Bastion
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 7h it's 1 in 55 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 78% of games we track.
- At least 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- 83% 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 38,335 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.5h for positive, 6.2h 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 (83.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Beginning Complete the story, embracing the New World ≥23% −77
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- The Stranger Complete the Wharf District 100%
- The Survivor Complete the Hanging Gardens and speak with the Survivor in the Bastion 69%
- Ride the Wind Use the Skyway in the Wharf District. 66%
- The Singer Complete Prosper Bluff and speak with the Singer in the Bastion 54%
- The Ura Stop the siege on the Bastion 37%
- Pet Sitter Get four different domesticated creatures in the Bastion 35%
- Vigilante Complete at least 50 percent of the Vigils in the Memorial 28%
- The Beginning Complete the story, embracing the New World 23%
- Kid-at-Arms Use the Forge to apply at least one upgrade to every weapon 21%
- The End Complete the story 19%
- Mind Voyager Complete each trip to Who Knows Where 13%
- Altruist Complete 100 percent of the Vigils in the Memorial 7.0%
- Whatever's Out There Complete the Kid's Dream with five or more Shrine Idols invoked. 6.4%
- Man-at-Arms Use the Forge to fully upgrade every weapon. 6.0%
- Calamity Kid Complete the story in New Game Plus 5.8%
- Lock Yourself In Complete the Singer's Dream with five or more Shrine Idols invoked. 5.0%
- A Lasting Peace Complete the Survivor's Dream with five or more Shrine Idols invoked. 4.0%
- Just Like That Complete the Kid's Dream with all ten Shrine Idols invoked. 3.5%
- Turret Opera Defeat the required number of foes using a single Turret. 3.2%
- Calamity All Around Complete the Singer's Dream with all ten Shrine Idols invoked. 3.0%
- Ashes in the Sky Complete the Survivor's Dream with all ten Shrine Idols invoked. 2.6%
- All in the Mind Complete the Stranger's Dream with five or more Shrine Idols invoked. 2.6%
- About the Author Complete the Stranger's Dream with all ten Shrine Idols invoked. 2.4%
- Hard Bargain Earn a total of at least 1,000,000 points in Score Attack Mode 2.0%