ActionAdventureRPG
Torchlight III
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 16% of players who started
Started playing 96% of owners
Steam reviews 47% positive of 11,494
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (73%); after 7h it's 1 in 2 (48%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Unloaded” (Defeat Wideload in Wideload's Lair) and “Even Stronger” (Defeat Strongtusk in the Belly of the Beast): from 67% to 40% of starters.
- 96% 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 11,607 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.7h for positive, 9.5h 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 (95.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Yapper Slapper Defeat Yapper in the Occupied Trevail Point. 100%
- Straight to the Point Visit Trevail Point. 93% −7
- Unloaded Defeat Wideload in Wideload's Lair. 67% −26
- Even Stronger Defeat Strongtusk in the Belly of the Beast. Most players quit here 40% −27
- Snotskin Suppression Complete Act 1 story quests. 36% −5
- Cozy Cove Visit McTyres Cove. 35% −1
- Psora Not Sorry Defeat Psora in the Nymph Tree. 29% −6
- Getting Krronk Defeat Krronk in Defender's Gate. 25% −5
- Infestation Investigator Complete Act 2 story quests. 23% −2
- Land of Echoes Visit Echo Landing. 22%
- Declawed Defeat Squawkclaw in Squawkclaw's Perch. 19% −3
- Shriekback Defeat Shriekbeak in Shriekbeak's Laboratory. 18% −1
- Echonok Explorer Complete Act 3 story quests. 17% −1
- Rotten Core Defeat Ordrak in the Clockwork Core. 16% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- Yapper Slapper Defeat Yapper in the Occupied Trevail Point. 100%
- Way to Go Find a waypoint. 93%
- Straight to the Point Visit Trevail Point. 93%
- Legendary Loot Collect a legendary item. 87%
- Unloaded Defeat Wideload in Wideload's Lair. 67%
- Pampered Pet Equip a pet collar and tag on your pet. 60%
- Even Stronger Defeat Strongtusk in the Belly of the Beast. 40%
- Lore Master Find 25 lore objects. 39%
- Big Brawler Defeat Brall in Trial of Strength. 36%
- Geared Up Pick up each type of armor: Boots, Chest, Gloves, Hatch, Helm, Locomotion, Legs, Shoulders. 36%
- Snotskin Suppression Complete Act 1 story quests. 36%
- Never Netherim Defeat 500 Netherim. 36%
- Cozy Cove Visit McTyres Cove. 35%
- Break All the Things! Destroy 2,010 breakable objects. 30%
- Legendary Collection Collect 25 legendary items. 30%
- Savant Spend 10 points in any skill. 30%
- Psora Not Sorry Defeat Psora in the Nymph Tree. 29%
- Money Tree Grow an Ancient Luck Tree in your fort. 29%
- Weapons of Choice Pick up each type of weapon: Bow, Chest Cannon, Digitus, Focus, Greatweapon, Hammer, Mace, Pistol, Rifle, Staff, Sword. 28%
- Exterminator Defeat 500 Hyvid. 27%
- Ultimate Slayer Defeat Sadista in Netherim Chamber. 25%
- Fight For Your Rites Use 100 shrines of any kind. 25%
- Getting Krronk Defeat Krronk in Defender's Gate. 25%
- Infestation Investigator Complete Act 2 story quests. 23%
- Elite Defense Equip items with at least 1337 defense. 23%
- Rolling Stones Collect 500 Stone. 22%
- Land of Echoes Visit Echo Landing. 22%
- Sinister Siblings Defeat Brall in Trial of Strength and Sadista in Netherim Chamber. 19%
- Declawed Defeat Squawkclaw in Squawkclaw's Perch. 19%
- Zombie Containment Defeat 500 Zombies. 18%
- Shriekback Defeat Shriekbeak in Shriekbeak's Laboratory. 18%
- Echonok Explorer Complete Act 3 story quests. 17%
- Rotten Core Defeat Ordrak in the Clockwork Core. 16%
- Heavy Metal Collect 500 Metal. 15%
- Monster Hunter Defeat 1,000,000 monsters. 13%
- Woodchuck Collect 500 Wood. 11%
- First Class Hero Reach level 60 with any of the following classes: Duskmage, Forged, Railmaster, Sharpshooter. 7.0%
- Celestial Garb Equip the legendary Celestial set. 6.5%
- Musketeer Garb Equip the legendary Musketeer set. 6.4%
- Cosmic Garb Equip the legendary Cosmic set. 6.2%
- Mountain King's Garb Equip the legendary Mountain King set. 6.1%
- Arc-Powered Garb Equip the legendary Arc-Powered set. 5.8%
- Skittering Garb Equip the legendary Skittering set. 5.8%
- Woodsbeast Garb Equip the legendary Woodsbeast set. 5.8%
- Legendary Set Equip each legendary set: Arc-Powered, Celestial, Cosmic Mountain King, Musketeer, Skittering, Woodsbeast. 5.7%
- Replenished Pick up 500 health potions. 4.9%
- Superior Enchanting Use the Enchanter's Altar to slot 25 Enchanting Slots. 4.3%
- High Class Dusk Mage Reach level 60 with the Dusk Mage. 2.4%
- High Class Railmaster Reach level 60 with the Railmaster. 2.4%
- High Class Sharpshooter Reach level 60 with the Sharpshooter. 2.4%
- High Class Forged Reach level 60 with the Forged. 2.0%
- High Class Cursed Captain Reach level 60 with the Cursed Captain. 1.2%
- Millionaire Collect 1,000,000 gold. 1.2%
- High Class Hero Reach level 60 with 4 different classes: Duskmage, Forged, Railmaster, Sharpshooter. 0.9%
- Gobsmacked Defeat 1,986 Goblins using Entropy as the finishing blow. 0.6%
- Terminator Defeat 800 Automatons using Shotgonne Blast as the finishing blow. 0.4%
- Commodore's Garb Equip the legendary Commodore's Garb set. 0.4%
- Bad to the Bone Defeat 1,982 Skeletons using Scout's Bones as the finishing blow. 0.4%
- Thunderstruck Defeat 1,990 Voltura using Shocking Rounds as the finishing blow. 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.