ActionAdventureIndieRPG
Nobody Saves the World
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 21% of players who started
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 6,931
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 3 reviews are negative (30%); after 15h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Baby's First Dungeon” (Escape from Nostramagus' basement) and “Nostramagus is Missing!” (Locate Nostramagus): from 100% to 37% of starters.
- 85% 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 7,009 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 13.1h for positive, 3.8h 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 (84.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Baby's First Dungeon Escape from Nostramagus' basement. 100%
- Nostramagus is Missing! Locate Nostramagus Most players quit here 37% −63
- Fortress in the Sky Meet Astrolabus 22% −16
- Personal Growth Defeat the Calamity 21%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (41)
story milestone ending side
- Baby's First Dungeon Escape from Nostramagus' basement. 100%
- The first of many Upgrade an ability 93%
- Whaddya Buyin? Make a shop purchase 92%
- Castle Crasher Complete the Legendary Dungeon: Grand Castle 78%
- Pony Love Experience true love 78%
- Squire Join the Knights Guild 75%
- Fine Form! Customize a Form for the first time 71%
- Fairyly Small Reunion Find 5 mana fairies 61%
- Lesser Peon Join the Thieves Guild 55%
- Licensed Acolyte Become an Acolyte of the New League of Wizards 52%
- Did you try turning it off and on again? Complete the Legendary Dungeon: Ancient Robot 42%
- Crypt Cleaner Complete the Legendary Dungeon: Witch Queen Catacombs 41%
- I'm talkin journalism, baby! Do some journalism 41%
- Passive-ist Have a Form equipped with 4 Passives 39%
- Nostramagus is Missing! Locate Nostramagus 37%
- The Cactagon Find the treasure beyond the Gulp 35%
- I'm never taking this off Reach the max upgrade level of a single ability 32%
- The S is for Super Reach max Rank on a single Form 30%
- Behold my true form, and despair! Unlock Dragon Form 27%
- Alcazar Shmalcazar Complete the Legendary Dungeon: Dragon Ruler's Alcazar 24%
- Corporate Espionage Complete the Legendary Dungeon: Secret Corporation 23%
- Fortress in the Sky Meet Astrolabus 22%
- Personal Growth Defeat the Calamity 21%
- What does "#@$%&!" mean? Learn the language of dolphins 21%
- The Light Expanse Completely light the Dark Expanse 19%
- Grand Maester Attain the rank of Grand Maester in the New League of Wizards 18%
- Peak Performance Reach the max upgrade level of all of one Form's abilities 17%
- Grandmaster Knight Attain the rank of Grandmaster Knight in the Knights Guild 14%
- One of Everything, Please! Own one of every shop item in the game 14%
- Master Fraudster Earn the title of Master Fraudster in the Thieves Guild 13%
- + Need a sentry here! Unlock the Mechanic form 8.5%
- Fairy Conservationist Find the final mana fairy 7.7%
- Super Wiz Reach max Rank on all Forms 6.6%
- + Bee yourself Unlock the Killer Bee form 6.3%
- + The True Being Be crowned the True Being 4.0%
- + Spirit of Ash Summon Lavalerie 3.5%
- + Job's done! Reach S-Rank on the Mechanic 3.2%
- + The True Bee-ing Reach S-Rank on the Killer Bee 3.2%
- A world so nice I saved it twice Defeat the Calamity in NG+ 2.5%
- Nobody saved the world Obtain every achievement in the game 2.4%
- + No Alchemy Required Earn all 36 Medals in the Colosseum and talk to The Dueling Faces 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.