ActionAdventureRPG
Darksiders III
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 41% of players who started
Started playing 79% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 17,592
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- 41% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Green with Envy” (Defeat Envy) and “All That Glitters” (Defeat Avarice): from 100% to 63% of starters.
- 79% 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 17,706 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 20.5h for positive, 10.9h 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 (79.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Green with Envy Defeat Envy 100%
- All That Glitters Defeat Avarice Most players quit here 63% −37
- Throne Potato Defeat Sloth 57% −6
- Delusions of Grandeur Defeat Lust 52% −5
- Eat Your Heart Out Defeat Gluttony 48% −4
- Seeing Red Defeat Wrath 43% −5
- Egomaniac Defeat Pride 42% −1
- Protector of Humanity Complete the Game on Any Difficulty Setting 41%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (64)
story milestone ending side
- Green with Envy Defeat Envy 100%
- First of many… Spend an Attribute Point 91%
- Helping Hand Save a Human 86%
- Increased Vigor Upgrade Nephilim's Respite Healing Amount 81%
- Fight Fire with Fire Collect the Flame Hollow 78%
- Increased Capacity Upgrade Nephilim's Respite Capacity 74%
- Just the start Upgrade Any Weapon 72%
- Perfect Storm Collect the Storm Hollow 64%
- All That Glitters Defeat Avarice 63%
- Enhance! Upgrade an Enhancement 62%
- One Of the Chosen Collect an Essence of a Chosen 59%
- 25 to Life Spend 25 Attribute Points 58%
- Five's a Crowd Save 5 Humans 57%
- Throne Potato Defeat Sloth 57%
- Devil's in the Details Kill 666 Enemies 57%
- Salvation Collect Salvation 55%
- Soul Harvester Collect 100,000 Souls 54%
- Unshakable Fortitude Collect 30 Slivers of Adamantine 53%
- I Wanna Rock Collect the Force Hollow 52%
- Delusions of Grandeur Defeat Lust 52%
- Love Tap Defeat the Kraken 51%
- Maximum Vigor Upgrade Nephilim's Respite Healing Amount 4 Times 49%
- Freeze Frame Collect the Stasis Hollow 48%
- Eat Your Heart Out Defeat Gluttony 48%
- For Whom the Bell Tolls Kill Lust Without Defeating Usiel 45%
- Can you restore the Balance? Upgrade an Enhancement to Balanced 44%
- Seeing Red Defeat Wrath 43%
- Crowd Source Save 10 Humans 42%
- Egomaniac Defeat Pride 42%
- Big Spender Spend 50 Attribute Points 42%
- Protector of Humanity Complete the Game on Any Difficulty Setting 41%
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World Defeat the Final Sin 41%
- Unyielding Strength Collect 30 Fragments of Adamantine 41%
- Cleanup Crew Pickup 500 Item Drops 41%
- Demon Meddler Meet Abraxis 37%
- Maximum Capacity Upgrade Nephilim's Respite Capacity 4 Times 37%
- Path of the Horseman Complete the Game on NORMAL 30%
- My Evil Twin Meet Targon 27%
- Take it to the Limit Upgrade Any Weapon to Max level 26%
- Unbreakable Will Collect 30 Pieces of Adamantine 24%
- A Parting Gift Receive the Lord of the Hollows' Final Gift 24%
- Community Outreach Save 15 Humans 23%
- Keeper of the Bonfire Finish Flame Wing 20%
- Demon Keeper Collect 50 Demonic Artifacts 20%
- Holy Keeper Collect 50 Angelic Artifacts 19%
- Keeper of the Sky Finish Storm Wing 18%
- "Impressive!" Defeat Gor 17%
- Keeper of the Vale Finish Force Wing 17%
- Keeper of the Tempo Finish Stasis Wing 15%
- Humanitarian Save 20 Humans 15%
- Soul Reaper Collect 1,000,000 Souls 15%
- Keeper of Colossal Automata Defeat Void Defender Construct 14%
- "Incredible!" Defeat Sherhaal 13%
- BFA Unlock Everything 12%
- Purity of Power Collect 3 Chunks of Adamantine 12%
- "Amazing!" Defeat Rastion 11%
- Balance in all things Upgrade 5 Enhancements to Balanced 11%
- "Apocalyptic!" Defeat Urul 10%
- Made of Sterner Stuff Upgrade Any Armor 10%
- Keep it 100! Reach level 100 8.9%
- Death Incarnate Complete the Game on APOCALYPTIC 8.4%
- Quite Proper Defeat Wicked K 7.8%
- Proceed on your way to Armageddon Complete the game on Armageddon mode 6.5%
- Beast Mode Defeat 666 Enemies While In Havoc Form 5.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.