ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 73% of owners
Steam reviews 73% positive of 437
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (65%); after 7h it's 1 in 11 (10%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 93% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 73% 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 437 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 7.5h for positive, 4.2h 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 (72.6% 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 (28)
- First blood Defeat your first enemy 100%
- Family tears Die once 88%
- Natural born killer Defeat 10 enemies 77%
- Walker Walk 1000 tiles 71%
- Sorcerer Cast 100 spells 62%
- Wall Block 20 hits 61%
- Rogue Find 10 secrets 60%
- Collector Collect 50 items 58%
- Snake hunter Defeat 10 snakes 57%
- Healer Heal 50 times 57%
- Burner Burn 50 enemies 51%
- Adventurer Reach the level 5 48%
- Resuscitator Bring back to life someone of your party 42%
- Poisoner Poison 20 enemies 41%
- Freezer Freeze 20 enemies 40%
- Hero of the Monkey Tavern Simply be a hero 36%
- Beast slayer Defeat the werewolf 34%
- Dungeon apprentice Finish the game in easy mode 32%
- Adventurer master Reach the level 10 31%
- Druss friend Find Snaga 29%
- Basher Bash 10 enemies with a shield 27%
- Dungeon journeyman Finish the game in normal mode 23%
- Archer Shoot 100 arrows 22%
- Demon Defeat 100 enemies 20%
- Power hitter Inflict 100 damage in one hit 19%
- Curer Cure poison 10 times 9.9%
- Shaolin monk Finish the game with a monk in your party 8.7%
- Dungeon master Finish the game in hard mode 6.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.