When does Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (17%). The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.

How many players finish Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning?

10% of players who start reach the ending.

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

Sep 8, 2020 Steam: Mostly Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Reach the ending 10% of players who started

Started playing 85% of owners

Steam reviews 77% positive of 8,252

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (17%).
The opening is criticised more than in 79% of games we track.
10% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “Reborn” and “No Destiny, All Determination”: from 100% to 27% of starters.
85% 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 8,314 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 29.5h for positive, 20.2h 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 (84.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Reborn You were reborn from the Well of Souls, and have escaped Allestar Tower. 100%
No Destiny, All Determination You have met High King Titarion, and have been confronted with the true scope of your powers. Most players quit here 27% −73
Turning the Tide A ruse has baited Octienne into betraying the necromantic nature of his experiments. 16% −11
Hero of Mel Senshir You have defeated the great Balor. 15% −1
Destiny Defiant You have defeated Tirnoch, and defied destiny. 10% −5

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (69)

story milestone ending side

Reborn You were reborn from the Well of Souls, and have escaped Allestar Tower. 100%
Good as New Repaired a piece of equipment. 65%
Would You Like Fries with that? Landed 100 complete attack chains. 57%
Cleaning Up the Streets Killed 50 bandits. 44%
It Didn't Explode! Made a stable potion by experimenting. 43%
Reckoning Rampage Killed 5 enemies with a single Fateshift. 40%
Some of This, Some of That Unlocked a two-class hybrid destiny. 39%
Shop Class Crafted a piece of equipment with Blacksmithing. 38%
The Great Detective Detected 25 hidden things. 37%
Breaking and Entering Picked 50 locks. 28%
Big Spender Spent 200,000 gold. 27%
No Destiny, All Determination You have met High King Titarion, and have been confronted with the true scope of your powers. 27%
To the Victor Go the Spoils Found 10 unique items dropped by enemies. 26%
Shock and Awe Killed 100 enemies with abilities. 24%
Jack of All Trades Unlocked a Jack of All Trades destiny. 23%
House of Ballads Completed the House of Ballads storyline quests. 22%
Diamond in the Rough Crafted a Pristine Shard. 22%
Five Finger Discount Stole and fenced an item. 21%
Beam Me Up Used the Henge to enter Idylla. 20%
Green Thumb Harvested 10 of each type of reagent. 20%
Niskaru Slayer Killed 25 Niskaru. 19%
Juggler Landed 5 consecutive hits on an airborne enemy. 19%
Master of the Forge Crafted an item that uses all 5 forge component slots. 17%
Turning the Tide A ruse has baited Octienne into betraying the necromantic nature of his experiments. 16%
Bull in a China Shop Smashed 1,000 objects. 16%
Hero of Mel Senshir You have defeated the great Balor. 15%
We Built this City You helped the Kollossae in the Teeth of Naros break free from their fate. 14%
Open Sesame Dispelled 50 wards. 13%
Cartographer Discovered 100 locations. 13%
They Never Saw it Coming Backstabbed 20 enemies. 13%
Warsworn Completed the Warsworn storyline quests. 12%
It is Your Destiny Unlocked a top tier destiny. 12%
Manic Pixie Dream Elf Wooed Rast Brattigan. 11%
Romancing the Gem Crafted an Epic Gem. 11%
Streaker You spoke to someone while not wearing clothes. 10%
Destiny Defiant You have defeated Tirnoch, and defied destiny. 9.9%
Trapper Killed 25 enemies with traps. 9.9%
Murder Most Fowl Killed 50 Pteryx. 9.9%
Elixir of Fate Made a potion with the Essence of Fate. 9.6%
And Then There Were None Killed 500 enemies with abilities. 9.5%
Scholia Arcana Completed the Scholia Arcana storyline quests. 9.0%
Travelers Completed the Travelers storyline quests. 8.7%
The Harder They Fall You’ve bested Kahrunk without killing his attendants. 8.7%
Keep on Rising Gravehal Keep has been fully restored. 8.6%
House of Sorrows Completed the House of Sorrows storyline quests. 8.5%
Crime Doesn't Pay Spent over 10,000 gold in crime bribes. 8.4%
Bookworm Read 50 books. 8.0%
Mistaken Identity You’ve found a strange Almain who has been hiding in the sewers of Idylla. 7.7%
Foiled Again! Parried 100 times. 7.1%
A Wink and a Smile You have succeeded at 50 Persuasion attempts. 6.5%
Out of Your League Killed an enemy 4 levels higher than you. 5.2%
Riposte! Landed 25 special attacks out of Parry. 5.2%
I Regret Nothing Fell to your death from the Idylla Concourse. 4.7%
Jailbreak You broke out of jail. 4.4%
Sixpack (Fatesworn) Have at least 6 active summons simultaneously. 3.3%
Where's My Wallet? Pickpocketed 20 times. 3.2%
Destiny Dominated You have won the game on Hard difficulty. 3.0%
Loremaster Found all Lorestones. 3.0%
Farewell, Fateless One (Fatesworn) You freed Mithros from the reign of Telogrus and departed Amalur towards Icewall Peaks. 2.6%
Give Her a Hand Found Aubrey Gilcrest's severed hand. 2.1%
The Floor is Lava (Fatesworn) Survived the final battle against Telogrus without cleansing any Flame Locus fields. 2.0%
Exterminator Killed 50 Scavs. 1.9%
Message in a Bottle Located all eight message bottles in Gallows End. 1.8%
A Life of Crime Got caught committing a crime 25 times. 1.7%
Gatekeeper (Fatesworn) Closed all 25 Chaos Portals in Amalur. 1.7%
Walking Fortress (Fatesworn) Parried a block-breaking attack. 1.5%
Perfectionist Awarded all achievements. 1.1%
Customer Service (Fatesworn) Completed all side quests and faction quests in Mithros. 1.1%
Black Hole (Fatesworn) Stacked at least 100 Unholy Void effects with the Abyss armor set before defeating an enemy with magic. 1.1%

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