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Monster Slayers
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 79% positive of 1,272
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 75% 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 1,280 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 19.7h for positive, 4.7h 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 (75% 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 (22)
- Tutelage Complete the Tutorial. 100%
- Boss Slain Defeat a Boss. 87%
- Tough as Nails Have a hero with at least 200 HP. 59%
- Level 15 Reach level 15 with a hero. 51%
- Master Thief Defeat the Harbinger with a Rogue. 34%
- Master Archer Defeat the Harbinger with a Ranger. 24%
- Archmage Defeat the Harbinger with a Wizard. 19%
- Champion Knight Defeat the Harbinger with a Knight. 19%
- Barbarian King Defeat the Harbinger with a Barbarian. 17%
- Master Healer Defeat the Harbinger with a Cleric. 14%
- The King of Bones Defeat the Harbinger with a Necromancer. 12%
- Silent Assassin Defeat the Harbinger with an Assassin. 12%
- Lord of the Jungle Defeat the Harbinger with a Beastmaster. 12%
- Monster Slayer Defeat the Harbinger with all 6 starting classes. 10%
- The Pharmacist Defeat the Harbinger with an Apothecary. 10%
- Kung Fu Master Defeat the Harbinger with a Monk. 9.2%
- A Big Guy, For You Defeat the Harbinger with a Brute. 8.9%
- Capitalism Ho! Defeat the Harbinger with a Merchant. 7.3%
- Legendary Slayer Complete a game in Legendary Mode. 7.2%
- Giant Lizard Defeat the Harbinger with a Dragon. 6.4%
- The Big Six Complete Legendary mode with 6 different classes. 2.5%
- The Dirty Dozen Complete Legendary mode with 12 different classes. 2.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.