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Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 12% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 85% positive of 8,285
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Keeper of Keys” (Defeat the Keymaster): only 53% of starters get there.
- 89% 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 8,346 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 12.4h for positive, 10.8h 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 (89.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Keeper of Keys Defeat the Keymaster Most players quit here 53% −47
- Mad Genius Defeat the Inventor 41% −13
- Lord of Fire Defeat the Pyromancer 28% −12
- Head of Order Defeat the Grand Magister 28%
- Bane of Monsters Defeat the Monster Slayer 27% −1
- Dungeon Queen Defeat the Mistress 24% −3
- Mek Brothers Defeat the Brothers 20% −4
- The Hunter Becomes... Defeat the Bounty Hunter 18% −3
- Experimenter Defeat the Mad Scientist 15% −2
- Sweet Revenge Achieve victory in the final encounter 12% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (75)
story milestone ending side
- Improvement Level up Iratus 100%
- Path of the Necromancer Complete the tutorial 88%
- Cursed Creature Unlock the Mummy 76%
- Necromancer's Apprentice Unlock the Lich 71%
- Extraction Use the Alchemy table to create an item 67%
- Blood Moon Create the Werewolf 60%
- Distillation Use the Alchemy table to create a part of uncommon quality or better 60%
- Prepared Necromancer Have Iratus equipped with a Weapon, Armor, Ring, Amulet and Consumable 56%
- Blind Rage Unlock the Head Hunter 55%
- Transmutation Use the Alchemy table to transmute one type of part into another 54%
- Keeper of Keys Defeat the Keymaster 53%
- Soul of Lies Unlock the Lost Soul 52%
- Shadow Between Worlds Unlock the Shade 47%
- Chainbreaker - I Kill 100 enemies in the Mines 41%
- Mad Genius Defeat the Inventor 41%
- Blood Elemental Unlock the Blood Phantasm 39%
- Unholy Bones Unlock the Bone Golem 38%
- Uncommon Warrior Have a minion that is composed of parts of Uncommon quality or better 36%
- Spiritual Attraction Finish upgrading the Obelisk 33%
- Silent Waters Finish upgrading the Dead Lake 32%
- Blood Mage Unlock the Vampire 32%
- That Was Easy! Complete the game on «Cakewalk» 31%
- First Sacrifice Lose your first battle 29%
- Wild Hunger Unlock the Ghoul 28%
- Lord of Fire Defeat the Pyromancer 28%
- Head of Order Defeat the Grand Magister 28%
- Rage Concentrated Finish upgrading the Abode of Wrath 28%
- Calcination Use the Alchemy table to refill your Mana 28%
- Bane of Monsters Defeat the Monster Slayer 27%
- Rare Warrior Have a minion that is composed of parts of Rare quality or better 26%
- Dungeon Queen Defeat the Mistress 24%
- Mountain King - I Kill 100 enemies in the Dwarven Tunnels 24%
- Blood Madness Unlock the Fallen Dhampir 23%
- Grand Arena Finish upgrading the Arena 23%
- Legendary Warrior Have a minion that is composed of parts of Legendary quality 22%
- Master of Alchemy Learn all Alchemy talents in one playthrough 21%
- Mek Brothers Defeat the Brothers 20%
- Ancient Burial Finish upgrading the Excavation 20%
- Bane of Mercenaries - I Kill 100 enemies in the Mercenary Barracks 19%
- Monument to Greatness Finish upgrading the Iratus Statue 18%
- Forbidden Knowledge Finish upgrading the Library 18%
- More Mortal Suffering! Complete the game on «More Pain!» 18%
- The Hunter Becomes... Defeat the Bounty Hunter 18%
- Icy Incursion Unlock the Unfrozen 17%
- Arachnophobia Unlock the Black Widow 17%
- Chainbreaker - II Kill 250 enemies in the Mines 16%
- Experimenter Defeat the Mad Scientist 15%
- Master of Rage Learn all Ire talents in one playthrough 15%
- Cannon Fodder - I Lose 50 minions in battle 14%
- Means of Recovery Finish upgrading the Mortuary 12%
- Master of Magic Learn all Magic talents in one playthrough 12%
- Revealed Secrets - I Kill 100 enemies in the Catacombs 12%
- Sweet Revenge Achieve victory in the final encounter 12%
- Live Operation Upgrade any part inside a minion 11%
- Nightmare of the Humanity - I Kill 100 enemies in the Cathedral 10%
- Master of Destruction Learn all Destruction talents in one playthrough 8.2%
- Mountain King - II Kill 250 enemies in the Dwarven Tunnels 7.3%
- Cannon Fodder - II Lose 100 minions in battle 6.6%
- Evil Always Wins! Complete the game on «Good Always Wins» 4.8%
- Bane of Mercenaries - II Kill 250 enemies in the Mercenary Barracks 4.6%
- Doctorate in Potion Brewing Unlock all Potion recepies 4.4%
- Graveyard Call - I Kill 100 enemies in the Cemetery 3.9%
- I'll Be Back! Suffer your first defeat! 3.1%
- Revealed Secrets - II Kill 250 enemies in the Catacombs 3.1%
- Nightmare of the Humanity - II Kill 250 enemies in the Cathedral 2.6%
- Cannon Fodder - III Lose 250 minions in battle 2.2%
- Chainbreaker - III Kill 1,000 enemies in the Mines 2.1%
- Unrivaled Complete the game on «Eternal Harvest» 1.8%
- Graveyard Call - II Kill 250 enemies in the Cemetery 1.1%
- Mountain King - III Kill 1,000 enemies in the Dwarven Tunnels 1.0%
- Bane of Mercenaries - III Kill 1,000 enemies in the Mercenary Barracks 0.8%
- Renowned Researcher Unlock all enemies in the Humonarium 0.7%
- Revealed Secrets - III Kill 1,000 enemies in the Catacombs 0.7%
- Nightmare of the Humanity - III Kill 1,000 enemies in the Cathedral 0.7%
- Graveyard Call - III Kill 1000 enemies in the Cemetery 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.