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Hades
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 29% of players who started
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 98% positive of 310,112
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 20h it's 1 in 80 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised less than in 90% of games we track.
- 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Is There No Escape?” (Clear an escape attempt) and “The Family Secret” (Complete the main quest in the story): from 57% to 28% of starters.
- 82% 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 311,746 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 5,056 reviews: 23.8h for positive, 11.9h 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 (81.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Escaped Tartarus Clear Tartarus 100%
- Escaped Asphodel Clear Asphodel 88% −12
- Escaped Elysium Clear Elysium 72% −16
- Is There No Escape? Clear an escape attempt 57% −15
- The Family Secret Complete the main quest in the story Most players quit here 29% −29
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by hand.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- Escaped Tartarus Clear Tartarus 100%
- Escaped Asphodel Clear Asphodel 88%
- Arms Collector Unlock each of the Infernal Arms 76%
- Friends in High Places Use Greater Call to invoke an Olympian's aid 76%
- Escaped Elysium Clear Elysium 72%
- Chthonic Colleagues Fulfill the 'Chthonic Colleagues' Prophecy 68%
- Is There No Escape? Clear an escape attempt 57%
- Death Dealer Beat Thanatos by 15 kills or more 52%
- Skelly Slayer Slay Skelly 15 times 49%
- Well Stocked Buy 9 'Well of Charon' items in one escape attempt 49%
- Three-Headed Boy Pet Cerberus 10 times 43%
- Day-or-Night Trader Trade 20 times with the Wretched Broker 43%
- Back to Work Earn access to and enter the Administrative Chamber 42%
- Blessed by the Gods Choose 100 different Olympian Boon effects 40%
- Blood Bound Max any Weapon Aspect 39%
- Urge to Sing Compel Orpheus to sing again 39%
- Grown Close Forge a bond with any character 32%
- River Denizens Catch a fish from each region 31%
- Home Makeover Pay for 50 jobs from the House Contractor 29%
- The Family Secret Complete the main quest in the story 29%
- To Charon's Credit Earn a Loyalty Card 27%
- Had to Happen Fulfill any 15 Prophecies 27%
- Tools of the Architect Choose 50 different Daedalus Hammer enchantments 25%
- Rare Collectible Equip a Chthonic Companion 24%
- Master of Arms Fulfill the 'Master of Arms' Prophecy 24%
- Weapon of Fate Clear an escape attempt with a hidden Weapon Aspect 23%
- Something From Everyone Unlock each standard Keepsake 21%
- Hold the Onions Clear an Infernal Gate without taking damage 21%
- Well Versed Fully Unlock the Olympians' Codex entries 19%
- War-God's Bloodlust Fulfill the 'War-God's Bloodlust' Prophecy 18%
- Champion of Elysium Clear Elysium with the 'Extreme Measures' Condition 16%
- Musician and Muse Fulfill the 'Musician and Muse' Prophecy 16%
- Haste of Hermes Get 20% dodge chance with the Lambent Plume 16%
- Bad Call Use an Olympian's Greater Call against them in a Trial 16%
- The Useless Trinket Earn the first of Skelly's prizes 15%
- Thanks, But No Thanks Purge a Legendary Boon 15%
- Slashed Benefits Fulfill the 'Slashed Benefits' Prophecy 15%
- Nyx's Mirror Have at least one rank in each Mirror of Night Talent 14%
- Night and Darkness Fulfill the 'Night and Darkness' Prophecy 13%
- End to Torment Fulfill the 'End to Torment' Prophecy 12%
- Infernal Arms Unlock all Weapon Aspects 11%
- Dark Reflections Fulfill the 'Dark Reflections' Prophecy 11%
- Divided by Death Fulfill the 'Divided by Death' Prophecy 10%
- One for the Ages Reach the epilogue of the story 10%
- Harsh Conditions Fulfill the 'Harsh Conditions' Prophecy 9.4%
- Thorn of Thanatos Get 30% bonus damage with the Pierced Butterfly 8.9%
- Skelly's Last Lamentations Earn the second of Skelly's prizes 8.9%
- Complete Set Earn all Chthonic Companions 8.2%
- Friends Forever Max-rank each standard Keepsake 7.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.