Blue Fire
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 10h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Enter the Void” and “Find The Nuos Temple”: from 100% to 48% of starters.
- 83% 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 3,149 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 12.8h for positive, 3.6h 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 (82.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Enter the Void 100%
- Find The Nuos Temple Most players quit here 48% −52
- Destroy The Nuos Corruption 39% −9
- Find The Uthas Temple 32% −7
- Destroy The Uthas Corruption 29% −3
- Broken Boilers 23% −6
- Flames of Darkness 22% −1
- Destroy The Shadow Lords 21% −1
- The Source of Darkness 20% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (22)
story milestone ending side
- Enter the Void 100%
- Elevator Duties 60%
- Find The Nuos Temple 48%
- Destroy The Nuos Corruption 39%
- Book Hunting 32%
- Find The Uthas Temple 32%
- Destroy The Uthas Corruption 29%
- The Lost Memory 26%
- Missing Mother 25%
- Broken Boilers 23%
- Flames of Darkness 22%
- Soul Fragments 22%
- Spirit Hunting 21%
- Nuno's Pain 21%
- Destroy The Shadow Lords 21%
- Kuna's Gift 21%
- Dirty Business 20%
- Love in the Air 20%
- The Source of Darkness 20%
- Juro's Memories 19%
- Song of Gods 18%
- Defeat all Voids 14%