Loop Hero
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 20h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 14% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Just starting out” (Defeat the Lich) and “Glass Queen” (Defeat the Priestess): from 76% to 44% of starters.
- 97% 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 36,857 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 29.1h for positive, 10.1h 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 (96.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Just starting out Defeat the Lich 76% −24
- Glass Queen Defeat the Priestess Most players quit here 44% −32
- For whom the horn tolls... Defeat the Hunter 27% −17
- Memory pieces Defeat Omega 14% −13
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- New beginning Embark on your first expedition 100%
- First blood Kill 5 enemies 100%
- Foundation stone Build the first camp structure 98%
- First time? Die for the first time 94%
- Practically a job Embark on your tenth expedition 81%
- Part of the world Find 100 resources 79%
- Lost count Kill 1000 enemies 79%
- Just starting out Defeat the Lich 76%
- Trickster Unlock the "Rogue" class 76%
- Cardsharp Place 1000 cards 73%
- Bartender! Refill! Drink 50 potions 70%
- Around the world Complete 100 loops 66%
- What's not tied down Get 5 camp items 63%
- Grandma says hello Unlock the "Necromancer" class 62%
- Can't get it back Lose 100 resources 62%
- Groundhog day Die ten times 60%
- Glass Queen Defeat the Priestess 44%
- Punching bag Defeat the Lich 3 times 40%
- From dust and sticks Craft 5 items 38%
- Small talker Read 50 different dialogues 37%
- Hole in memory Dismantle a camp structure 35%
- Always been here? Build the river 32%
- Go-getter Embark on your fiftieth expedition 29%
- Scholar Unlock a chapter in the encyclopedia 29%
- Easier than making Dismantle 5 items 28%
- Make a puzzle Find all possible types of resources 27%
- For whom the horn tolls... Defeat the Hunter 27%
- Barbarian Dismantle 10 items 23%
- Faith alone is not enough Defeat the Priestess 3 times 20%
- As anew Fill the whole map 20%
- Alchemist's apprentice Transmute 5 resources into hydrogen 19%
- Small town Build all the possible camp structures 18%
- Not gold... Synthesize 5 resource with alchemy 17%
- Don't breathe it in Transmute 50 resources into hydrogen 16%
- Observer Unlock 50 chapters in the encyclopedia 15%
- Memory pieces Defeat Omega 14%
- Handyman Craft 25 items 13%
- Hunter's Nightmare Defeat the hunter 3 times 12%
- Fence Get 10 orange items in exchange for the trophies in camp 11%
- Still not gold... Synthesize 100 resources 11%
- Tripped Die outside of battle 8.3%
- Undying Die and resurrect 3 times in one expedition 7.3%
- See the world and not die See all the possible tiles 6.0%
- Collector Get all the camp items 5.9%
- Crunchy company Have 10 living skeletons in one battle 5.8%
- Trophy collection Kill each enemy 5.0%
- Godslayer Defeat Omega 6 times 4.1%
- In time for lunch Defeat the boss in the first expedition 4.1%
- Book worm Unlock all the encyclopedia 3.6%
- Broken geography In one expedition place 10 cards you didn't have in your deck, not counting "Oblivion" 2.5%