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Stories: The Path of Destinies
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 39% of players who started
Started playing 35% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 6,609
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 5h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- 39% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “What does the fox choose?” (Make your first choice) and “True Hero” (Make all the right choices): from 94% to 39% of starters.
- Only 35% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 6,640 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 131 reviews: 7.1h for positive, 2.6h 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 (34.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- What does the fox choose? Make your first choice. 94% −6
- True Hero Make all the right choices. Most players quit here 39% −55
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (37)
story milestone ending side
- You know nothing Arctic Fox! Get hooked by spending your first skill point. 100%
- New reader You have opened the book for the first time. 97%
- What does the fox choose? Make your first choice. 94%
- Show me your moves Achieve a 30 hit combo. 78%
- The Good, the Bad and the Grunt Get rid of 75 Raven Grunts. 72%
- Finders keepers Open 10 small chests. 71%
- Excalibur? Nah! Craft a magical sword (Firestorm, Winterthorne or Void Blade) 67%
- Masamune is for melancholic bad guys Take your sword back to the forge to improve it. 66%
- Anger management Destroy 100 inanimate objects. 65%
- Tough cookie Die a maximum of 5 times in a story. 61%
- Explorer Curiosity never killed anyone right? Open your first secondary path. 60%
- Family jewels Find your first gem. 59%
- Taking care of yourself Be careful and finish a level without taking damage from start to finish, after obtaining the book. 57%
- The Rabbit was the murderer! Discover Lapino's little secret. 55%
- It's like a small Death Star Find out why the Skyripper was so well hidden. 55%
- Close your eye Put 25 Predators to sleep. The eternal kind. 54%
- Paleontologist Do "research" on each type of enemy. With your sword. 53%
- Is it a Grunt? In a can? Show 25 Shield Ravens that the best defence is actually offence. 53%
- Boom to your doom Help 25 Explosive Ravens do just that. 50%
- She's no Carmelita Find out more about Zenobia's behaviour. 50%
- Spin to win Roundabouts are fun, but not too much. 50%
- Bling master Ooooh, shiny! Find a level 3 gem. 50%
- Kurama in a shiny stone Follow the Iblis Stone's voice to learn its goal. 49%
- Is it a sword? Is it a key? Use each sword to open a different door. 49%
- C-C-C-C-C-Combo Breaker! Achieve a 60 hit combo. 49%
- The Crows and the Fox Pick the feathers off 500 dead Ravens. 48%
- Running out of pockets Open 50 small chests and find space for all those goodies. 48%
- I'm no rookie! Remember your old talents by spending 15 skill points. 47%
- Boreas discoverer Let's see what's out there. Set foot on every island of Boreas. 46%
- What magic? Slice 50 Raven Warlocks in two. 45%
- Get over here! Bring 50 enemies closer to you. 42%
- True Hero Make all the right choices. 39%
- Unreal treasures Look for fabulous treasures in 25 epic chests. 38%
- Hanzo would like these Forge all swords and make them as best as you can. 38%
- Old fox new tricks Use every trick in the book during a combat encounter. 20%
- Bookworm You have discovered all intel the book could show you. 18%
- Sword Fu Master Once all knowledge you have, rewarded you will be. 17%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.