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Tails of Iron
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 15,272
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (40%); after 10h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Become King” and “Rescue Redgi's Brothers”: from 87% to 61% 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 15,401 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 12.7h for positive, 9.8h 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 (89.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Become King Become King of the Rat Kingdoms 87% −13
- Rescue Redgi's Brothers Rescue Redgi's brothers from the Frog clans Most players quit here 61% −26
- End of the Mozis Defeat the Mozi Queen 45% −16
- Defeat Ratnor Rodentson Defeat Ratnor Rodentson in the deeps of the Forbidden Crypts 39% −6
- Defeat Rattus Augustail Defeat Rattus Augustail in the deeps of the Forbidden Crypts 34% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- Complete Guard Faction Complete all quests on the Guard Faction Board in the Rat Fort 100%
- Become King Become King of the Rat Kingdoms 87%
- Defeat 25 Frogs Defeat 25 Frogs in Battle 74%
- Ranged Weapon Receive the first ranged weapon 73%
- Collect Monster Parts Collect 50 Monster Parts 69%
- Two Handed Weapon Receive the first two handed weapon 67%
- Defeat 25 Grubs Defeat 25 Grubs in Battle 62%
- Rescue Redgi's Brothers Rescue Redgi's brothers from the Frog clans 61%
- Collect Iron Ore Collect 20 Iron Ore 56%
- Kitchen Ready To Cook Repair the Kitchen 55%
- Defeat 25 Mozis Defeat 25 Mozis in Battle 55%
- Smithy Ready to Craft Repair the Smithy 53%
- Collect Gold Collect 20 Gold 53%
- Fix the Travellers Wagon Fix the Travellers Wagon to allow him to continue on his journey 52%
- Complete Elder Faction Complete all quests on the Elder Board in Longtail Village 49%
- Throne Room Fit For A King Repair the Throne Room 46%
- End of the Mozis Defeat the Mozi Queen 45%
- Return Power To The Depths Return power to the bottom of the mines 43%
- Meet the Creatures from the Deep Meet the strange new creatures underground 43%
- Defeat Ratnor Rodentson Defeat Ratnor Rodentson in the deeps of the Forbidden Crypts 39%
- Return the Statues Return all Statues to their resting place 34%
- Defeat Rattus Augustail Defeat Rattus Augustail in the deeps of the Forbidden Crypts 34%
- Complete the Chefs Book Collect all Ingredients in the Chefs Book 33%
- Complete Ranger Faction Complete all quests on the Ranger Faction Board at the Rangers' Lodge 29%
- Defeat Avor Warden of the Northern Wastes Defeat Avor Warden of the Northern Wastes in the tournament 24%
- Complete Arena Faction Complete all quests on the Arena Board 24%
- Discover the mystery of the Kings Chambers Enter the secret room in the Kings Chambers. 24%
- The Bright Fir Travel to Bright Fir Forest and bask in the golden light of the Bright Fir 20%
- Shield Maiden Yellow Tongue Defeat Shield Maiden Yellow Tongue in Bright Fir Forest 18%
- Defeat Croakhis Khan Defeat Croakhis Khan in the depths of the Crypts 18%
- I Remember My First Beer Sit on the Kings chair in the newly constructed pub 17%
- Complete Redgi's Armory Collect all Weapons and Armors 17%
- King of Kings Collect all other Medals 16%
- Defeat the Grub Buster Defeat the Grub Buster in the Mole Town Arena 15%
- Defeat the Stalker Queen Defeat the Stalker Queen at the Tram Stop in the Mines 15%
- A new Warchief rises Defeat Green Wart in Bloody Whisker Mode 5.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.