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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 32% of players who started
Started playing 97% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 157,389
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 20h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- At least 32% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Reach Lordran” (Arrive in Lordran) and “Ring the Bell (Undead Church)” (Ring Bell of Awakening at Undead Church): from 95% to 70% of starters.
- 96% 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 158,000 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 36.4h for positive, 20.6h 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 (96.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Reach Lordran Arrive in Lordran. 95% −5
- Ring the Bell (Undead Church) Ring Bell of Awakening at Undead Church. Most players quit here 70% −25
- Ring the Bell (Quelaag's Domain) Ring Bell of Awakening in Quelaag's domain. 58% −12
- Reach Anor Londo Arrive in Anor Londo. 55% −4
- Lordvessel Acquire the Lordvessel. 52% −3
- Defeat Seath the Scaleless Defeat Seath the Scaleless, inheritors of souls. 44% −8
- Defeat the Four Kings Defeat the Four Kings, inheritors of souls. 44%
- Defeat Gravelord Nito Defeat the Soul Lord Gravelord Nito. 44%
- Defeat Bed of Chaos Defeat the Soul Lord Bed of Chaos. 43%
- To Link the Fire Reach "To Link the Fire" ending. ≥32% −11
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (41)
story milestone ending side
- Enkindle Light bonfire flame. 100%
- Estus Flask Acquire Estus Flask. 97%
- Reach Lordran Arrive in Lordran. 95%
- Ring the Bell (Undead Church) Ring Bell of Awakening at Undead Church. 70%
- Covenant: Way of White Discover Way of White covenant. 69%
- Ring the Bell (Quelaag's Domain) Ring Bell of Awakening in Quelaag's domain. 58%
- Reach Anor Londo Arrive in Anor Londo. 55%
- Lordvessel Acquire the Lordvessel. 52%
- Rite of Kindling Acquire the Rite of Kindling. 51%
- Covenant: Chaos Servant Discover Chaos Servant covenant. 50%
- Art of Abysswalking Acquire the Art of Abysswalking. 49%
- Defeat Seath the Scaleless Defeat Seath the Scaleless, inheritors of souls. 44%
- Defeat the Four Kings Defeat the Four Kings, inheritors of souls. 44%
- Defeat Gravelord Nito Defeat the Soul Lord Gravelord Nito. 44%
- Defeat Bed of Chaos Defeat the Soul Lord Bed of Chaos. 43%
- Covenant: Princess's Guard Discover Princess's Guard covenant. 42%
- Covenant: Forest Hunter Discover Forest Hunter covenant. 39%
- Defeat Crossbreed Priscilla Defeat Crossbreed Priscilla, the Lifehunter 35%
- Defeat the Dark Sun Gwyndolin Defeat Dark Sun Gwyndolin, the Darkmoon God. 33%
- To Link the Fire Reach "To Link the Fire" ending. 32%
- Covenant: Gravelord Servant Discover Gravelord Servant covenant. 31%
- Covenant: Path of the Dragon Discover Path of the Dragon covenant. 30%
- Strongest Weapon Acquire best weapon through standard reinforcement. 26%
- Covenant: Blade of the Darkmoon Discover Blade of the Darkmoon covenant. 23%
- Covenant: Warrior of Sunlight Discover Warrior of Sunlight covenant. 21%
- Dark Lord Reach "The Dark Lord" ending. 20%
- Covenant: Darkwraith Discover Darkwraith covenant. 18%
- Lightning Weapon Acquire best weapon through lightning reinforcement. 14%
- Raw Weapon Acquire best weapon through raw reinforcement. 14%
- Divine Weapon Acquire best weapon through divine reinforcement. 12%
- Enchanted Weapon Acquire best weapon through enchanted reinforcement. 12%
- Crystal Weapon Acquire best weapon through crystal reinforcement. 11%
- Chaos Weapon Acquire best weapon through chaos reinforcement. 11%
- Wisdom of a Sage Acquire all sorceries. 11%
- Occult Weapon Acquire best weapon through occult reinforcement. 11%
- Fire Weapon Acquire best weapon through fire reinforcement. 11%
- Bond of a Pyromancer Acquire all pyromancies. 11%
- Magic Weapon Acquire best weapon through magic reinforcement. 10%
- Prayer of a Maiden Acquire all miracles. 9.0%
- Knight's Honor Acquire all rare weapons. 8.6%
- The Dark Soul All achievements completed. Congratulations! 8.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.