Balrum

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 812 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 14.2h 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 (34% 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 (42)

• Lumberjack Chop down at least 40 trees. 100%
• Miner Mine at least 40 rocks. 92%
• Carpenter Build at least 10 structures at your safe place. 90%
• Well Roasted Roast at least 10 raw meats. 75%
• Herbalist Collect at least 100 plants. 72%
• Trained Learn a new combat ability. 64%
• Keen Eye Loot at least 10 special bushes. 59%
• Farmer Create at least 10 fields. 54%
• Duty Complete 40 quests. 47%
• Alchemist Brew at least 10 potions. 44%
• Craftsman Create at least 10 items at the anvil. 43%
• Transform Transform into a rat. 36%
• Cartographer Write at least 10 notes on your map. 27%
• Gambler Try your luck at one of the altars 20 times. 21%
• Dualclass Create a multipurpose character. 17%
• Cook Cook at least 10 meals. 17%
• Breeder Breed at least 10 animals. 17%
• Chapter Two Reach chapter two. 15%
• Chapter Three Reach chapter three. 14%
• Profit Have at least 50000 thaler on yourself. 13%
• Collector Wear all items from an armour set. 13%
• Completionist Fully discover one of the large maps. 13%
• Experimenter Create at least 10 custom recipes. 11%
• Chapter Four Reach chapter four. 8.2%
• Tomb Raider Solve at least 10 challenging puzzles. 8.2%
• Historian Read at least 50 ancient lore bits. 7.9%
• Arcane Have at least 2000 mana points. 7.4%
• Unstoppable Learn the most powerful ability of a class. 7.1%
• Experienced Reach level 10. 6.8%
• Executioner Deal at least 1000 damage in one turn. 6.8%
• Vitality Have at least 3000 hit points. 6.5%
• Abomination Defeat the Abomination. 5.6%
• Architect Defeat the Architect. 5.3%
• Invisible Talk to the invisible trader. 5.3%
• Darkwood Complete the game. 5.0%
• Nasrus Defeat Nasrus. 5.0%
• Scarab Defeat the giant scarab of the desert. 4.7%
• Untouchable Acquire at least 200 armour. 4.1%
• Explorer Visit at least 80 maps. 2.6%
• Tamer Tame at least 8 animals. 2.1%
• Grandmaster Complete the game on Grandmaster difficulty. 1.5%
• Determined Acquire all achievements. 1.2%