Achilles: Legends Untold
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 7h it's 1 in 7 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- At least 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Arrow in the heel” (Face Paris) and “Heart of the mountain” (Find the blacksmith): from 83% to 38% of starters.
- 86% 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 2,785 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.4h for positive, 3.7h 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 (86.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Arrow in the heel Face Paris 83% −17
- Heart of the mountain Find the blacksmith Most players quit here 38% −45
- The Kingslayer Defeat Agamemnon 24% −14
- The true nature See Hades in his true form 21% −2
- Olé! Defeat the Minotaur 19% −3
- End this madness Defeat Tydeus 17% −1
- Three heads are better than one Defeat the Chimera 16% −1
- Puny god Defeat Phobos 15% −1
- Not this time Defeat Paris 12% −3
- Fate of a man Finish the game as a human ≥10% −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 (39)
story milestone ending side
- First Blood Kill your first opponent 100%
- Arrow in the heel Face Paris 83%
- The road to becoming a Legend Purchase the first skill on the skill tree 66%
- You died (not a big surprise) Die for the first time. Get used to it. 55%
- Gear up Upgrade your weapon or armor for the first time 47%
- Heart of the mountain Find the blacksmith 38%
- Satisfaction Destroy 1,000 destructible elements 28%
- The Scorpion Queen Unlock the armor with the scorpion theme 27%
- The Kingslayer Defeat Agamemnon 24%
- The true nature See Hades in his true form 21%
- A bronze idol Defeat the bronze statue 19%
- Olé! Defeat the Minotaur 19%
- End this madness Defeat Tydeus 17%
- Stay safe Survive the cultist ambush without receiving a negative curse status 17%
- Three heads are better than one Defeat the Chimera 16%
- Release the Kraken! Unlock the armor with the Zeus theme 16%
- Puny god Defeat Phobos 15%
- I can do this all day Defeat 20 opponents with a shield throw 14%
- Not this time Defeat Paris 12%
- One does not simply walk into... Find the hidden path 12%
- Hephaestus’ finest Upgrade your weapon or armor to the maximum level 12%
- Fate of a man Finish the game as a human 9.8%
- Playing hide and seek Defeat all the Laestrygonians 9.5%
- The explorer Visit every cellar and ruins available in the game 9.2%
- One more time Start a new game with New Game+ 7.2%
- We will not fight in the shade Defeat 500 archers 7.1%
- Fate of a hero Finish the game as a hero 6.9%
- Achilles was here Unlock all the shrines 6.0%
- The real challenge Complete the game on the Challenge difficulty level or higher 5.4%
- Kill them all! Finish the game, not sparing any of the bosses when given the choice 5.2%
- My precious Open every runic chest 4.7%
- Free them all Release all the prisoners from the cages 4.5%
- Merciful Finish the game, sparing all the bosses when given the choice 4.4%
- Fencer Perform 50 counterattacks 4.3%
- The Librarian Get all the notes 4.2%
- This is Sparta! Kick your opponents 300 times 4.0%
- Rest in peace Send off all the soldiers’ souls 3.6%
- Unmasked Destroy all cursed masks 2.2%
- I’ll need a doctor after this Defeat an enemy while having all possible negative statuses 2.1%