ActionAdventureRPG
Remnant: From the Ashes
The first 3 hours are a test
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 12% of players who started
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 57,810
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Dark Awakening” (Defeat the Dreamer) and “Nemesis” (Defeat the Final Boss): from 39% to 12% of starters.
- 95% 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 58,152 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 17.1h for positive, 10.6h 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 (95.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Fade to White Activate the Ward 13 World Stone 88% −12
- Are You Ok? Meet the Root Mother 78% −11
- Fire in the Sky Defeat Singe 51% −26
- The Bigger They Are... Defeat the Ent 51%
- Butterfly Effect Defeat Ixillis XV 50% −1
- The Keymaster Defeat the Claviger 42% −7
- Undying, Eh? Defeat the Undying King 41% −1
- Dark Awakening Defeat the Dreamer 39% −2
- Nemesis Defeat the Final Boss Most players quit here 12% −27
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- First…But Not the Last! Acquire first trait 100%
- Hard Choices Upgrade first weapon 96%
- Fade to White Activate the Ward 13 World Stone 88%
- Are You Ok? Meet the Root Mother 78%
- Trait Dabbler Upgrade any trait to 10 73%
- Good Start Acquire 10 traits 69%
- What is the Labyrinth? Meet the Labyrinth Keeper 69%
- Ready For Action Craft a weapon using material from a defeated world boss 67%
- Halfway There Upgrade any weapon to +10 63%
- Not So Special Defeat 100 special enemies 63%
- Heart of a Dragon Upgrade Dragon Heart 61%
- Mod Collector Acquire 5 weapon mods 61%
- Death Warmed Over Meet the Undying King 58%
- Like a Boss Upgrade a boss weapon to 5 53%
- Like a Moth to a Flame Meet the Swamp Queen 53%
- Trait Focus Upgrade any trait to 20 53%
- Fire in the Sky Defeat Singe 51%
- The Bigger They Are... Defeat the Ent 51%
- Butterfly Effect Defeat Ixillis XV 50%
- Changing of the Guard Meet the Pan Rebel Leader 48%
- One Person's Scrap... Acquire 50,000 scrap 48%
- That's a Lot of Traits! Acquire 20 traits 48%
- The Founder Meet Andrew Ford 44%
- The Keymaster Defeat the Claviger 42%
- Undying, Eh? Defeat the Undying King 41%
- Dark Awakening Defeat the Dreamer 39%
- Not So Lucky Return coin to Ace 36%
- Mod Enthusiast Acquire 15 weapon mods 35%
- This Watch... Acquire Mudtooth's pocket watch 32%
- Watch the Totems! Defeat the Totem Father 32%
- Equipment Collector Acquire 5 armor sets 31%
- Wolf of the Woods Defeat the Ravager 31%
- Scrap Harvester Acquire 100,000 scrap 31%
- Push It to the Limit Upgrade any weapon to +20 29%
- Shot Through the Heart Return the Swamp Guardian's heart to the Undying King 26%
- Precious Return ring to Reggie 21%
- Untouchable Defeat a world boss in offline mode without taking damage 21%
- Unleash Your Potential Acquire 30 traits 20%
- Scrap Collector Acquire 200,000 scrap 19%
- Girl in the Snow Travel to Reisum 15%
- Equipment Enthusiast Acquire 10 armor sets 14%
- Nemesis Defeat the Final Boss 12%
- Fall of the Iskal Defeat the Iskal Queen 7.0%
- Lockdown Visit the Homestead Basement 6.2%
- Survivor Defeat 5 Bosses in a row in Survival Mode 5.4%
- Other Voices Listen to all the Recordings in Ward Prime 5.3%
- Fashion! Purchase 15 Armor Skins 4.7%
- Hard Bargain Make a Deal with Sebum 4.6%
- Fashion is Danger Purchase 40 Armor Skins 3.8%
- Dominator Defeat 10 Bosses in a row in Survival Mode 3.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.