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Pawnbarian
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 18% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 903
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 7h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- Only 18% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 914 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 5.7h for positive, 1.4h 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 (18% 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 (18)
- Pawnbarian Conquer all dungeons with the Pawnbarian. 100%
- Knight Templar Conquer all dungeons with the Knight Templar. 54%
- Nomad Conquer all dungeons with the Nomad. 35%
- Capyzerker Conquer all dungeons with the Capyzerker. 33%
- Mystic Conquer all dungeons with the Mystic. 33%
- Shogun Conquer all dungeons with the Shogun. 28%
- Pawnbarian V Conquer all dungeons with the Pawnbarian at chain V (or higher). 9.4%
- Mystic V Conquer all dungeons with the Mystic at chain V (or higher). 8.9%
- Capyzerker V Conquer all dungeons with the Capyzerker at chain V (or higher). 7.8%
- Nomad V Conquer all dungeons with the Nomad at chain V (or higher). 7.8%
- Knight Templar V Conquer all dungeons with the Knight Templar at chain V (or higher). 7.2%
- Shogun V Conquer all dungeons with the Shogun at chain V (or higher). 6.7%
- Mystic X Conquer all dungeons with the Mystic at chain X. 6.1%
- Capyzerker X Conquer all dungeons with the Capyzerker at chain X. 5.6%
- Knight Templar X Conquer all dungeons with the Knight Templar at chain X. 5.6%
- Nomad X Conquer all dungeons with the Nomad at chain X. 5.6%
- Pawnbarian X Conquer all dungeons with the Pawnbarian at chain X. 5.6%
- Shogun X Conquer all dungeons with the Shogun at chain X. 5.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.