ActionAdventureRPG
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 20% of players who started
Started playing 67% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 9,380
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 35h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- At least 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Promise made” (Take your Oath) and “No more Beast” (Defeat the Beast): from 91% to 65% of starters.
- Only 67% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 9,429 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 38.2h for positive, 23h 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 (66.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Reunion Find Antea 100%
- A Promise made Take your Oath 91% −9
- No more Beast Defeat the Beast Most players quit here 65% −26
- Old moss-head Defeat Aul' Saul 46% −19
- Final Promise Reaffirm your Oath 45%
- Injustice For All Defeat the Infamy 41% −4
- Broken Puppet Defeat the Puppeteer 41%
- Nazuku no more Defeat Calendre 32% −9
- The Curse is lifted Defeat the Nightmare 31%
- Farewell my love Successfully give Antea her ascent ≥20% −11
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 (43)
story milestone ending side
- Reunion Find Antea 100%
- Unlimited Power Upgrade an item 96%
- A Promise made Take your Oath 91%
- Teamwork Defeat at least 4 enemies with Red and at least 4 enemies with Antea in a single encounter 67%
- No more Beast Defeat the Beast 65%
- Rose's fate Choose the destiny of Thickskin 65%
- Float like a Butterfly Defeat 8 enemies in a single encounter without being hit 65%
- Demolition Man Destroy 300 destructibles 52%
- Outburst Defeat 3 enemies with a single Outburst 50%
- Old moss-head Defeat Aul' Saul 46%
- Final Promise Reaffirm your Oath 45%
- Injustice For All Defeat the Infamy 41%
- Judged Jury Choose the destiny of Fairefax Haskell 41%
- Burden of Command Choose the destiny of Captain Pennington 41%
- Broken Puppet Defeat the Puppeteer 41%
- A Perfect Tool Upgrade an item at rank 7 (Relic) 40%
- Banishing Move Defeat 50 enemies with a Banishment 36%
- Right on Target Defeat 5 enemies with a weakspot hit (Rifle) in a single encounter 36%
- Nazuku no more Defeat Calendre 32%
- The Curse is lifted Defeat the Nightmare 31%
- Round Figure Collect 10 000 Pieces of Eight 27%
- The Good Hunter Find 50 Soul Grabbers in New Eden 23%
- American Vampyr Find the old writings by the Brotherhood of Saint Paul's Stole 23%
- Cases Closed Solve all the Haunting Cases of New Eden 21%
- Until a cure is found Freeze 5 enemies in a single encounter 21%
- Second Death Defeat the Specter of a banished ghost in the Void 21%
- Farewell my love Successfully give Antea her ascent 20%
- Hidden Door Unlock the secret passage in Bligh Manor 19%
- Bring it on! Equip 8 items at rank 7 (Relic) at the same moment 18%
- Gimme Shelter Activate all Shelters in New Eden 17%
- Raider Complete all Haunted Grounds of New Eden 14%
- Full Potency Reach level 25 13%
- Counterattack Defeat 3 enemies with a post parry attack in a single encounter 12%
- Bookworm Collect all Collectibles in New Eden 9.9%
- Death is a journey Successfully bring Antea back to life 9.6%
- Cursed Locksmith Unlock all cursed chests in New Eden 8.7%
- A Farmer's Life Complete the same Ritual site 10 times (intensity level 10) 8.4%
- Locksmith Unlock all locked chests in New Eden 8.2%
- Soulmates Defeat 50 enemies while Fusion is active 6.9%
- Catch 'Em All Collect all 88 available equipments 5.5%
- Prospector Complete all treasure maps 5.1%
- Teacher's Pet Find 15 Bibles for Hugh Batcheler 3.9%
- Master Banishers Unlock all achievements 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.