Archvale

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 2,440 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 12.3h for positive, 10.2h 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 (91.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (40)

• Humble Beginnings Find the village of Timberwell. 100%
• Trial Novice Complete your first trial. 94%
• It Begins Die. 93%
• Slayer of Slime I Defeat the Great Slime. 92%
• Maxilla Defeat Maxilla. 90%
• Fruity Concoction Obtain an improved healing recipe. 89%
• Hammered Down Defeat Mongo. 79%
• Restorationist Restore 10 fountains. 78%
• Beneath the Kingdom Enter the Twisted Caverns. 71%
• Star Athlete Perform five consecutive dashes without stamina recharging. 69%
• Ghost Buster Defeat the Ghost Crab. 68%
• Combat Expert Defeat 1000 enemies. 68%
• Vigor Own 8 hearts. 66%
• Exterminator Defeat the Queen Duneworm. 64%
• The Fallen Pharaoh Defeat the Fallen Pharaoh. 59%
• Wispbane Defeat the Soul Serpent. 58%
• Slayer of Slime II Defeat Frankenslime. 55%
• The Exiled Wizard Defeat the Exiled Wizard. 53%
• Welcome to the Jungle Destroy the barrier guarding Tanglegrove. 51%
• This Will Do Fully upgrade a weapon. 51%
• Collector Complete half of your badge collection. 51%
• The Rotted King Defeat the Rotted King. 50%
• Unburnt Survive the ritual of the Molten Rift. 48%
• The Grove's Blight Defeat the Grove's Blight. 45%
• Champion of the Arena Defeat the Colossal Skullbot. 43%
• The Sunken Queen Defeat the Sunken Queen. 43%
• The Banished Executioner Defeat the Banished Executioner. 42%
• Ultimate Blade Obtain Avarn's Sword. 41%
• Belongs in a Museum Cash in 10 treasures. 41%
• Bottle Collector Collect all healing flasks. 41%
• Architect Reconstruct the gateway to Archvale. 41%
• Nectar of the Gods Obtain the best potion recipe. 39%
• Feeling Healthy Collect all Heart Containers. 39%
• Well Read Assemble the Arch Lexicon. 38%
• The Old King Defeat the Old King. 36%
• Master Crafter Craft 30 items. 35%
• Trial Master Complete every trial. 34%
• A Complete Set Collect every badge. 28%
• Fortune Store over 10,000 gold in the bank. 26%
• Reject Humanity Equip a shark cap and mermaid tail. 25%