ActionAdventureRPG
Gotham Knights
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 25% of players who started
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 67% positive of 25,378
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (70%); after 20h it's almost 1 in 4 (23%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- 25% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Loose Ends” (Complete Case File 01: BATMAN'S LAST CASE): only 63% of starters get there.
- 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 25,614 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 22.3h for positive, 11.4h 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 (84.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Loose Ends Complete Case File 01: BATMAN'S LAST CASE Most players quit here 63% −37
- Whispered Words Complete Case File 02: THE RABBIT HOLE 46% −17
- Lock and Key Complete Case File 03: IN THE SHADOWS 42% −4
- Bad Apples in Every Orchard Complete Case File 04: THE MASQUERADE 38% −4
- From Inside Gotham's Walls Complete Case File 05: THE COURT OF OWLS 34% −4
- Voiceless Complete Case File 06: JACOB KANE 29% −5
- Seeking Asylum Complete Case File 07: THE LEAGUE OF SHADOWS 27% −2
- Gotham Knight Complete Case File 08: HEAD OF THE DEMON 25% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (61)
story milestone ending side
- First Step Into the Knight Unlock an Ability for the first time 100%
- Har, Har, Har, Very Funny Visit an unlikely source at Blackgate Penitentiary 66%
- Loose Ends Complete Case File 01: BATMAN'S LAST CASE 63%
- To the Victor Go the Spoils Uncover a new problem at S.T.A.R. Labs 53%
- Knighthood Reach Knighthood with Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, or Red Hood 53%
- Get ReQ'd Discover a sketchy self-help program in Gotham's streets 48%
- Whispered Words Complete Case File 02: THE RABBIT HOLE 46%
- The Batman Family Play as Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood 43%
- Lock and Key Complete Case File 03: IN THE SHADOWS 42%
- Something in the Clay Unearth a Villain who shouldn't be in Gotham City 39%
- Working Hard or Harley Working? Interrupt a presentation at the Monarch Theater 39%
- Unstoppable Force Unlock all four Momentum bars as Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, or Red Hood 39%
- Quartzer Life Crisis Investigate the disruption at Quartz Labs 39%
- Bad Apples in Every Orchard Complete Case File 04: THE MASQUERADE 38%
- Snow Problem Keep your cool and survive the storm at Elliot Center 36%
- The Show Mud Go On Crash a film set and anger the director 34%
- From Inside Gotham's Walls Complete Case File 05: THE COURT OF OWLS 34%
- Protector of Gotham Complete 50 Challenges 32%
- Universal Health Scare Go to Gotham City General Hospital after visiting hours 31%
- In Your Element Inflict Elemental Effects on enemies 50 times 29%
- Not On My Watch Successfully stop all Premeditated Crimes in a single night 29%
- Voiceless Complete Case File 06: JACOB KANE 29%
- Rock and a Hard Place Crack the case at Gotham Reservoir 28%
- Cooldown Put an inmate back behind Blackgate's bars 28%
- Seeking Asylum Complete Case File 07: THE LEAGUE OF SHADOWS 27%
- Shock Til They Drop Defeat 45 Regulator Shockers 25%
- End of an Era Complete all Villain Case Files 25%
- Gotham Knight Complete Case File 08: HEAD OF THE DEMON 25%
- Gotham City Confidential Find all of Bruce Wayne's hidden audio recordings 24%
- Bulldozed Defeat 30 Freaks Bulldozers 24%
- Solid Alibi Successfully protect Batman's secret identity 19%
- Drone You Out Defeat 30 Regulator Drone Masters 19%
- Out of Their League Defeat 45 League of Shadows Assassins and 30 Rocketeers 17%
- Fusion Expert Acquire 50 Modchips via mod fusion 15%
- A Worthy Successor Unlock all Knighthood Abilities for any member of the Batman Family 15%
- Family Meeting Defeat 30 Mob Godmothers 14%
- Expert Crime Fighter Prevent 250 crimes in Gotham City 12%
- Dressed to Impress Craft a complete set of Legendary equipment (Suit, Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon) 9.9%
- A Momentum Occasion Unlock all Momentum Abilities as Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, or Red Hood 9.1%
- Bat Out of Hell Complete every Batcycle time trial 8.3%
- He'd Be So Proud of You Reach the maximum level as any member of the Batman Family 6.8%
- Practice Makes Perfect Complete all 16 Training Area exercises 5.8%
- Claiming the Mural High Ground Discover all the murals for Tim's Gotham City Street Art project 5.2%
- Batarang Collector Retrieve every hidden Batarang in Gotham City 4.8%
- The Man-Bat Family Defeat 10 Man-Bats in Gotham City 4.6%
- Talonted Defeat 40 Feral Talons, 25 Gladiator Talons, and 15 Hunter Talons 4.1%
- History Major Locate all Landmarks of Gotham City 4.1%
- Read Owl About It Collect all missing pages from the mythical Historia Strigidae 3.7%
- Icebreaker Defeat Mr. Freeze in a Showdown 3.2%
- A Sophisticated Mallet Defeat Harley Quinn in a Showdown 3.2%
- Don't Mecha Big Deal About It Defeat Mecha Freeze in a Showdown 2.7%
- Confronting Your Demon Defeat Talia al Ghul in a Showdown 2.7%
- That's Showbiz, Clayby Defeat Clayface in a Showdown 2.6%
- Hammer and Icicle Defeat Mr. Freeze and his unexpected allies at Blackgate Penitentiary 2.5%
- Renewable Enemy Source Defeat 75 Supercharged criminals 2.4%
- Gotham's Greatest Depths Complete 30 floors and banish the cosmic threat in Heroic Assault 2.4%
- Showdown Sovereign Complete all Villain Showdown battles 2.4%
- Crime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Surf the sewers and sabotage Clayface's masterpiece 2.2%
- The Cold, the Bad and the Ugly Stop Harley Quinn's spectacular siege at S.T.A.R. Labs 2.1%
- Element of Surprise Break Supercharged criminals 50 times using Elemental Effect weaknesses 1.9%
- It's Nice to Be Wanted Defeat each of Gotham's Most Wanted present during the KELVIN Incident 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.