AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy
Swag and Sorcery
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 25% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 54% positive of 3,259
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (63%); after 15h it's 1 in 3 (34%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 91% of games we track.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Neo-romance is the opposite” (Defeat Skull of knowledge) and “Color rattle” (Defeat Rainbow Snake): from 57% to 28% of starters.
- 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 3,300 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 17.8h for positive, 8.4h 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 (88.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Enemy of the living Defeat Owl Guard. 87% −13
- Vice squad Defeat Big Boy. 60% −27
- Neo-romance is the opposite Defeat Skull of knowledge. 57% −3
- Color rattle Defeat Rainbow Snake. Most players quit here 28% −29
- Back to the well Defeat Okiki. 26% −2
- Naked king Complete all story quests. 25%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Recruiter Hire the first hero. 100%
- The adventure has begun! Complete the adventure for the first time. 99%
- Builder Build the first building. 98%
- Group work Send a group of 2 heroes to the trip. 91%
- Smart hero Open the first trait of any hero. 90%
- Fashion sentence Go to the competition for the first time. 90%
- Enemy of the living Defeat Owl Guard. 87%
- Merchant Earn 1000 gold. 86%
- Gorgeous Trinity Hire 3 heroes. 84%
- Animals are not welcome Kill 100 monsters in the forest. 82%
- Architect Build all the buildings. 82%
- Tactics Buy buff for the first time. 78%
- Creator Use spell for the first time. 78%
- Walk on corpses Kill 100 monsters on the battlefield. 68%
- Silence around Kill 100 monsters in ruins. 62%
- Vice squad Defeat Big Boy. 60%
- Neo-romance is the opposite Defeat Skull of knowledge. 57%
- Accountant Earn 10,000 gold. 53%
- Fog get out Completely get rid of fog. 52%
- Reference Spank grave robber. 38%
- Sage Unlock all spells. 38%
- Give heat Kill 100 monsters on hot springs. 37%
- Fashion village Pump the reputation of the village to the maximum. 36%
- Bog lover Kill 100 monsters in the swamp. 35%
- Caring boss Unlock all buffs. 34%
- Deep knowledge Kill 100 monsters in the underground city. 33%
- Black digger Kill 100 elite monsters on the battlefield. 33%
- Mayor Improve all buildings to the maximum. 31%
- Nerd Unlock all researches in the library. 30%
- Flayer Kill 100 elite monsters in the forest. 29%
- Optimization Send in adventure 3 groups in parallel 29%
- Paronormal Researcher Kill 100 elite monsters in ruins. 29%
- The more the merrier Hire all the heroes. 28%
- Naughty Tentacles Slap the Nameless. 28%
- Color rattle Defeat Rainbow Snake. 28%
- Back to the well Defeat Okiki. 26%
- Treasurer Earn 100,000 gold. 26%
- Naked king Complete all story quests. 25%
- Portal into something Unlock endless adventure. 25%
- Once and involved Kill 100 elite monsters in the swamp. 20%
- Explorer something Improve the endless adventure to level 10. 19%
- Altruist Complete all side quests. 19%
- Amateur hotter Kill 100 elite monsters on hot springs. 19%
- The secret is revealed Kill 100 elite monsters in the underground city. 19%
- Oligarch Buy all the recipes in the fashion house. 16%
- Amateur something Improve the endless adventure to level 50. 13%
- Revealed potential Open all the traits of all the characters. 13%
- Swag in the blood Completely dress at least one character in the legendary items. 12%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.