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UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 49% of players who started
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 3,864
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- 49% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Start of the Chronicles”: only 31% of starters get there.
- 78% 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 3,899 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 7.5h for positive, 5.8h 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 (77.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Start of the Chronicles Viewed the complete Prologue in Chronicle Mode. Most players quit here 31% −69
- A Job Well Done Cleared Arcade Mode with any character. 49% +18
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Forgot to Chain Shift Defeated an opponent while still in Vorpal state.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 100%
- My Life Just Flashed Before My Eyes Won the round with less than 30% health remaining.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 95%
- CLANK! Caused a GRD Break.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 90%
- What a SMART Move Used Smart Steer.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 77%
- Broke Free Successfully escaped from a throw.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 59%
- In-Birth Newbie Cleared 20 objectives in Tutorial Mode. 59%
- A New Character Appears in the Hollow Night Cleared the first chapter in Tutorial Mode. 54%
- Era of the Bad Bitch Fought 10 battles using female characters.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 50%
- A Job Well Done Cleared Arcade Mode with any character. 49%
- You Princes of Maiming, You Kings of No End Fought 10 battles using male characters.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 49%
- Cross-Cast Veil Off Used Cross-Cast Veil Off.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 48%
- The Strength of One Cleared 50 objectives in Tutorial Mode. 47%
- It's Just A Matter of Time Now Landed a Veil Off attack on a Vorpal-state opponent.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 47%
- Invincible Perfected 5 rounds.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 37%
- Small Combo Cleared all Beginner-level combo challenges in Mission Mode for 3 characters. 37%
- Medium Combo Cleared all Intermediate-level combo challenges in Mission Mode for 3 characters. 34%
- 120% Gauge Recovery! Performed Chain Shift while possessing 6 or more GRDs.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 33%
- Start of the Chronicles Viewed the complete Prologue in Chronicle Mode. 31%
- Infinitely Worthy Pressed A+B+C during Cross-Cast Veil Off to execute Infinite Worth.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 31%
- Battle Scars Cleared 80 objectives in Tutorial Mode. 31%
- Ultimate, Unlimited, Super-Devastating Finisher Finished an opponent using Infinite Worth EXS.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 28%
- Large Combo Cleared all Intermediate-level combo challenges in Mission Mode for 5 characters. 25%
- Reigning Champion Won 5 consecutive matches in Versus Mode. 25%
- Got This Cleared 100 objectives in Tutorial Mode. 22%
- Extremely Guarded Performed Guard Thrust while in Vorpal state.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, or Mission Mode.) 16%
- Devastating Blow Dished out over 5,000 damage in one combo chain.(Can be achieved in Training Mode, regardless of settings.) 13%
- Dream in All Colors Unlocked all 30 colors for any character. 12%
- Still the Beginning Unlocked 5 scenes in Chronicle Mode. 11%
- FINAL CLAUSE Caused a FINAL CLAUSE.(Not unlockable in Training Mode, Tutorial Mode, Mission Mode, or Survival Mode.) 7.6%
- Here's Where It Gets Interesting Unlocked 10 scenes in Chronicle Mode. 6.7%
- Countless Dead Bodies... Fought over 50 matches in Survival Mode. (Losses included.) 5.7%
- A Little More to Go Unlocked 15 scenes in Chronicle Mode. 5.3%
- Money's Gotta Go Somewhere Spent over 200,000 IP in total. 5.3%
- Welcome to the Hollow Night Viewed Hilda's complete scene in Chronicle Mode. 4.1%
- End of the Chronicles Viewed all scenes in Chronicle Mode. 3.9%
- Take a Look at My Sweet Plate Collection Purchased all Plates in [Character Plate 1]. 3.9%
- Plate Completion Purchased all Plates. 3.5%
- Everything on the Menu Purchased all Menu Characters. 3.0%
- Veteran of War Cleared Arcade Mode with a Difficulty Setting of 2.8%
- Truly Iconic Purchased all Icons. 2.8%
- Overachiever Achieved a total score of 1,000,000,000 or more in Score Attack Mode. 2.7%
- Title Completion Purchased all Titles. 2.7%
- Speedrunner Cleared Time Attack Mode in under 12 minutes with 3 different characters. 2.3%
- UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe: Late[st] - Rebirth of a Champion Unlocked all Achievements for UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe: Late[st]. 1.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.