RPG
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 13% of players who started
Started playing 40% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 9,624
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 20h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 13% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Graduate with Bloody Honours” (The adventure begins for our fearless hero) and “Silence the Wailing” (You succeeded in curing the Wailing Death!): from 100% to 35% of starters.
- Only 40% 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 9,676 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 55.3h for positive, 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 (39.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Graduate with Bloody Honours The adventure begins for our fearless hero. 100%
- Silence the Wailing You succeeded in curing the Wailing Death! Most players quit here 35% −65
- No Cult Stone Left Unkilled You found more than enough evidence of cult activities to give to Aribeth. 21% −13
- New Servant of Evil You navigated the Host Tower and uncovered a terrible plot. 18% −3
- Words Have Power You gathered three of the four words of power and defeated a great enemy. 14% −4
- Morag is No More You defeated an ultimate evil and completed your adventure! 13% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- Graduate with Bloody Honours The adventure begins for our fearless hero. 100%
- That Went Well... You were defeated in battle. Gather your willpower and try again! 92%
- Level 10 You have reached level 10! 59%
- There Are Too Many People In This Hallway You've amassed a battle party of four or more companions. 54%
- Burn Baby You've stayed healthy in Neverwinter by eating well, washing your hands and setting things on fire. 42%
- How Prestigious Gain your first prestige class. 35%
- Jingle, Jangle, Sell Another Bangle One hundred thousand pennies in your pocket. 35%
- Silence the Wailing You succeeded in curing the Wailing Death! 35%
- Deal or No Deal There is a demon in Helm's Hold. Do you release it or restore the guardian spirit to its rightful place? 31%
- Even More Prestigious You unlocked a prestige class from Hordes of the Underdark. 30%
- Dunk the Monk You duck, you weave, you tumble away from danger as if you were a ghost. Your tumbling skill is so high you might as well be in the circus. 28%
- How Prestigious x5 You are five times more prestigious. 26%
- Neverwinter Crypt Raider Your journey has taken you into the sleeping territory of the dead. You've raided three tombs of Lord Never and returned the artifacts found there to Oleff or Giles. 24%
- Multifaceted Hero You trained yourself in multiple fields of battle. Beware the potential experience penalty! 23%
- No Cult Stone Left Unkilled You found more than enough evidence of cult activities to give to Aribeth. 21%
- Level 20 You have reached level 20! 21%
- These Swords are Poorly Balanced While level 8 or less, you rallied your might to defeat four flying swords in Never's tomb 20%
- New Servant of Evil You navigated the Host Tower and uncovered a terrible plot. 18%
- No Teen Wolves Here Through battle or compassion, you dealt with the werewolf curse plaguing Port Llast and the surrounding area. 17%
- Top of Your Class Your prowess in your current class has reached unimaginable heights. 17%
- Tower Frozen in Time You were diligent in investigating the crimes of the brothers Jhareg. You possessed all of the facts before you passed judgement. 15%
- Words Have Power You gathered three of the four words of power and defeated a great enemy. 14%
- Extra Prestigious You unlocked a prestige class from Shadows of Undrentide. 14%
- Dragons are Friends Not Fodder You completed quests for a green and gold dragon. 13%
- Morag is No More You defeated an ultimate evil and completed your adventure! 13%
- It's Not An Ocarina You reforged a powerful Amulet of Ages with the aid of two warring factions, and used it to weaken a powerful dragon. 12%
- Fair Weather Henchmen You've built the foundations for six beautiful friendships with the power of bribery. 11%
- Don't Believe His Lies You are a master manipulator, a breathtaking bluffer. Are you lying or sincere? No one knows. 10%
- Level 40 You have reached level 40! You are unstoppable. 10%
- A Paladin Perishes You've brought bloody balance to a disgraced devotee. 9.8%
- Hoard Mode In your journey to Luskan you have completed the quests that had you collect gems for a serpent, crystal sculptures, magical tomes, and... ears. 9.5%
- You Are a Weapon of Mass Destruction Neverwinter is Under Siege! Repel the invaders. 9.5%
- Undrentide Under Rubble You defeated Heurodis and saved Faerun from a shadowy fate. 9.5%
- A Paladin's Penance The scales of justice will be balanced with peaceful sacrifice. 9.3%
- No Jewelry for Me! You defeated the powerful Winter Fang without weakening it! 9.0%
- Not Just In It For The Paycheque Nothing says loyalty like giving your employees more presents. 7.8%
- Arcana: Epic Edition You mastered a truly epic spell. 7.8%
- Mephisto-Fallen You saved the land from a most dangerous devil! 7.3%
- Law and Rolgan You were persuasive in your arguments. The jury was unanimous! 7.0%
- No Workers Comp You might need to aim more carefully around your henchmen in the future. 6.5%
- Ride or Die Henchmen You secured six livelong henchmen for the low-low price of three priceless presents. 5.5%
- Hardcore Morag You defeated Morag while suffering under the difficulty of Hardcore rules or harder! 4.8%
- Hardcore Heurodis You defeated Heurodis while suffering under the difficulty of Hardcore rules or harder 3.8%
- Hardcore Mephistopheles You decided the fate of Mephistopheles after a grueling battle while the difficulty was set to Hardcore Rules or harder. 2.5%
- You Can't Just Keep a Baby While your journey has exposed you to many valuable treasures, you probably should have returned the baby. 2.0%
- Bigby's Thesaurus Hand How many hands can Bigby possibly have? 1.8%
- That Baby Does NOT Go There What are you doing with that baby? 1.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.