ActionAdventureRPG
Forspoken
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 29% of players who started
Started playing 92% of owners
Steam reviews 63% positive of 8,584
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (73%); after 15h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Interloper” (Swear vengeance on a deadly foe) and “What Must Be Done” (Survive a nightmarish ordeal): from 71% to 52% of starters.
- 92% 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 8,672 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 21.4h for positive, 8.2h 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 (92.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Attachments Acquire a mysterious golden bracelet. 100%
- Stuck Journey through a beautiful yet deadly other world. 86% −14
- The Interloper Swear vengeance on a deadly foe. 71% −15
- What Must Be Done Survive a nightmarish ordeal. Most players quit here 52% −19
- Might and Main Emerge victorious from a showdown in a great fortress. 50% −3
- Damned If You Do... Taste the sweetness of peace and the bitterness of disaster. 45% −5
- The Hue of Blue Submit yourself to otherworldly justice. 37% −8
- The Truth Will Out Emerge victorious from a trial to end all trials. 37%
- Breaking Point Learn a hard truth, and accept a harder one. 35% −2
- None the Wiser Emerge victorious from a conflict in a twisted reality. 34% −1
- Forspoken Hold the fate of a world in your hands. 30% −4
- Awakening Lay waste to a great evil for the sake of humankind. 29% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (53)
story milestone ending side
- Attachments Acquire a mysterious golden bracelet. 100%
- Unlocked Potential Spend mana to learn a spell for the first time. 95%
- Stuck Journey through a beautiful yet deadly other world. 86%
- Call of the Fount: Baptized Acquire magical powers for the first time at a Fount of Blessing. 79%
- Tinkerer Craft an item for the first time. 79%
- Pilgrimage: Initiate Visit your first monument. 74%
- The Interloper Swear vengeance on a deadly foe. 71%
- Knock 'Em Dead Finish three or more enemies with a single blast of Surge Magic. 69%
- Hell of a Run Perform magic parkour for twenty seconds continuously. 68%
- Leapfrogger Jump over enemies a total of ten times. 63%
- Help Me Out Here Use the Disperse spell three times in a single battle. 61%
- Through the Eyes of Another: Empath Complete your first flashback challenge at a Monument to Wisdom. 54%
- Explorer: Seeker Visit ten points of interest. 53%
- What Must Be Done Survive a nightmarish ordeal. 52%
- No Mercy Perform thirty Killer Blows. 52%
- Might and Main Emerge victorious from a showdown in a great fortress. 50%
- Damned If You Do... Taste the sweetness of peace and the bitterness of disaster. 45%
- The Hue of Blue Submit yourself to otherworldly justice. 37%
- The Truth Will Out Emerge victorious from a trial to end all trials. 37%
- Outdoorsperson Set up camp. 36%
- Breaking Point Learn a hard truth, and accept a harder one. 35%
- Hop, Step, Jump Perform five Shimmies in a row. 35%
- None the Wiser Emerge victorious from a conflict in a twisted reality. 34%
- Forspoken Hold the fate of a world in your hands. 30%
- Endless Runner Travel a total of 100 km (62 mi) using magic parkour. 29%
- Awakening Lay waste to a great evil for the sake of humankind. 29%
- From Every Angle Use all four types of Tanta magic in a single battle. 28%
- Shocker Electrocute three enemies at once. 23%
- Explorer: Pathfinder Visit fifty points of interest. 20%
- Pilgrimage: Novice Visit twenty monuments. 15%
- Wildfire Defeat an enemy bound by the Tangled status effect with Sila's magic. 13%
- Realized Potential Learn all the spells that can possibly be learned. 12%
- Promises Make a promise to someone very special. 10%
- Explorer: Trailblazer Visit one hundred points of interest. 8.5%
- A Roaring Trade Trade poppets for all available items. 8.4%
- Call of the Fount: Beatified Acquire the magical powers available from all the Founts of Blessing. 8.2%
- Rebirth See to the needs of the people of Cipal. 8.1%
- Through the Eyes of Another: Seer Complete flashback challenges at ten Monuments to Wisdom. 7.8%
- Paragon Learn every spell. 6.8%
- Craftsperson Craft a healing item and two of Frey's original pieces of equipment. 6.7%
- I Can Fly! Use Float to stay airborne for ten seconds. 6.5%
- Archivist Unlock 80% of the Archive. 6.0%
- Tit for Tat Perform ten precision counters. 5.7%
- Abominizer Defeat all four abominations. 4.4%
- Pilgrimage: Adept Visit fifty monuments. 4.4%
- Cat Person Befriend all the Tantas' familiars. 4.4%
- Remembrance Say a complete set of remembrances to the departed. 4.2%
- Happy Snapper Show pictures taken at all the photo spots to the children. 4.1%
- Through the Eyes of Another: Visionary Complete all the flashback challenges at the Monuments to Wisdom. 3.8%
- Moves Earn the praise of the mighty Pilo with your dancing. 3.6%
- Kit and Caboodle Acquire every piece of equipment (except those only obtainable via sub-quests). 3.4%
- Barely There Hide for ten whole seconds—so long that people will forget you were there. 3.0%
- Above and Beyond Upgrade all your spells. 2.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.