En Garde!
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 4h it's 1 in 15 (6%).
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “El Vigilante's Trials”: only 75% of starters get there.
- 95% 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.
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Based on all 5,016 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 4.4h for positive, 3.3h 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 (94.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- El Vigilante's Trials Complete Episode 1 and defeat El Vigilante. (Any difficulty.) Most players quit here 75% −25
- Preposterous Portraits Complete Episode 2 and defeat the Count-Duke. (Any difficulty.) 52% −23
- Midnight Mischief Complete Episode 3 and defeat Zaida. (Any difficulty.) 38% −14
- Mystery Island Complete Episode 4 and stop the Count-Duke's conspiracy! (Any difficulty.) 31% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Interesting… Discover a Point of Interest for the first time. Curious aren’t you? 100%
- Can You Pet the Chicken? Interact with a chicken. They are just so cute! 80%
- El Vigilante's Trials Complete Episode 1 and defeat El Vigilante. (Any difficulty.) 75%
- Aspiring Swashbuckler Complete a Challenge for the first time. Complete them all! 71%
- Preposterous Portraits Complete Episode 2 and defeat the Count-Duke. (Any difficulty.) 52%
- First Try Beat any Episode Boss without being defeated. (Any difficulty.) 51%
- Midnight Mischief Complete Episode 3 and defeat Zaida. (Any difficulty.) 38%
- Trial Skipper Complete Episode 1 in less than 30 minutes. 35%
- Not So Secret Discover a Secret Area for the first time. Exploration is key. 34%
- Mystery Island Complete Episode 4 and stop the Count-Duke's conspiracy! (Any difficulty.) 31%
- Twisted Tales Finish a Cadet run in Arena Mode. 17%
- Annex the Moon Kingdom! Witness the shaping of a conspiracy. They surely have something. 14%
- Prison Handmaid Set the Captain’s pants on fire in the prison kitchen. 13%
- Curtain Call Watch the credits till the end. 11%
- Profound Humility Listen to the Count-Duke’s speech rehearsal entirely. 7.5%
- Fire Emergency Complete Episode 2 in less than 30 minutes. 7.5%
- Arena Legend Finish a Legend run in Arena Mode. 6.0%
- Barrio Busybody Discover all Points of Interest in Episode 1. 5.0%
- Speed Dating Complete Episode 3 in less than 30 minutes. 4.1%
- All-rounder Complete the Modifiers Codex in Arena Mode. 3.1%
- Seditious Snoop Discover all Points of Interest in Episode 2. 3.1%
- Conspiraspeedster Complete Episode 4 in less than 30 minutes. 2.8%
- Midnight Meddler Discover all Points of Interest in Episode 3. 2.6%
- Every Nook and Cranny All Secret Areas have been discovered! 2.5%
- Cove Conspirator Discover all Points of Interest in Episode 4. 2.5%
- Loremaster All Points of Interest have been discovered! 2.4%
- Legendary Swordmaster All Challenges have been completed! 2.3%
- Absolutely, Totally, Inconceivable! Complete an Arena Mode run without taking any damage. (Any difficulty.) 2.3%
- Inconceivable! Complete an Episode without taking any damage. (Any difficulty.) 2.2%
- En Garde! All achievements completed! Thank you for playing En Garde! 1.9%