ActionAdventure
Vernal Edge
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 31% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 696
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 15h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 31% 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 709 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 16.3h for positive, 3.4h 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 (31.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (16)
- Fisher Queen Win the fishing minigame 100%
- Unreal Enter Unreality of your own accord 76%
- Slugger Win the baseball minigame 67%
- Treasure Hunter Acquire Treasure Sense 45%
- Slime Time Discover Slime's Summit 44%
- Ending Beat the game 44%
- Green Thumb Tend to the lonely flower 36%
- Pacifist Acquire Pacifist's Curse 35%
- New Look Find the hidden palette 31%
- Big Spender Purchase every item from every shop 30%
- Knocked Around The Clock Become a one-note wonder 23%
- Pyramid Master Complete the Pyramid without using the shortcut 17%
- Deeply Rooted Discover your roots 16%
- Hello George Meet Chervil's new friend 16%
- Parry Master Parry 8 hits without taking damage 11%
- Vicious Beat the game on Vicious difficulty 4.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.