Until You Fall
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 10 reviews are negative (10%); after 3h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 90% of games we track.
- 5% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Welcome to Rokar” (Complete the Tutorial) and “Wounded Pride”: from 92% to 48% of starters.
- 77% 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 3,352 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 1.3h 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 (77.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome to Rokar Complete the Tutorial 92% −8
- Wounded Pride Defeat the first Boss encounter of the Shattered Woods Most players quit here 48% −44
- Fallen Guardians Defeat the second Boss encounter of the Shattered Woods 18% −30
- Horror Vanquished Defeat the final Boss encounter of the Shattered Woods 5% −13
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
- Rude Awakening Defeat your first opponent 100%
- Welcome to Rokar Complete the Tutorial 92%
- Forged Anew Purchase a new weapon 81%
- Unleashed Potential Upgrade a weapon 72%
- On the Wings of the Knight Launch a defeated opponent 10 meters into the air 66%
- Wounded Pride Defeat the first Boss encounter of the Shattered Woods 48%
- Parry Party Successfully block 300 melee attacks 43%
- Hewer of Husks Defeat 200 Husks 30%
- Combo Completionist Successfully complete 200 Critical Strike Combos 27%
- Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge Successfully dodge 100 attacks 19%
- Fallen Guardians Defeat the second Boss encounter of the Shattered Woods 18%
- Quick on the Draw Complete a Critical Strike Combo of 6 or longer 15%
- Burning a Hole in your Armor Collect 1000 Aether in a single run 14%
- Super-est In a run, upgrade a Super to Level IV 13%
- Killer of Knights Defeat 100 Knights 12%
- Guard Breaker Inflict 1000 Guard Breaks 11%
- Buntmaster Successfully deflect 100 ranged attacks 11%
- Tricked Out In a run, have 6 or more Traits equipped to a single weapon 8.7%
- Cognitive Overload In a run, equip 10 or more Traits 8.4%
- A Fine Collection Acquire 12 unique weapons 7.2%
- Wrecker of Fools Defeat 1000 Enemies 7.1%
- Slayer of Spellweavers Defeat 100 Spellweavers 5.9%
- Horror Vanquished Defeat the final Boss encounter of the Shattered Woods 5.3%
- Fat Stacks of Aether Earn 10,000 Aether total 5.0%
- Cleaver of Captains Defeat 100 Captains 4.8%
- Masterwork Upgrade a weapon to Level X 3.4%
- Unempower-er Defeat 100 Empowered Enemies of any kind 3.0%
- Up to the Challenge Complete the Shattered Woods Campaign on Challenging or higher 2.7%
- Relentless Reclaimer Complete the Shattered Woods Campaign on Relentless or higher 1.6%
- Speedrun Clear the Shattered Woods in 25 minutes or less on any difficulty 1.2%
- Rokari Retirement Fund Have 50,000 Aether in the Bank 0.6%
- Kneon Knightmare Complete the Shattered Woods Campaign on Nightmare 0.6%
- Katarstrophy Clear the Shattered Woods on Challenging or higher using both Gemini Stranded and Gemini Esper 0.6%
- Ain't Got Time to Heal Clear the Shattered Woods Campaign on Challenging or higher without ever using a Shard of Vitality 0.6%
- Extermin-aether Defeat 10 Aether Horrors 0.5%
- Champion of The Runeguard Clear the Shattered Woods using both the Engraved Arming Sword and Knight-Blooded Crest on any difficulty 0.5%
- Titan's Grip Clear the Shattered Woods on Challenging or higher using any combination of Heartsplitter, Vestal's Wrath, or Mistcutter 0.5%
- Spellweaver-in-Training Clear the Shattered Woods on Challenging or higher using both the Ritual Dagger and Spellsword's Charm 0.5%
- Fundamentalist Clear the Shattered Woods on Challenging or higher using both the Engraved Arming Sword and Rokari Keenblade 0.5%
- Champion of the Soul Tenders Clear the Shattered Woods using both Vestal's Wrath and the Ritual Dagger on any difficulty 0.5%
- Speedrunner Clear the Shattered Woods in 20 minutes or less on any difficulty 0.5%
- Pinnacle of Perfection Upgrade 12 unique weapons to Level X 0.5%
- Monk of Rokar Clear the Shattered Woods using both the Knight-Blooded Crest and Spellsword's Charm on any difficulty 0.4%
- Sword God Complete the Shattered Woods Campaign on Nightmare without ever using a Shard of Resolve 0.4%
- Champion of The Unbroken Clear the Shattered Woods using both Heartsplitter and Gemini Stranded on any difficulty 0.4%
- Champion of the Void Keepers Clear the Shattered Woods using both Mistcutter and Spellsword's Charm on any difficulty 0.4%
- Speedrunnest Clear the Shattered Woods in 15 minutes or less on any difficulty 0.3%