10 times 8.0%
- Beast Slayer II Defeat Ordrak on Hard 7.6%
- Modpocalypse 10 mods used at the same time 7.2%
- Master Smasher Smash 1500 Breakables 7.1%
- Price of Loyalty Use 50 potions on your pet 7.1%
- Passing the Torch Retire a character 6.1%
- Pension Plan Achieve player level 65 5.7%
- Gambling Addict Gamble 50 times 5.1%
- Questor Complete 200 Quests 5.1%
- Hat Trick Beat the game with all three classes 4.7%
- Swift Execution Defeat Ordrak in 8 hours or less 4.6%
- Perfect Victory Defeat Ordrak with no deaths 4.0%
- Gambling Fiend Gamble 100 times 3.7%
- Superstar Achieve maximum fame 3.6%
- The Long Haul Achieve player level 100 3.6%
- The Horse Whisperer Achieved enlightenment by speaking with the horse 100 times 2.9%
- Universally Understood Complete 25 Gar Quests 2.8%
- Beast Slayer III Defeat Ordrak on Very Hard 2.6%
- The Need for Greed Suffer 20 disenchants from the enchanter 2.6%
- Supreme Slayer Kill 50,000 monsters 2.4%
- Speed King Defeat Ordrak in less than 5 hours 2.4%
- Deep Delver Reach the 50th floor of a dungeon 2.2%
- Noble Lineage Retire two characters 2.2%
- Trolling for Punishment Kill 25 champion trolls 1.7%
- Potion Whiz Drink 5,000 potions 1.4%
- Hardcore God Defeat Ordrak on Very Hard Hardcore 1.4%
- Hardcore Victor Defeat Ordrak on Easy Hardcore 1.4%
- Down the Hatch Complete 50 Hatch Quests 1.4%
- True Delver Reach level 100 1.4%
- Line of Kings Retire over 300 levels worth of characters 1.4%
- Tormented Die 500 times 1.2%
- Fisher King Catch 1000 fish 1.2%
- Hardcore Champion Defeat Ordrak on Hard Hardcore 1.2%
- Hardcore Hero Defeat Ordrak on Normal Hardcore 1.2%
- Cash for Trash Sell 10,000 items to vendors 1.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.