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Shady Knight
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 37% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 960
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 10 reviews are negative (10%); after 4h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 90% of games we track.
- Only 37% 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 974 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 6.2h for positive, 2.7h 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 (37% 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 (30)
- THE PATH TO MASTERY Earn your first SSS rank. 100%
- KICKMANIA Discover all kick strikes and use them all in a single level. 66%
- FEARLESS Find a way to hurt the Armless in NEXUS 53%
- INVINCIBLE Complete any three rankable levels in a row without taking a single hit. 52%
- SHADY KNIGHT Return to the living realm as Shady Knight. 34%
- A HUNDRED MILES Perform a hundred Chained Dropkicks. 32%
- FATE BRINGER Discover at least five unblockable strikes and use them in a single level. 28%
- PARRYCORE Parry a strike from each enemy type. 27%
- COMBO REAPER Gain X50 combo 17%
- PARKOUR MASTER Discover all Parkour style points. 17%
- IGNORANCE SSS all of the Ignorance. 17%
- CRAVENNESS SSS all of the Cravenness. 16%
- NEXUS CLIMBER Reach the top of the Nexus from the first portal. 15%
- HUBRIS SSS all of the Hubris. 14%
- OBSESSION SSS all of the Obsession. 12%
- AGENT OF CHAOS Discover all Chaos style points. 11%
- WRATH SSS all of the Wrath. 9.2%
- EXCELLENCE SSS all of the rankable levels. 8.6%
- ON THE EDGE Discover all Bonus style points. 6.2%
- COLLECTOR Find all hidden skulls. 5.7%
- ONE HUNDRED KNIGHTS Kill one hundred knights in the last hidden trial. 5.4%
- SLAM LORD Discover as many ways to slam an enemy as you can and perform at least four different slam actions in one level. 5.4%
- SWIFT SWITCHER Discover all the possible ways to pick up a weapon and perform them all in one level. 4.9%
- FLOWRIDER Beat all parkour trails. 4.6%
- BROKEN CIRCLE You can rest now, Knight. 4.3%
- DISC ROOM Kill at least five enemies with charged roaming blades during a level. 3.0%
- WRECKING BOX Hit a knocked enemy with a hanging cargo at least ten times during a level. 2.7%
- UNDER PRESSURE Kill at least one of each enemy type with a Falling Crate. 2.4%
- ACTION HERO Discover all Action style points. 2.2%
- COPYCAT Repeat all the Action and Parkour style points (only the actions) from the cold opening of the release date trailer in the exact order. 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.