When does Road to Ballhalla get good?

Hooks you right away. 77% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (77%). Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.

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Road to Ballhalla

Aug 5, 2016 Steam: Very Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 82% of owners

Steam reviews 88% positive of 429

What the data shows

77% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (77%).
Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
82% 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.

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Based on all 434 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 283 reviews: 3.5h for positive, 1h 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 (82.1% 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 (21)

Get The Ball Rolling Finish trial 1-1. 100%
Leave Corollia Finish trial 1-5 on Corollia. 40%
Complete Corollia Earn all Tokens on Corollia. 20%
Leave Ballderaan Finish trial 2-5 on Ballderaan. 19%
Leave Dagoball Finish trial 3-5 on Dagoball. 12%
Do Not Enter Don't listen to the narrator. 9.9%
Leave Rollin IV Finish trial 4-5 on Rollin IV. 9.4%
Reach Ballhalla Finally get to Ballhalla and watch the end credits. 9.0%
Complete Ballderaan Earn all Tokens on Ballderaan. 8.6%
Rush Corollia Earn all Time Stars on Corollia. 7.7%
Complete Dagoball Earn all Tokens on Dagoball. 5.8%
Ball Hacks Required Exploit your way to the hole that requires ball hacks. 5.7%
Complete Rollin IV Earn all Tokens on Rollin IV. 4.9%
Rush Ballderaan Earn all Time Stars on Ballderaan. 4.1%
Secrets? What? Where? There may be some secret locations. Can you find them all? 4.0%
Rush Dagoball Earn all Time Stars on Dagoball. 4.0%
The Final Secret Decipher the secret code and find the final secret teleporter to finish the scavenger hunt. 4.0%
Finish Bonus Trials Finish trials B-1, B-2, B-3 and B-4. 3.9%
Hole of Glory Be the fastest ball alive and reach the hole of glory. 3.9%
Rush Rollin IV Earn all Time Stars on Rollin IV. 3.8%
Complete Bonus Trials Earn all tokens in the bonus trials. 3.0%

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