Thymesia
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 10h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 84% of games we track.
- At least 18% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Darkness!!!” (Finish the tutorial) and “Sea of Trees”: from 90% to 49% of starters.
- 92% 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 10,338 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 12.2h for positive, 3.9h 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 (92% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Darkness!!! Finish the tutorial. 90% −10
- Sea of Trees Finish "Sea of Trees" level. Most players quit here 49% −41
- Odur Defeat Odur. 49%
- Royal Garden Finish "Royal Garden" level. 37% −12
- The Hanged Queen Defeat The Hanged Queen. 37%
- Hermes Fortress Finish "Hermes Fortress" level. 31% −6
- Varg Defeat Varg. 31%
- Corvus Defeat Corvus. 26% −5
- Chaotic Power Reach the "Chaotic Power" ending. ≥18% −8
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 (38)
story milestone ending side
- Test Ride Reave a plague weapon for the first time. 100%
- Take a break Rest at the beacon for the first time. 100%
- Memory Interrupted Dead for the first time. 100%
- Darkness!!! Finish the tutorial. 90%
- Start Recalling Start recalling for the first time. 86%
- It's mine now! Unlock a plague weapon for the first time. 76%
- Sea of Trees Finish "Sea of Trees" level. 49%
- Odur Defeat Odur. 49%
- Royal Garden Finish "Royal Garden" level. 37%
- The Hanged Queen Defeat The Hanged Queen. 37%
- Weapon Master Fully upgrade a plague weapon for the first time. 34%
- God of the Fools Defeat God of the Fools. 32%
- Hermes Fortress Finish "Hermes Fortress" level. 31%
- Varg Defeat Varg. 31%
- Alchemist Fully upgrade a potion. 28%
- Sound of the Abyss Defeat Sound of the Abyss. 27%
- Mutated Odur Defeat Mutated Odur. 27%
- Corvus Defeat Corvus. 26%
- Urd Defeat Urd. 22%
- Completed Memory Finish all levels. 20%
- Lord of Plague Unlock all plague weapons. 18%
- Chaotic Power Reach the "Chaotic Power" ending. 18%
- Piece of Cake Defeat any boss without using potion. 16%
- Power of Vile Blood Reach the "Power of Vile Blood" ending. 15%
- Memory Weaver Collect all story bits. 13%
- Blessing of Pure Blood Reach the "Blessing of Pure Blood" ending. 12%
- Is this Alchemy? Craft a potion recipe for the first time 12%
- Herb Gatherer Collect all potion ingredients. 12%
- Power of Cleansing Reach the "Power of Cleasing" ending. 11%
- Harmonized Force Reach the "Harmonized Force" ending. 11%
- Peak Performance Reach max level. 9.1%
- Memory Seeker Reach all endings. 8.2%
- Good Listener Collect all lore. 7.3%
- YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!! Empty the first health bar of Varg in the tutorial. 7.0%
- Plague Doctor Craft all potion recipes. 6.3%
- Rolling Required Ahead Break 1000 barrels. 6.2%
- The Great Collector Collect all entries in the collection. 5.4%
- Thymesia Unlock all achievements. 4.6%