Vellum

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,514 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 288 reviews: 11.2h for positive, 3.7h 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 (91.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (36)

• Expanded Vocabulary Unlock a new Spell. 100%
• Ink Exploration Unlock a new Signature Ink. 100%
• It was the Best of Times Mend your first Tome. 98%
• Ding! Reach Ink Level 2. 84%
• Rising Action Mend a Tome at Binding Level 1. 72%
• The Stacks Deal 30,000 Status Damage in a single run. 69%
• High Stakes Mend a Tome at Binding Level 5. 59%
• Setting the Foundation Mend 5 Tomes. 59%
• Regular Shakespeare Unlock 5 Spells. 54%
• May Thy Knife Defeat a Boss with the Shredded Pages Binding active. 53%
• Going the Distance Defeat a Torn Boss at Appendix 1 during an Endless Run. 52%
• Second Edition Reach Ink Level 10. 50%
• Ink, Lots of Ink Unlock 4 Signature Inks. 47%
• And In The Darkness... Mend a Tome at Binding Level 10. 45%
• All the World's a Stage Mend 10 Tomes. 40%
• Supporting Character Deal 20,000 Inkling Damage in a single run. 38%
• Just a Flesh Wound Heal 10,000 Health in a Single Run. 37%
• Do Not Go Gentle Defeat a Boss with the Broken Spines Binding active. 34%
• Darkest Before Dawn Mend a Tome at Binding Level 15. 33%
• That Escalated Quickly Defeat a Torn Boss at Appendix 3 during an Endless Run. 27%
• Envisioned Deal 5,000 Damage with a single Atlas signature projection. 23%
• That's a lot of Damage Flourish for more than 3000 Damage. 23%
• Terminator Finalize for 10,000 Damage. 21%
• Boundless Mend a Tome at Binding Level 20. 21%
• The Grey Area Defeat Myriad in The Grey Area. 19%
• Decrypted Mend the Illegible Tome. 15%
• Cognitively Developed Reach Ink Level 30. 10%
• The Forgery Defeat Verse in The Forgery. 10%
• Curated Complete a Book Club challenge. 10%
• Scribe of the Library Unlock 5 Spells, 4 Signature Inks, and reach Ink Level 30. 10%
• Speed Reader Mend a Tome in less than 10 minutes. 8.8%
• Fresh Start Ascend for the first time. 7.7%
• Pen is Knightier Complete a Tome with Teal, Foil, and Callback equipped. 6.3%
• Yonder Defeat Horizon in Yonder. 5.5%
• So Nice We Inked Twice Ascend twice. 3.2%
• Bingo! Complete a full Storyboard. 2.1%