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Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 16% of players who started
Started playing 57% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 6,381
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 35h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- At least 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Pilgrimage - First Relic” (Visit the first Relic): only 71% of starters get there.
- Only 57% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 6,415 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 52.5h for positive, 16h 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 (56.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Pilgrimage - First Relic Visit the first Relic Most players quit here 71% −29
- Pilgrimage - Second Relic Visit the second Relic 54% −17
- Pilgrimage - Third Relic Visit the third Relic 38% −16
- Pilgrimage - Fourth Relic Visit the fourth Relic 29% −9
- Pilgrimage - Fifth Relic Visit the fifth Relic 26% −3
- Laid to Rest Defeat Lady Anquine 24% −2
- Sealed Fate Get the first ending ≥16% −8
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 (53)
story milestone ending side
- Animal Control Officer Defeat a unit with its Elemental weakness 100%
- Reassignment Change Class at least once 93%
- Marked for Glory Unlock the Marked Class 79%
- Sharp Retort Defeat an enemy by using a Counter Ability or Thorns 78%
- Pilgrimage - First Relic Visit the first Relic 71%
- Budding Crafter Craft your first item 70%
- Master in Your Field Master any Class 70%
- Demon Touched Unlock the Demon Knight Class 65%
- Devil Doc Recruit Yates 65%
- Pilgrimage - Second Relic Visit the second Relic 54%
- Beetle Crusher Recruit Bzaro 43%
- Forbidden Lore Use your first Class badge 40%
- Sinking Feeling Drown an enemy 40%
- Pilgrimage - Third Relic Visit the third Relic 38%
- No More Smoke Bombs Recruit Katja 36%
- Champion Win the first Tournament 35%
- Humble Caretaker Build a Guild Upgrade. 32%
- My Hero Save Somier a second time 30%
- Pilgrimage - Fourth Relic Visit the fourth Relic 29%
- Wearer of Many Hats Unlock all 20 base Human Classes 29%
- Pilgrimage - Fifth Relic Visit the fifth Relic 26%
- Stand Down! Defeat an enemy with falling damage 26%
- Mysterious and Spooky Complete the Halloween encounter 24%
- Jack of All Trades Unlock the Spymaster Class 24%
- Laid to Rest Defeat Lady Anquine 24%
- Master Smith Craft a final-tier weapon 23%
- Open Book View all optional dialogue events 23%
- Double Agent Defeat an enemy with a Berserk, Charmed, or Mind-Controlled enemy 22%
- Veteran Investigator Open 50% of treasure chests 21%
- Regional Hero Complete 100% of Missions in one region. 21%
- The Exiled Recruit Kairu 19%
- Inventor Obtain all gadgets 19%
- Master Arbiter Master all Human story character Classes 17%
- Sealed Fate Get the first ending 16%
- Crowd Control Defeat at least 4 enemies with a single hit 16%
- Master of All Master all 20 base Human Classes 15%
- Grand Champion Win the second Tournament 15%
- Breaking the Seal Get the second ending 12%
- Riddle Me This Complete the Obelisk riddle 10%
- In the Footsteps of the Ancients Complete the Ancient Path 10%
- Breaking the Curse Cleanse the Cursed Shield 10%
- Warriors and Wild Ones Master the 3 new Human Classes. 9.1%
- Master of Secrets Master all 6 special badge Classes 9.0%
- Smoke and Mirrors Defeat Morgaine 8.8%
- Caretaker of the Realm Fully upgrade all 5 regions. 7.9%
- Mission Accomplished! Complete all Missions. 7.4%
- Relentless Investigator Open all treasure chests 6.7%
- Big Game Hunter Complete all unique Hunts and large-scale battles. 5.6%
- Small but Fierce! Defeat an enemy with a Pet Effect. 4.7%
- Monster Party Complete an encounter deploying only Monsters. 4.6%
- Final Metamorphosis Master all 19 base Monster Classes 3.7%
- Master of Monsters Master all 22 Monster Variants. 3.0%
- Catch 'em All Enlist each of the base 20 recruitable Monster types. 2.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.