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F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 33% of players who started
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 7,316
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 15h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Outsider” (A veteran took up arms again) and “Uprising”: from 100% to 82% of starters.
- 95% 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 7,352 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 16.3h for positive, 11.9h 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 (94.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Outsider A veteran took up arms again. 100%
- Uprising Tested your fighting reflexes in a tough battle. Most players quit here 82% −18
- Weapon of the Legion Acquired a very deadly weapon. 71% −12
- Mental Trauma Confronted an unpleasant memory. 65% −6
- Animal Farm Made contact with the city’s underworld. 61% −4
- Part-time Plumber Solved a municipal administration problem. 53% −7
- Shelter from the Blizzard Arrived in the desolate mountains. 48% −5
- Weapon of the Resistance Acquired a very flexible weapon. 47% −1
- Mean Streets Eliminated the threat from the shadows. 45% −2
- A Breath of Freedom Acquired a tool to overcome biological limits. 43% −2
- Unsafe to Possession Found the unstable source of power. 41% −2
- One Step Away Escaped from a desperate situation. 38% −3
- There Will Be Blood Chose to face your nemesis head-on. 36% −2
- For the New Dawn Torch City welcomed the new dawn. 33% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (43)
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- Outsider A veteran took up arms again. 100%
- Uprising Tested your fighting reflexes in a tough battle. 82%
- Survival of the Fittest Increased max HP for the first time. 78%
- Weapon of the Legion Acquired a very deadly weapon. 71%
- Mental Trauma Confronted an unpleasant memory. 65%
- Animal Farm Made contact with the city’s underworld. 61%
- Part-time Plumber Solved a municipal administration problem. 53%
- Nimble Fighter Increased max EP for the first time. 52%
- Military Secret Collected a classified document. 52%
- Information Jigsaw Collected an important piece of information. 50%
- Power Hungry Increased max SP for the first time. 48%
- Shelter from the Blizzard Arrived in the desolate mountains. 48%
- Weapon of the Resistance Acquired a very flexible weapon. 47%
- Mean Streets Eliminated the threat from the shadows. 45%
- Wanderer Discovered half of the secrets in Torch City. 43%
- A Breath of Freedom Acquired a tool to overcome biological limits. 43%
- Unsafe to Possession Found the unstable source of power. 41%
- One Step Away Escaped from a desperate situation. 38%
- There Will Be Blood Chose to face your nemesis head-on. 36%
- For the New Dawn Torch City welcomed the new dawn. 33%
- Fist Master Unlocked all Fist skills. 24%
- Drill Master Unlocked all Drill skills. 23%
- Whip Master Unlocked all Whip skills. 21%
- Treasure Hunter Opened all locked chests. 20%
- Unlimited Energy Reached the limit for max EP. 20%
- Martial Arts Heir Completed all combo training at the training field. 19%
- Indestructible Reached the limit for max HP. 19%
- Endless Qi Reached the limit for max SP. 19%
- Environmentalist Collected all plant seeds. 18%
- Power Seeker Unlocked Qi Explosion skill. 17%
- Anti-Gravity Kept an enemy in the air for 15 seconds straight. 15%
- Tool Enthusiast Upgraded all devices to their maximum level. 15%
- Toe to Toe Made 5 parries in a row without taking damage. 15%
- See Me Not Faced a serious crisis of physical shape. 12%
- Collector Classics Collected all posters. 9.2%
- Bitten by a Mutant Spider? Moved between 7 different anchor points without touching the ground. 9.0%
- Liberator Discovered all of the secrets in Torch City. 8.7%
- DO NOT ANSWER! DO NOT ANSWER! DO NOT ANSWER! Picked up a signal from another universe. 8.2%
- Barrel Smasher Completed the barrel smashing challenge flawlessly. 7.7%
- Aerial Strike Executed 2 enemies in a row without touching the ground. 6.8%
- Turing Test Failure Eliminated 3 enemies with one Exploding Puppet. 5.8%
- Rabbit Time Eliminated 5 enemies during one Qi Explosion. 5.5%
- Dimension Collapse Threw and knocked down enemies in the air 20 times altogether. 4.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.