Project Warlock
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 5h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 27% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Small step for a Warlock...” (Slay The Sorcerer): only 64% of starters get there.
- Only 54% 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 6,294 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 6.9h for positive, 2.4h 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 (54.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Small step for a Warlock... Slay The Sorcerer Most players quit here 64% −36
- Ah'n'gha throdog r'luhhor Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn 51% −13
- Weird Cat Slay the Sphinx 40% −11
- Industrial Age Destroy the Massive Tank 32% −8
- Double-edged Sword... Slay the Satan himself 27% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- Marco Polo Find your first secret 100%
- Small step for a Warlock... Slay The Sorcerer 64%
- Ponce De Leon Find 10 Secrets 60%
- Ah'n'gha throdog r'luhhor Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn 51%
- Shadow of the East Find that weird Chinese guy 49%
- Magellan Find 30 Secrets 45%
- Weird Cat Slay the Sphinx 40%
- Galileo Find 50 secrets 38%
- Too Serious Find the guy who took everything too seriously 36%
- Industrial Age Destroy the Massive Tank 32%
- Double-edged Sword... Slay the Satan himself 27%
- I'm dead... again? Find that guy who lived again 27%
- Piece of Cake Complete the game on the Standard difficulty 26%
- Wrong Slipgate Find your double-barrel-and-axe-carrying friend 23%
- Lock 'n' Load Buy 10 upgrades 23%
- Come Get Some Complete the game on the Hard difficulty 21%
- Those Alien Bastards Never Paid... Find that gum-chewing and ass-kicking guy 19%
- Ripped and Torn Find the one who was supposed to rip and tear until it was done 12%
- Bring it on! Complete the game on the Hardcore difficulty 8.9%
- Evil Nightmare Complete the game on the Single Live Mode difficulty 3.3%