ActionAdventureIndieRPG
Dread Delusion
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 12% of players who started
Started playing 60% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 5,359
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 15h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- At least 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Retake the Blinding Light” and “Shame of the Union Navy” (Recruit the legendary sky pirate Jack Basalt): from 100% to 50% of starters.
- Only 60% 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 5,398 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 26.9h 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 (60.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Retake the Blinding Light Reclaim the Blinding Light fortress in the name of the Inquisition. 100%
- Shame of the Union Navy Recruit the legendary sky pirate Jack Basalt. Most players quit here 50% −50
- Before Your Time Recruit the mysterious warrior who wears a suit of ancient Emberian armour. 34% −16
- My Last Duchess Recruit the Duchess, grim scion of the Endless aristocracy. 27% −7
- Caxton Signs On Recruit Caxton Frost, one of the Clockwork Kingdom’s finest minds. 25% −2
- Welcome to The Underlands Set foot on the world's strange surface. 21% −4
- This Changes Everything Learn what slumbers within The Cradle. 22% +1
- Aye-Aye, Sky Captain! Obtain an Airship. 22%
- To The Cradle Embark on your final mission. 19% −3
- There Is Another Way Convince Vela Callose to stand down. ≥12% −7
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 (59)
story milestone ending side
- Retake the Blinding Light Reclaim the Blinding Light fortress in the name of the Inquisition. 100%
- Delve into Delusion Embrace your first Delusion. 92%
- Make Your Mark Mark your first map landmark. 62%
- DAMN Fine Tea Serve Inquisitor Ignavius some tea. 59%
- Settle The Sellswords Resolve the issue of Pwyll's misbehaving mercenary band. 56%
- Lotions and Potions Conduct your first alchemy experiment. 53%
- True North Use a compass. 51%
- Shame of the Union Navy Recruit the legendary sky pirate Jack Basalt. 50%
- Not So Rusty Upgrade a weapon. 50%
- No Going Back In Pwyll's Sacred Shroom, make a choice that will damn the region to obsolescence. 47%
- Better Than Rags Upgrade any piece of clothing. 45%
- How Long Will You Be Staying? Spend ten days in the Oneiric Isles. 44%
- You Can’t Handle the Truth Have the truth revealed to you. 44%
- Academic Achievement Gain access to the hallowed halls of the Erudite Academy. 43%
- If These Walls Could Talk Uncover the secret of Hallowshire's castle. 38%
- To The Manor Born Purchase Thornwood Manor. 36%
- All Dressed Up Fully upgrade a piece of clothing with Fine Thread. 36%
- Have You Got A Licence For That God? Resolve the issue of the illegal god. 35%
- Before Your Time Recruit the mysterious warrior who wears a suit of ancient Emberian armour. 34%
- A Rightful Owner Help Vernon Berwig recover his artefact. 34%
- Suddenly I See Use a scope. 28%
- My Last Duchess Recruit the Duchess, grim scion of the Endless aristocracy. 27%
- Caxton Signs On Recruit Caxton Frost, one of the Clockwork Kingdom’s finest minds. 25%
- The Only Way To Travel Help reestablish a portal network. 25%
- Worm Food Assist a Catacomb Wyrm. 24%
- Food For Thought Resolve Penitent Thaw's dietary dilemma. 23%
- A Forever Home Purchase a house in Sepulchre. 23%
- This Changes Everything Learn what slumbers within The Cradle. 22%
- Aye-Aye, Sky Captain! Obtain an Airship. 22%
- Last Seen Solve the mystery of the missing child. 22%
- A History Lesson Allow a ghost to teach you the history of the Dark Stars mercenary company. 21%
- Welcome to The Underlands Set foot on the world's strange surface. 21%
- A Corner of the Kingdom Obtain a house in the Clockwork Kingdom. 21%
- Alchemical Aptitude Concoct a veritable elixir through alchemy. 21%
- Is Something Ticking? Obtain access to the Clockwork Kingdom. 21%
- Endless Evermore Help the Queen of Silver banish the Entombed One in the Endless Realm. 20%
- Delusion’s Embrace Embrace twenty Delusions. 20%
- Fighting The God Fight Help the Union eradicate the god-worshipping cell in Hallowshire. 19%
- To The Cradle Embark on your final mission. 19%
- The Well-Tempered Blade Fully upgrade a weapon with one of the rarest ores. 18%
- No Room In Hell Summon a skeletal minion. 17%
- Old Soldiers Never Die Help Drangorg lay his past to rest on Aristide's Rock. 16%
- Panoply of the Ancients Acquire a restored suit of Emberian Armour. 15%
- The Old Ways Help the old god Paeguth spread their influence in Hallowshire. 15%
- The Price Is Paid In Pwyll's Sacred Shroom, ensure the region's harvest is bountiful - for a price. 15%
- Cartographer Complete your map of the Oneiric Isles. 14%
- The Clock Stops Side with the Saboteur in the Clockwork Kingdom. 13%
- Like Clockwork Help Aphra achieve her dream in the Clockwork Kingdom. 13%
- Unforgiven Betray the High Confessor. 13%
- There Is Another Way Convince Vela Callose to stand down. 12%
- Over The Limit Have one too many. 12%
- We Are Our Only Saviours Banish the Angel and maintain the status quo. 11%
- Nothing Will Be The Same Merge with the Angel and usher in a new era. 10%
- A Legendary Clash Best Vela Callose in single combat. 8.1%
- The End Of The Endless Help the Entombed One achieve their morbid goal in the Endless Realm. 7.8%
- Master Cartographer Record every single landmark on your map. 5.8%
- In The Name Of The High Confessor Perform the High Confessor's dirty work. 4.0%
- Hardened Confessor Complete the game in Hard Mode. 3.8%
- Iron Will Reach the endgame without requiring the services of a certain god. 3.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.