Hellish Quart
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 3h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Defeat Samuel” (You defeated Samuel!): only 33% of starters get there.
- Only 45% 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 8,694 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 5h for positive, 2h 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 (44.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Defeat Samuel You defeated Samuel! Most players quit here 33% −67
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (27)
story milestone ending side
- First Win You won your first duel! 100%
- Defeat Samuel You defeated Samuel! 33%
- Longswords rule 10 wins with Isabella 21%
- 100 Wins! You won 100 AI duels! 20%
- Quick and deadly 10 wins with Jacek 16%
- The mad monk 10 wins with Zera 15%
- Keep them at a distance 10 wins with Marie 14%
- It's all about precision 10 wins with Kalkstein 12%
- Axe is better than a sword 10 wins with Yendrek 12%
- Olé 10 wins with Marta 11%
- The Black Sabre 10 wins with Samuel 9.6%
- Fast and nimble 10 wins with Jan 9.2%
- The starosta 10 wins with Alexander 8.7%
- Hungarian sabre 10 wins with Laszlo 7.4%
- It's Just Business 10 wins with Tarnavski 7.4%
- Kozak! 10 wins with Barabasz 7.1%
- She-Wolf 10 wins with Maryna 6.9%
- Old man's strength 10 wins with Gedeon 6.2%
- Survive 15 duels You survived 15 duels in a row. 5.8%
- True Scotsman 10 wins with Connor 5.6%
- 500 Wins! You won 500 AI duels. 4.9%
- Professional Warrior 10 wins with Hasan 4.5%
- 1000 Wins! So many duels won! 2.2%
- Rich! So many Ducats! 2.0%
- Toughest Boss Defeated Samuel on hardest difficulty! 1.8%
- 5000 Wins! Wow!!! 0.2%
- Survive You completed the Survival! 0.2%