ActionAdventureIndieRPG
Enshrouded
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 96% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 108,132
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 35h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 78% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 96% 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 108,503 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 56.5h for positive, 30.6h 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 (95.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (58)
story milestone ending side
- Doing something right Reach level 2. 100%
- Thus it begins Craft a simple item. 95%
- Erudite Unlocked the first skill. 92%
- A place to call home Create a flame altar. 89%
- Leave a mark Mine terrain for the first time. 88%
- Shortcut Craft or obtain a grappling hook. 82%
- Freefall Craft or obtain a glider. 80%
- Springlands stargazer Reached an ancient spire in the Springlands. 78%
- Thundering success Defeat the guardian of the first elixir well. 76%
- Well done! Cleared the first elixir well. 76%
- Mole of the Springlands Mine every valuable material in the Springlands. 75%
- On the way Reach level 5. 68%
- Revelwoods stargazer Reached the ancient spire in the Revelwoods. 53%
- Things come together Reach level 10. 50%
- Mole of the Revelwoods Mine every valuable material in the Revelwoods. 43%
- Springlands secret keeper Read all obelisks in the Springlands. 43%
- Getting a feel for it Reach level 15. 41%
- Dethroned Defeat the shroud wyvern. 39%
- Nomad Highlands stargazer Reached the ancient spire in the Nomad Highlands. 37%
- How far we have come Reach level 20. 33%
- Mole of the Nomad Highlands Mine every valuable material in the Nomad Highlands. 31%
- Kindlewastes stargazer Reached the ancient spire in the Kindlewastes. 30%
- Winged Victory Obtain a ghost glider. 28%
- Mole of the Kindlewastes Mine every valuable material in the Kindlewastes. 27%
- Impressive journey Reach level 25. 26%
- Revelwoods secret keeper Read all obelisks in the Revelwoods. 24%
- Nomad Highlands secret keeper Read all obelisks in the Nomad Highlands. 22%
- Springland weeding Clear the Springlands of all shroud roots. 21%
- Pieces of the past Find all forgotten "guard of the north" armor pieces. 17%
- Albaneve Summits stargazer Reached the ancient spire in the Albaneve Summits. 17%
- Revelwood weeding Clear the Revelwood of all shroud roots. 14%
- Mole of the Albaneve Summits Mine every valuable material in the Albaneve Summits. 14%
- Climbing to new heights Reach level 30. 14%
- Kindlewastes secret keeper Read all obelisks in the Kindlewastes. 13%
- Nomad Highlands weeding Clear the Nomad Highlands from all shroud roots. 9.9%
- Reaching the top Reach level 35. 9.3%
- Veilwater Basin stargazer Reached the ancient spire in the Veilwater Basin. 9.1%
- King of the mountain Defeat the dragon. 8.8%
- Kindlewastes weeding Clear the Kindlewastes of all shroud roots. 7.6%
- Mole of the Veilwater Basin Mine every valuable material in the Veilwater Basin. 5.0%
- Ready for new lands Reach level 40. 4.3%
- Albaneve Summits secret keeper Read all obelisks in the Albaneve Summits. 3.6%
- Spark of the Springlands Find all flame shrines and sanctums in the Springlands. 2.5%
- Onto new horizons Reach level 45. 2.5%
- Albaneve Summits weeding Clear the Albaneve Summits of all shroud roots. 2.3%
- Veilwater Basin secret keeper Read all obelisks in the Veilwater Basin. 1.9%
- Spark of the Revelwoods Find all flame shrines and sanctums in the Revelwoods. 1.8%
- Spark of the Kindlewastes Find all flame shrines and sanctums in the Kindlewastes. 1.6%
- Spark of the Nomad Highlands Find all flame shrines and sanctums in the Nomad Highlands. 1.4%
- Spark of the Albaneve Summits Find all flame shrines and sanctums in the Albaneve Summits. 0.9%
- Veilwater Basin weeding Clear the Veilwater Basin of all shroud roots. 0.9%
- Mole of the Cinder's Cradle Mine every valuable material in the Cinder's Cradle. 0.4%
- Spark of the Veilwater Basin Find all flame shrines and sanctums in the Veilwater Basin. 0.4%
- Above the clouds Reach level 50. 0.3%
- Cinder's Cradle stargazer Scaled the ancient spire in the Cinder's Cradle. 0.2%
- Cinder's Cradle Weeding Clear the Cinder's Cradle of all shroud roots. 0.1%
- A new North Star Defeat Lord Vorgoth. 0.1%
- Cinder's Cradle secret keeper Read all obelisks in the Cinder's Cradle. 0.1%
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