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Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 25% of players who started
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 11,365
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (29%); after 35h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- At least 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Shared Purpose” (Team up with Braum) and “Wind Walker” (Have Yasuo join your Party): from 100% to 78% of starters.
- 77% 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 11,448 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 36.8h for positive, 12.1h 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 (77.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Visions Experience visions of Ruined King 100%
- Shared Purpose Team up with Braum 100%
- Wind Walker Have Yasuo join your Party Most players quit here 78% −22
- Put to Rest Cleanse Grey Harbor from Black Mist 62% −16
- O Captain, My Captain Have Miss Fortune join your Party 58% −3
- Deep Sea Fishing Have Pyke join your Party 49% −9
- Into the Utter Darkness Arrive at the Shadow Isles 49%
- Dying Grove Meet Maokai 43% −6
- Fox Trot Have Ahri join your Party 43%
- Maokai Renewed Return Maokai to full strength 32% −11
- Defying the Warden Defeat Thresh 30% −2
- Reign of Terror Defeat Possessed Gangplank 30%
- Reckoning with History Complete Windrake Island 29% −1
- Ready for Ruin Pass the Test of Nagakaborous 27% −2
- Storyteller Complete the story on Story Difficulty ≥25% −2
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (52)
story milestone ending side
- Visions Experience visions of Ruined King 100%
- Shared Purpose Team up with Braum 100%
- Wind Walker Have Yasuo join your Party 78%
- Potent Potables Consume 10 Potions 75%
- Town Gossip Meet the Rumor Monger 67%
- Put to Rest Cleanse Grey Harbor from Black Mist 62%
- O Captain, My Captain Have Miss Fortune join your Party 58%
- Enchanting Novice Enchant your first Item 57%
- Animality Complete 25% of the Bestiary 51%
- Deep Sea Fishing Have Pyke join your Party 49%
- Into the Utter Darkness Arrive at the Shadow Isles 49%
- Bounty Cadet Complete a Bounty mission 49%
- Treasure Diver Reel in a Treasure cache while fishing 48%
- Tons of Tonic Consume 50 Potions 45%
- Dying Grove Meet Maokai 43%
- Fox Trot Have Ahri join your Party 43%
- Well Read Collect 50% of the Lore entries 38%
- Hunter Complete 50% of the Bestiary 34%
- Ultimatum Unlock a Level 3 Ultimate Ability 34%
- Maokai Renewed Return Maokai to full strength 32%
- Defying the Warden Defeat Thresh 30%
- Reign of Terror Defeat Possessed Gangplank 30%
- Arena Champion Complete 50% of Baron's Rest Crucible battles 29%
- Reckoning with History Complete Windrake Island 29%
- Bounty Captain Complete 5 Bounty missions 29%
- Money Bags Acquire 100,000 Gold (cumulative) 27%
- Ready for Ruin Pass the Test of Nagakaborous 27%
- Marked For Debt Acquire 200 Black Marks (cumulative) 26%
- Storyteller Complete the story on Story Difficulty 25%
- Full Potential Reach Level 30 with any Champion 25%
- Ruination Complete the story on Normal Difficulty 23%
- Good Listener View every character dialogue when at Rest points 21%
- Epic Infusion Infuse 10 Epic Items 20%
- Legendary Power Acquire 1 Legendary Weapon 20%
- Arena King Complete all Baron's Rest Crucible battles 19%
- Ultramaximus Unlock all Champion Ultimate Abilities 17%
- Oh This Old Thing? Unlock an alternate Skin for any Champion 16%
- Bounty Master Complete all Bounty missions 15%
- Chum Bucket Catch 100 Fish 13%
- Rare Infusion Infuse 10 Rare Items 13%
- Infusion Master Infuse 30 Items 12%
- Ultimate Arsenal Acquire all Legendary Weapons 12%
- Well Rested Eat 15 Meals at Rest Points 11%
- Veteran Ruination Complete the story on Veteran Difficulty 11%
- Poro Bandit Collect 5 treasures from Poro Holes 11%
- Enchanting Master Enchant 30 Items 10%
- Master Archivist Collect all unlockable Lore entries 7.8%
- Big Kahuna Catch 10 Epic Fish 5.8%
- Spring Catalog Unlock all alternate Skins for all Champions 5.4%
- Heroic Ruination Complete the story on Heroic Difficulty 4.4%
- Fishing Journalist Catch every type of fish and complete the Fishing Journal 3.5%
- Apex Predator Complete 100% of the Bestiary 3.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.