Dungeons 3
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (24%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Shadow strikes” and “Twistram is devastated” (Complete the mission “Twistram in Ruins”): from 100% to 86% of starters.
- 76% 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 18,870 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 22.1h for positive, 6.9h 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 (76% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Shadow strikes Successfully complete the mission “The Shadow of Absolute Evil”. 100%
- Twistram is devastated Complete the mission “Twistram in Ruins”. Most players quit here 86% −14
- The Gehenna Stones Complete the mission “The Gehenna Stones”. 73% −12
- The Swamplanders from the swamplands Complete the mission “The Ashspring Swamplands”. 64% −10
- Rusty Steel Complete the mission “The Battle of Steelsmith”. 58% −6
- The last burger Complete the mission “The End of Burgers' End”. 52% −6
- A trip on sea, what fun it can be Complete the mission “The Crossing”. 46% −6
- Damned good Complete the mission “The Prince of Hell”. 43% −3
- Stock Market Crash Complete the mission “The Storming of Dollaran”. 40% −3
- Not-So-Overproud Complete the mission “The End of Yaina Overproud”. 38% −2
- For a handfull of Catapults Complete the mission “Once Upon A Catapult”. 36% −2
- Ogre Solo! Complete the mission “The Hungry, Hungry Ogre”. 34% −2
- Tide Master Complete the mission “Ups and Downs”. 33% −1
- Destroy the thing Complete the mission “The Titan of Alphaas”. 32% −1
- Difficult family relationships Complete the mission “I Am Your Father!”. 31% −1
- Angel of Fire Complete the mission “Baptism of Fire”. 30% −1
- Where there is Light, there is Shadow Complete the mission “Light and Shadow”. 28% −1
- At the foot of Mount Destiny Complete the mission “Two Sides Of A Medal”. 27% −1
- The Force disturbed Complete the mission “A Disturbance In The Force”. 26% −1
- The Victorious Evil Complete the mission “Everything Has An End…”. 25% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- The Shadow strikes Successfully complete the mission “The Shadow of Absolute Evil”. 100%
- The Evilest Evil Collect a total of 1000 Evilness in the mission “Twistram in Ruins”. 87%
- Twistram is devastated Complete the mission “Twistram in Ruins”. 86%
- The Gehenna Stones Complete the mission “The Gehenna Stones”. 73%
- No one has to die today! Complete the mission “Twistram in Ruins” without losing more than 3 creatures. 69%
- Death and destruction! Destroy 9 Heroes with Thalya's “Fire Bomb” in the mission “The Shadow of Absolute Evil”. 65%
- The Swamplanders from the swamplands Complete the mission “The Ashspring Swamplands”. 64%
- Rusty Steel Complete the mission “The Battle of Steelsmith”. 58%
- The One-Huge-Army-Building Evil Own at least 15 creatures at the same time in the mission “The Battle of Steelsmith”. 56%
- Braiiiiins! Awaken at least 98 Undead in the mission “The Ashspring Swamplands”. 55%
- The last burger Complete the mission “The End of Burgers' End”. 52%
- Hands off the Dungeonheart! The Dungeonheart must not fall below 50% life in the mission “The Battle of Steelsmith”. 51%
- A trip on sea, what fun it can be Complete the mission “The Crossing”. 46%
- Damned good Complete the mission “The Prince of Hell”. 43%
- Shadow hunter Don’t let the Shadow take any damage from light in the mission “The Shadow of Absolute Evil”. 43%
- Factory farming Hold at least 7 Heroes in the Prison at the same time in the mission “The Prince of Hell”. 41%
- Stock Market Crash Complete the mission “The Storming of Dollaran”. 40%
- Not-So-Overproud Complete the mission “The End of Yaina Overproud”. 38%
- For a handfull of Catapults Complete the mission “Once Upon A Catapult”. 36%
- MASS-O-BOT Own 5 Gob-O-Bots at any time in the mission “The End of Burgers' End”. 34%
