Swords & Souls: Neverseen
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Demon Befriender” (Defeat chapter 2 boss) and “Orc Killer” (Defeat chapter 3 boss): from 81% to 69% of starters.
- 94% 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 6,571 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.3h for positive, 15.5h 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 (93.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Filthy Thief Defeat chapter 1 boss 92% −8
- Demon Befriender Defeat chapter 2 boss 81% −11
- Orc Killer Defeat chapter 3 boss Most players quit here 69% −12
- Ship Sinker Defeat chapter 4 boss 59% −10
- Spell Breaker Defeat chapter 5 boss 53% −6
- Bad Friend Defeat chapter 6 boss 50% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Wooden Disciple Get three Combo medals of rank Wood 100%
- Mole in One Defeat the Mama Mole 96%
- Filthy Thief Defeat chapter 1 boss 92%
- Bronze Disciple Get three Combo medals of rank Bronze 92%
- Demon Befriender Defeat chapter 2 boss 81%
- Silver Disciple Get three Combo medals of rank Silver 78%
- Fishing Amateur Catch 3 different types of fish 72%
- Orc Killer Defeat chapter 3 boss 69%
- Dragon Justice Defeat the Legendary Hunters 60%
- Ship Sinker Defeat chapter 4 boss 59%
- Fisherman's Horizon Get 3 perfect in a row while fishing 59%
- Golden Disciple Get three Combo medals of rank Gold 58%
- Spell Breaker Defeat chapter 5 boss 53%
- Tamer Beginner Tame 3 pets 51%
- Bad Friend Defeat chapter 6 boss 50%
- Oof Trigger the Oof ring once 44%
- Fishing Enthusiast Catch 8 different types of fish 40%
- Faithful Disciple Become Soul Master in all training areas 32%
- Fishing Fanatic Catch 11 different types of fish 31%
- Platinum Disciple Get three Combo medals of rank Platinum 31%
- Kind Heart Become friends with a mercenary 31%
- Juggler Apprentice Juggle with the same coin 10 times 27%
- Tamer Passionate Tame 8 pets 25%
- No Longer Forgotten Find all lost children 18%
- Beast Lover Tame all pets 18%
- Seashell Amateur Complete endless stage 20 16%
- Soul Master Disciple Get three Combo medals of rank Soul Master 16%
- Big Heart Become friends with two mercenaries 16%
- Soul Heart Become friends with all mercenaries 13%
- Okay, let's play! Beat the final boss using only beginner armor and weapons 12%
- Juggler Challenger Juggle with the same coin 20 times 11%
- Seashell Enthusiast Complete endless stage 40 11%
- Juggler Master Juggle with the same coin 30 times 8.8%
- Seashell Passionate Complete endless stage 60 7.7%
- Seashell Hunter Complete endless stage 80 6.1%
- True Soul Master Get all Soul Master medals in all training areas 6.0%
- Seashell Fanatic Complete endless stage 100 5.4%
- Carved History Complete the museum to 100% 5.3%
- Seashell Addict Complete endless stage 120 4.8%