Metal Unit
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 10h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Hard to Swallow” (Complete chapter 1) and “Dragged Along” (Complete chapter 2): from 73% to 42% of starters.
- 86% 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 2,934 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 9.6h for positive, 6.4h 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 (86.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hard to Swallow Complete chapter 1. 73% −27
- Dragged Along Complete chapter 2. Most players quit here 42% −31
- Crossing-Over Complete chapter 3. 32% −10
- Hot Lead Complete chapter 4. 25% −7
- Negateve Complete chapter 5. 23% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (43)
story milestone ending side
- Red Flavor Potion used! 100%
- Hard to Swallow Complete chapter 1. 73%
- Ready? Get sets! Activate a new item set. 59%
- A good day to die Experience your first death. 55%
- Ironwork Craft an item. 49%
- Atelier Joanna Upgrade an item by synthesis. 49%
- Risk and Reward Complete a dungeon. 47%
- Deal with it Trade with a traveling merchant. 47%
- Am I a munchkin now? Obtained a legendary item! 46%
- Dragged Along Complete chapter 2. 42%
- Ask and you shall receive Obtain a cosmetic skin. 37%
- Crossing-Over Complete chapter 3. 32%
- Hot Lead Complete chapter 4. 25%
- Practice makes perfect Attack the training dummy. 25%
- J0 Ann-A Mix two potions. 24%
- Negateve Complete chapter 5. 23%
- Showing off Obtain enough items to get a sweet trophy in your room. 22%
- Inside the Ancient Pyramid Complete the pyramid level. 22%
- Fully loaded Obtain all upgrades. 13%
- A new Master Obtain enough Mastery Points to unlock Legendary items in the armory. 11%
- The King in Ruins Complete the ruins dungeon. 7.7%
- About time Complete a hardcore run of the game. 6.3%
- Perfect Cherry Blossom Obtain and repair the Legendary weapon of Forestia. 6.3%
- Miner Problem Complete the mines dungeon. 5.3%
- Gold Hoarder Hold 5654+ gold. Not a world record. 5.0%
- Giant Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Gigantic Mod. 4.1%
- Flying Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Flying Mod. 3.9%
- Shocking Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Shocking Mod. 3.9%
- Speedy Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Speedy Mod. 3.9%
- Teleporting Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Elusive Mod. 3.8%
- Freezing Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Freezing Mod. 3.8%
- Muddy Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Muddy Mod. 3.8%
- Explosive Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Explosive Mod. 3.7%
- Flaming Modification Clear a EX Mode level with the Flaming Mod. 3.7%
- Rescue Mission M Rescue the Mixologist in EX Mode. 3.7%
- Push It To The Limit Complete a run in New Game +2. 2.9%
- Maximum Modifications Clear a EX Mode level with 4 mods. 2.9%
- First Layer of Extreme Clear the first layer of EX Mode. 2.6%
- Second Layer of Extreme Clear the second layer of EX Mode. 2.3%
- Third Layer of Extreme Clear the third layer of EX Mode. 2.2%
- Rescue Mission T Rescue the Tailor in EX Mode. 2.2%
- Extreme Mastered Complete a full run of EX Mode. 2.1%
- Rescue Mission B Rescue the Blacksmith in EX Mode. 2.0%