- Ogre Solo! Complete the mission “The Hungry, Hungry Ogre”. 34%
- Thirst quencher Own more than 42 Barrels of Beer at the same time in the mission “The Hungry, Hungry Ogre”. 34%
- Tide Master Complete the mission “Ups and Downs”. 33%
- Destroy the thing Complete the mission “The Titan of Alphaas”. 32%
- Difficult family relationships Complete the mission “I Am Your Father!”. 31%
- Angel of Fire Complete the mission “Baptism of Fire”. 30%
- Prepare the grave Don’t let the Grave Golem’s Life Energy fall below 50%. 30%
- Where there is Light, there is Shadow Complete the mission “Light and Shadow”. 28%
- At the foot of Mount Destiny Complete the mission “Two Sides Of A Medal”. 27%
- The Stones’ Power Kill at least 15 Heroes using the Stones’ magic in the mission “The Gehenna Stones”. 26%
- The Force disturbed Complete the mission “A Disturbance In The Force”. 26%
- The Victorious Evil Complete the mission “Everything Has An End…”. 25%
- We don’t have time! Destroy every Arcane Tear in mission “The End of Yaina Overproud” within 60 seconds maximum. 25%
- Chorus of damnation Own at least 5 Banshees at the same time in the mission “The Titan of Alphaas”. 24%
- Lifeguard Don’t lose a single creature to the water in the mission “Ups and Downs”. 23%
- Flat as a pancake Kill 50 Heroes by Catapult bombardment in the mission “Once Upon A Catapult”. 21%
- Can’t stand the sight of Dark Elf blood Never let Thalya's Life Energy fall below 75% during the ritual. 20%
- Then let them eat cake! Don’t allow any deliveries to reach the city in the mission “The End of Burgers' End”. 19%
- This is fun, I’m going to keep doing this! Sacrifice more Heroes than needed in mission “I Am Your Father!” – until the Narrator is satisfied. 17%
- The White Knight Don’t let Thalya's Life Energy fall below 75% during the mission “The Gehenna Stones”. 16%
- Please, no interruptions! Stop anyone from interrupting Thalya while she contaminates the water in mission “Ups and Downs”. 15%
- Ignore The Level Designer’s Plan Destroy at least 3 Hero tent camps during daylight in the mission “The Crossing”. 13%
- Prison Break Free Thalya in less than 45 minutes in the “Light and Shadow” mission. 13%
- Master of Traps Kill at least 30 Heroes with the “Thrasher” Trap in the mission “The Crossing”. 13%
- Hearts of Iron Complete the mission “I Am Your Father!” without the Dungeonheart taking any damage. 11%
- Use the terrain Kill 30 Heroes using an Obelisk. 11%
- Can’t stand to see an Ogre bleed The Ogre in the mission “The Hungry, Hungry Ogre” must not fall below 75% Life Energy. 11%
- Lifesaver Don’t lose more than 8 units in the mission “The Titan of Alphaas”. 11%
- Hearts are trump Never let the Dungeonhearts Life Energy fall under 75% in “The End of Yaina Overproud”. 11%
- Spawner Killer Destroy all of the Hero camps in the mission “The Storming of Dollaran”. 9.7%
- A little something extra Get all of the bonus creatures in the mission “The Prince of Hell”. 9.7%
- The Benevolent Evil Save all of the Heroes Tanos wants to punish in the mission “Everything Has An End…”. 8.4%
- Band of Brothers Don’t lose a single creature to Tanos in battle in the mission “Everything Has An End…”. 7.5%
- Night of the Living Dead (on Speed) Conquer all Graveyards in less than 25 minutes in the mission “The Ashspring Swamplands”. 7.1%
- I need a hero! Kill 100 Heroes in the mission “Light and Shadow”. 5.8%
- Storm And Stress Complete the mission “The Storming of Dollaran” in less than 40 minutes. 5.5%
- Not a scratch Complete the mission “Baptism of Fire” without Thalya taking any damage. 5.3%
- I love the smell of Catapult fire! Capture all of the Catapults in the mission “Once Upon A Catapult” in less than 30 minutes. 5.3%
- Sacrifices! Sacrifice all of the Titans within 40 minutes in the mission “A Disturbance In The Force”. 4.2%
- Discoverer Find the two Obelisks in less than 25 minutes. 4.1%