Chained Echoes
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 35h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Beginning” (Finish the prologue) and “Act Racer” (Finish act I): from 100% to 36% of starters.
- 89% 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 8,285 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 51.6h for positive, 18.5h 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 (89.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Beginning Finish the prologue. 100%
- Act Racer Finish act I. Most players quit here 36% −64
- Next Steps Finish act II. 29% −8
- Bad Memories Finish act III. 24% −4
- True King Beat the game. 20% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (37)
story milestone ending side
- The Beginning Finish the prologue. 100%
- Praying Find a Class Emblem. 66%
- Hitchcock was Right Disturb 60 birds. 56%
- Death to My Enemies Win 50 battles. 52%
- Reward Starter Get a Reward Board chain of over 5. 52%
- Winning Streak Win 100 battles. 42%
- Ahoy ye Heartie Join the Adventurer’s Guild. 41%
- Class Master Master a Class Emblem skill. 37%
- Reward Addict Get a Reward Board chain of over 20. 37%
- Sky Champion Reclaim your Sky Armor. 36%
- Act Racer Finish act I. 36%
- Master of One Master a Sky Armor weapon. 30%
- Brutal Battler Win 200 battles. 30%
- Next Steps Finish act II. 29%
- Son of a Preacher Man Find 6 Class Emblems. 27%
- Reward Junkie Get a Reward Board chain of over 40. 26%
- Bad Memories Finish act III. 24%
- Oh Crab! Find the Crab Village. 23%
- True King Beat the game. 20%
- Reward Mixer Get a Reward Board chain of over 80. 20%
- Customer is King Sell 1 piece of crap. 19%
- One of Us Find all recruits. 17%
- Side Tracker Finish all side quests. 15%
- Infleeencer Flee 42 times. 15%
- Preacher Man Find 12 Class Emblems. 14%
- Reward Dealer Get a Reward Board chain of over 120. 14%
- The Platypus’ Mind Find the platypus gang’s treasure. 13%
- Jack of All Trades Master all Sky Armor weapons with one Sky Armor. 12%
- God King Slay the ultimate boss. 9.9%
- Endangered Species Defeat all Unique Monsters. 9.4%
- A Blade Runner Get all ultimate weapons. 8.1%
- Uncanny Expertise Learn all skills for Tomke. 7.7%
- Walking Killing Machine Complete the bestiary. 7.5%
- Walking Library Read all lore books. 6.5%
- Skill Share Learn all skills with all characters. 6.4%
- Bargain Hunter Buy all Deals. 5.6%
- Reward Cartel Boss Complete the Reward Board. 5.4%