Stela

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 758 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 3.1h for positive, 2.6h 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 (96.4% 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 (47)

• From the Depths Well done. 100%
• Not Like This Didn't give up. 98%
• Raised in a Barn Reached the barn loft. 87%
• Beetle of Unusual Size Escaped the barn. 86%
• Plague of Beetles Shut out the beetles. 84%
• In a Dark Wood Evaded a Shadow. 84%
• Into the Flames Crossed the dark woods. 76%
• Rain of Fire Survived the flaming arrows. 74%
• Narrow Escape You were almost a sandwich. 72%
• Rest in Peace Discovered a secret 72%
• What Lies Below Distracted a Shadow with a splash. 72%
• Gather No Moss Evaded the rolling log. 72%
• Rock and a Hard Place Climbed the crushing wall. 70%
• Shadow of Death Unsealed the door to the sunken chamber. 69%
• Into the Light Escaped the awakened monster. 67%
• Do You Hear What I Hear? Drove away the burrowing creatures. 66%
• Leap of Faith Escaped the burrowing beast. 66%
• Gong But Not Forgotten Burned the rope. 66%
• Third Chimes the Charm Rang the broken gong. 65%
• Out From the Cold Crossed the frozen lake. 65%
• Enemy of my Enemy Fed a Shadow to a beast. 64%
• What Goes Around Used the crane to avoid a Shadow. 63%
• Death from Above Dropped the chute on a Shadow. 62%
• The Stelavator Rode the elevator. 62%
• Bats in the Belfry Witnessed the dark swarm. 62%
• Down in Flames Gathered fire from the monastery chandelier. 61%
• Sanctuary Reached the inner sanctum. 61%
• Signs and Portents Aligned the monastery device. 61%
• World's End Crossed to the other side. 61%
• Eureka! Solved the stela maze. 59%
• Beyond the Gate Passed through the gate. 59%
• Final Destination Fullfilled your destiny. 59%
• Stela Finished the game. 59%
• I Am Become Death Witnessed the end of the world. 59%
• The Wheel Turns And the cycle begins anew. 57%
• Record Keeper Witnessed the credits. 35%
• Crossed the Streams Avoided the dark swarm without dying. 25%
• Fireproof Crossed the battlefield without dying. 22%
• Honor the Dead Collected 5 secrets 15%
• Don't Let The Bugs Bite Escaped the farmhouse without dying. 11%
• Pray for the Dead Collected 10 secrets 6.8%
• Last Rites Collected all the secret flames 6.2%
• Can't Catch Me Crossed the snowfields without dying. 5.4%
• A Shadow Among Shadows Escaped the dark woods without dying. 5.4%
• Untouchable Escaped the abyss without dying. 5.3%
• One Minute to Midnight Finished the game in under 90 minutes 3.2%
• Immortal Finished the game without dying. 2.5%