ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play
Paladins®
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 69% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 345,259
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 69% 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 346,359 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 69.9h for positive, 31.7h 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 (68.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (58)
story milestone ending side
- Untouched Win a match where the enemy team scored no points. 100%
- Counter-Air Defense Kill a player in the air who is over 100 units above the ground. 91%
- Not Like This Kill an enemy player while you are at or below 50 Health. 84%
- Well Trained Complete the Paladins Tutorial. 74%
- Teamed Up Bronze Play a match while in a party. 71%
- Champion Mastery I 1 Champion at Mastery 5. 65%
- Double Kills Bronze 10 Double Kills. 63%
- I Like Big Numbers Deal more than 100,000 damage during a match. 60%
- Send Off Kill a player with an environmental hazard. 60%
- Give 110 Percent Get a killing blow after the round has ended. 59%
- Gone Spelunking Die to an environmental hazard. 59%
- Unstoppable Reach a 20 kill streak in a match 56%
- Boom Headshot Land 5 headshots in a row without missing. 56%
- From The Grave Kill an enemy champion after they had already killed you. 54%
- Hard Carry Kill more than 20 enemy champions in a single match. 54%
- Teamed Up Silver Play 10 matches while in a party. 48%
- Questions Later Deal damage to every enemy champion in a match before any of them damage you. 48%
- Champion Mastery II 2 Champions at Mastery 5. 45%
- This is My Style Build your own custom loadout 43%
- Teamed Up Gold Play 20 matches while in a party. 36%
- Champion Mastery III 3 Champions at Mastery 5. 35%
- Witness to History Have a Paladins account over 1 year old 35%
- Survivor Survive more than 50 battles with less than 10% health. 31%
- Double Kills Silver 50 Double Kills. 29%
- Citizen of the Realm Get a daily reward 7 days in a row 29%
- Champion Mastery IV 4 Champions at Mastery 5. 29%
- Master Collector Unlock 100 Cards. 28%
- A New Challenger Unlock Ranked 28%
- Bronze Friends Forever Play 5 hours with a player from your friends list in your party. 26%
- Big Spender Spend over 100,000 Credits in the item store over all your matches 25%
- Champion Mastery V 5 Champions at Mastery 5. 25%
- Sniper Kill an enemy player from over 300 units away. 23%
- Champion Mastery VI 6 Champions at Mastery 5. 22%
- Teamed Up Platinum Play 50 matches while in a party. 22%
- Champion Mastery VII 7 Champions at Mastery 5. 20%
- Double Kills Gold 100 Double Kills 19%
- Champion Mastery VIII 8 Champions at Mastery 5. 18%
- Silver Friends Forever Play 10 hours with a player from your friends list in your party. 18%
- Champion Mastery IX 9 Champions at Mastery 5. 16%
- Bounty Hunter Kill an enemy player who is on a 15 killstreak or higher. 16%
- Champion Mastery X 10 Champions at Mastery 5. 15%
- Bullet Sponge Shield over 100,000 damage in a match 15%
- Teamed Up Diamond Play 100 matches while in a party. 13%
- Double Kills Platinum 200 Double Kills. 11%
- Surgeon General Heal over 100,000 health in a match 11%
- Friends Forever Gold Play 25 hours with a player from your friends list in your party. 9.8%
- To the Victor go the Spoils Earn over 500,000 Gold over your play history 9.6%
- Beta Player Reach level 30 during the Paladins Beta. 8.6%
- Battle Thirsty Play over 300 matches 7.9%
- Double Kills Diamond 400 Double Kills. 6.4%
- Last One Standing Be the only player alive in a match. 5.2%
- Millionaire Earn over 1,000,000 Gold over your play history 5.0%
- Friends Forever Platinum Play 100 hours with a player from your friends list in your party. 4.8%
- Friends Forever Diamond Play 250 hours with a player from your friends list in your party. 3.9%
- Variety is the Spice of Life Have over 30 different champions at mastery level 10 or higher 2.3%
- The Dedicated Have over 30 different champions at mastery level 15 or higher 1.7%
- The Insane Have over 30 different champions at mastery level 20 or higher 1.6%
- Pinnacle Reach Master in Ranked 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.