ActionIndieRPG
Blood West
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 17% of players who started
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 6,784
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 15h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Bloody Roots” (Defeat the final boss of Chapter 1): only 39% of starters get there.
- 78% 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 6,839 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 20.4h for positive, 7.5h 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 (78.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Bloody Roots Defeat the final boss of Chapter 1 Most players quit here 39% −61
- Giant From Beyond Defeat the final boss of Chapter 2 25% −14
- Old Friend, New Enemy Defeat the final boss of Chapter 3 17% −7
story milestone 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
- I Live Again Complete tutorial 100%
- Serial Headshotter Kill 5 enemies in a row with headshots 87%
- I'd like to keep it on Kill a Prodigal Daughter with headshot without removing her mask 58%
- Headhunter Kill 100 enemies with headshots 54%
- Blood Money Complete Jim's quest 44%
- Bloody Roots Defeat the final boss of Chapter 1 39%
- Masked Mystery Meet Anabelle 39%
- Gotta catch’em all Collect all Cursed items in Chapter 1 35%
- Man of the Cloth Meet the Priest 33%
- Shouldn't have peeked Headshot a Half-Risen Dead while it's still in its coffin 32%
- Voodoo Daughter Meet Twen 31%
- Undead, meet The Undead Meet the Undead 25%
- Giant From Beyond Defeat the final boss of Chapter 2 25%
- For Whom the Bell Tolls? Decide who receives the cure 24%
- The bush is moving! Kill a Vendigo while being under negative influence of alcohol 24%
- Skin Dancer Complete Boo Hag's quest 18%
- Big Bada Boom Kill 5 enemies with a single dynamite 18%
- Price of science Complete Doctor's quest 17%
- Old Friend, New Enemy Defeat the final boss of Chapter 3 17%
- Explosive Soul Kill a Spirit using dynamite 17%
- Personal coach Tire Skin Collector at least 3 times during single fight 14%
- Romance ain't dead, It's just me Give Anabelle her favorite flower 13%
- Wilhelm Scream Survive a fall that last at least 2 seconds 11%
- Pondering my orbs Kill Chapter 1 boss without destroying any of the orbs 11%
- Spike Dancer Kill Chapter 1 final boss without taking damage from the spikes 11%
- Drunken Brawl Kill 50 enemies while being under negative influence of alcohol 9.3%
- Challenge accepted Complete an optional challenge in the Scavengers 7.9%
- Freshling Survive 1 day in Scavengers 7.9%
- Love is a burning thing Kill 50 enemies using fire 7.8%
- Start of a new journey… Meet Maria Espinosa 7.5%
- Alvaro’s friend Discover Alvaro in Chapter 2 7.2%
- Tomahawk Expert Headshot and kill 10 enemies in a row using tomahawks 6.8%
- You tried… Die in the Blood, Sweat and Tears mode 6.5%
- Otherside Explore a new, hostile world 5.5%
- Trial by Roots Complete Chapter 1 without dying 5.0%
- Survivor Survive 7 days in Scavengers 4.6%
- Ain’t No Second Chances Decide the fate of John Delaney and the Bone Chalice 4.6%
- High Roller Earn $10.000 in Scavengers mode 4.5%
- The Ultimate Weapon Forge The Ultimate Weapon 4.2%
- Trial by Tentacles Complete Chapter 2 without dying 4.1%
- Spirit Talker Help all lost souls 4.1%
- Taken by the devil Find piece of soul of the Rotten Skeleton and decide its fate 4.1%
- Dark Sun Defeat the interloper and regain your life 3.8%
- Alvaro’s best friend Discover Alvaro in Chapter 3 3.7%
- Trial by Fire Complete Chapter 3 without dying 3.5%
- Veteran Survive 14 days in Scavengers 3.2%
- Cat-o-magic Unlock the Magic Cat in the Scavengers 2.9%
- Wrong Time And Wrong Place Unlock Shogirl 2.9%
- Bank Earn $50.000 in Scavengers mode 2.6%
- Familiar Faces Gather all traders in the Scavengers 2.6%
- Soul Essence Baron Accumulate over 2000 Soul Essence 2.6%
- I'm Perfect the way I am Complete any Chapter with at least 4 active curses 2.6%
- Need More Blood Unlock Old Man 2.4%
- Hellish Pick-pocketer Steal from a Hellfire Cultist 2.4%
- 28 Days Later Survive 28 days in Scavengers 2.3%
- Explorer Find 3 different Points of Interest during single mission in Scavengers 2.2%
- Loremaster of the Barren Lands Find all notes and codex pages 2.2%
- Puppet Master Have two different summons active at the same time 2.0%
- Collector Collect all figurines 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.