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Eldest Souls
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 17% of players who started
Started playing 91% of owners
Steam reviews 73% positive of 4,454
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (53%); after 4h it's 1 in 6 (18%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised more than in 81% of games we track.
- 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “And Now Its Watch Is Ended” (Defeat the Watchdog) and “The Last Guardian” (Defeat the Guardian): from 92% to 62% of starters.
- 91% 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 4,517 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 7h for positive, 3.9h 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 (91.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- And Now Its Watch Is Ended Defeat the Watchdog. 92% −8
- The Last Guardian Defeat the Guardian. Most players quit here 62% −30
- Bringer of Light Defeat Azikel, God of Light. 42% −20
- A Song of Rain and Fire Defeat Eos, God of Unity 38% −3
- Ice Breaker Defeat Hyem of the Frigid Waste. 26% −12
- Astronomical Fracture Defeat Aryana, First of the Moon. 22% −4
- Of Blood and Stone Defeat The Deer God and the Warden of Purity. 22%
- Shattered Dreams Defeat Drakmur, the Nightmare 21% −1
- First Among Equals Defeat Eksyll 17% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- A crusader's Landing Reach Crusader's Landing 100%
- First of Many Die to a Boss. 94%
- And Now Its Watch Is Ended Defeat the Watchdog. 92%
- The Survivor Talk with Rass 87%
- A Bard's Request Deliver the harp string to Edd 73%
- Logged Die to a rolling log. 71%
- The Last Guardian Defeat the Guardian. 62%
- The Real Deal Reach the Crossroads 62%
- Just one more time Retry a Boss 10 times in a row. 58%
- Blade Discipline Hit an enemy with Windslide, Berserker Slash, or Counter 20 times. 56%
- Stick 'em with the pointy end! Hit enemies with a thrust attack 200 times 47%
- Bringer of Light Defeat Azikel, God of Light. 42%
- A Song of Rain and Fire Defeat Eos, God of Unity 38%
- A Sanctuary of Souls Reach Concord Sanctuary 37%
- Flawless Flow Have at least 10 Windleaves active at once. 29%
- Ice Breaker Defeat Hyem of the Frigid Waste. 26%
- Astronomical Fracture Defeat Aryana, First of the Moon. 22%
- Of Blood and Stone Defeat The Deer God and the Warden of Purity. 22%
- The Most Devout Hit enemies with a Shard attack 200 times 21%
- Shattered Dreams Defeat Drakmur, the Nightmare 21%
- The End Times Reach the Steps of Ascension 19%
- First Among Equals Defeat Eksyll 17%
- A Song of Stars Gain the Blessed Feather of Dawn 16%
- A Crusader Always Pays His Debts Deliver the bag of crowns to Edelon. 15%
- Dauntless Defence Perform 3 Perfect Counters in a row against any Boss. 15%
- Alchemical Triumph Obtain the Empty Vessel 11%
- Abyssal Guardian Defeat the Guardian in Abyss Mode. 5.4%
- A Song of Ice Gain the Blessed Trueice Prism 4.5%
- Abyssal Azikel Defeat Azikel in Abyss Mode. 4.5%
- Abyssal Eos Defeat Eos in Abyss Mode. 4.5%
- Abyssal Hyem Defeat Hyem in Abyss Mode. 3.7%
- Abyssal Deer God Defeat The Deer God in Abyss Mode. 3.7%
- Abyssal Warden Defeat The Warden of Purity in Abyss Mode. 3.6%
- Abyssal Aryana Defeat Aryana in Abyss Mode. 3.5%
- Abyssal Drakmur Defeat Drakmur in Abyss Mode. 3.4%
- A Song of the Abyss Gain the Abyssal Eye 3.3%
- A Song of Fire Gain the Kindled Heart of Fire 3.1%
- A Song of the Wild Gain the Blessed Hunter's Charm 3.1%
- Abyssal Eksyll Defeat Eksyll in Abyss Mode. 3.1%
- Ferocious Fury Maintain 4 stacks of Berserker for 30s. 2.9%
- Iron Guardian Defeat the Guardian while taking 0 damage. 2.6%
- Iron Watchdog Defeat the Watchdog while taking 0 damage. 2.4%
- Iron Azikel Defeat Azikel, God of Light while taking 0 damage. 2.3%
- Iron Hyem Defeat Hyem while taking 0 damage. 2.1%
- Iron Eos Defeat Eos, God of Unity while taking 0 damage. 1.9%
- Iron Deer Defeat The Deer God and the Warden of Purity while taking 0 damage. 1.9%
- Iron Aryana Defeat Aryana, First of the Moon while taking 0 damage. 1.9%
- Iron Drakmur Defeat Drakmur, the Nightmare while taking 0 damage 1.9%
- No Country for Godly Men Finish the game without activating any Shard or Infusions. 1.4%
- The Sword Saint Reach the ending without dying once. 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.