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Dragon Cliff
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 60h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 50% of players who started
Started playing 96% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 8,228
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 60h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 60.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Tasty!” (Slay Green Orc) and “Destroy the Clan!” (Slay Purple Orc): from 100% to 83% of starters.
- 96% 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 8,264 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 57.4h for positive, 28h 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 (95.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Tasty! Slay Green Orc 100%
- Destroy the Clan! Slay Purple Orc Most players quit here 83% −17
- Fire from the Sky Slay Blood Stone Beast 78% −5
- Lawless Courage Slay Dark Knight 73% −5
- Dead Heart Slay Blacksmith Wong's Brother 72% −1
- Nowhere to Hide Slay Dragon Servant 71% −1
- Ancient Evil Slay Demon Skull 68% −3
- Gu Slay Yitchin, the nest of thousand worms 66% −2
- Dragon Blood Slay Corrupted Horn 62% −3
- Executor Slay Dark Executor 62% −1
- Dragon Bone Slay Bone Devil 59% −3
- Bloody Eye Slay Bloody Eye 56% −3
- Defender Slay Golem 54% −2
- Hydra Slay Hydra 51% −2
- Mandate of Heaven? Slay Demon Dragon 50% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (70)
story milestone ending side
- Tasty! Slay Green Orc 100%
- Destroy the Clan! Slay Purple Orc 83%
- Fire from the Sky Slay Blood Stone Beast 78%
- Taunt is an Art Obtain invitation of Paladin 78%
- Lawless Courage Slay Dark Knight 73%
- Dead Heart Slay Blacksmith Wong's Brother 72%
- Nowhere to Hide Slay Dragon Servant 71%
- Ancient Evil Slay Demon Skull 68%
- Night-blade Obtain invitation of Night Blade 68%
- Ice Beauty Obtain invitation of Snow Maiden 66%
- Shijie Xian Complete quest 'Immortal Corpse, Shijie Xian' 66%
- Shadow Messenger Obtain invitation of Young Warlock 66%
- Gu Slay Yitchin, the nest of thousand worms 66%
- Dragon Blood Slay Corrupted Horn 62%
- Executor Slay Dark Executor 62%
- I have your soul! Obtain invitation of Soul Thief 61%
- Dragon Bone Slay Bone Devil 59%
- Meaty Bun! Obtain invitation of Bun Sister 58%
- Nonstop! Obtain invitation of Tough Woman 57%
- Fire Eater Obtain invitation of Fire Assassin 57%
- Duelist Obtain invitation of Duelist 56%
- Red Horn Obtain invitation of Red Horn 56%
- Bloody Eye Slay Bloody Eye 56%
- Warrior Obtain invitation of Warrior 56%
- Defender Slay Golem 54%
- Hydra Slay Hydra 51%
- Harmless Wind Obtain invitation of Elemental Wizard 51%
- Fire Singer Obtain invitation of Fire Player 51%
- Iron Soldier Obtain invitation of Iron Soldier 50%
- Mandate of Heaven? Slay Demon Dragon 50%
- Cute Squares Obtain invitation of Cube 49%
- Nice Haircut Obtain invitation of Fashion Boy 49%
- Killing is Healing Obtain invitation of Chubby Lady 48%
- Farm, farm, farm! Complete quest 'Farm, farm, farm!' 47%
- Tomb Guard Complete level one of Imperial Mausoleum 44%
- Fire Spirit Obtain invitation of Fire Spirit 44%
- The Undead Aristocracy Complete quest The undead aristocracy' 38%
- Evil Books Complete quest 'Evil Books' 37%
- Warm Spring Obtain invitation of Golden Shaman 32%
- Tasty! (2 star) Slay Green Orc on 2 star difficulty 29%
- Conjurer Obtain invitation of Conjurer 27%
- Destroy the Clan! (2 star) Slay Purple Orc on 2 star difficulty 27%
- Fire from the Sky (2 star) Slay Blood Stone Beast on 2 star difficulty 26%
- Painless Revenge Obtain invitation of Tactician 25%
- Nowhere to Hide (2 star) Slay Dragon Servant on 2 star difficulty 25%
- Dead Heart (2 star) Slay Blacksmith Wong's Brother on 2 star difficulty 25%
- Farm, farm, farm! (2 star) Complete quest 'Farm, farm, farm!' on 2 star difficulty 25%
- Ancient Evil (2 star) Slay Demon Skull on 2 star difficulty 24%
- Gu (2 star) Slay Yitchin, the nest of thousand worms on 2 star difficulty 24%
- Shijie Xian (2 star) Complete quest 'Immortal Corpse, Shijie Xian' on 2 star difficulty 24%
- Executor (2 star) Slay Dark Executor on 2 star difficulty 23%
- Dragon Blood (2 star) Slay Corrupted Horn on 2 star difficulty 23%
- Dragon Bone (2 star) Slay Bone Devil on 2 star difficulty 22%
- Bloody Eye (2 star) Slay Bloody Eye on 2 star difficulty 21%
- Defender (2 star) Slay Golem on 2 star difficulty 21%
- Hydra (2 star) Slay Hydra on 2 star difficulty 20%
- Mandate of Heaven? (2 star) Slay Demon Dragon on 2 star difficulty 20%
- Tomb Guard (2 star) Complete level one of Imperial Mausoleum on 2 star difficulty 19%
- Evil Books (2 star) Complete quest 'Evil Books' on 2 star difficulty 19%
- The Undead Aristocracy (2 star) Complete quest The undead aristocracy' on 2 star difficulty 19%
- First Try Complete level 100 of Mystic Dimension 17%
- Sharpen Up Complete level 200 of Mystic Dimension 15%
- Armed to the Teeth Complete level 300 of Mystic Dimension 13%
- One-Hit Kill Complete level 400 of Mystic Dimension 12%
- Unstoppable Complete level 500 of Mystic Dimension 12%
- Subtle Balance Complete level 600 of Mystic Dimension 11%
- Hit Back Complete level 700 of Mystic Dimension 10%
- Unraveled Trace Complete level 800 of Mystic Dimension 9.6%
- Treading on Thin Ice Complete level 900 of Mystic Dimension 9.1%
- Final Word Complete level 1000 of Mystic Dimension 8.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.