Riven
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (22%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 35% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The first step is not always simple” (Take your first steps on the Age of Riven) and “Monument to hubris” (Enter the great gold dome): from 100% to 80% of starters.
- 94% 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 2,928 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 12.2h for positive, 9.3h 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 (94.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The first step is not always simple Take your first steps on the Age of Riven 100%
- Monument to hubris Enter the great gold dome Most players quit here 80% −20
- Brittle brown leaves Arrive on Jungle Island 76% −4
- Dipped in black Enter the Starry Expanse 70% −5
- A Tree falls; a page arises Arrive on Boiler Island 67% −3
- Life is taken; an Age is given Arrive on Prison Island 57% −11
- Of scheming and schemata Arrive on Survey Island 55% −1
- A warm welcome Arrive on Tay 36% −20
- This is where our paths must part Complete Riven 35%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- The first step is not always simple Take your first steps on the Age of Riven 100%
- Monument to hubris Enter the great gold dome 80%
- Collateral Damage Cause the Boiler Island bridge to collapse 78%
- Brittle brown leaves Arrive on Jungle Island 76%
- Dipped in black Enter the Starry Expanse 70%
- A Tree falls; a page arises Arrive on Boiler Island 67%
- A new perspective Discover a strange Moiety device 66%
- Visual history Discover the story of Gehn told through art 62%
- Pens of fate Trespass in Gehn's laboratory 59%
- Life is taken; an Age is given Arrive on Prison Island 57%
- Of scheming and schemata Arrive on Survey Island 55%
- Giving chase Witness Gehn's scribe escape on the maglev 51%
- Below the surface Access the hidden floor on Survey Island 51%
- God's-eye view Look down upon the village 49%
- He who numbers but does not name Visit every island in the Age of Riven 48%
- Strands of a web Connect every bridge inside the Starry Expanse 43%
- Total collapse is imminent Investigate the strange breach 40%
- The sign of five Intrude on a Rivenese villager's privacy 39%
- A warm welcome Arrive on Tay 36%
- This is where our paths must part Complete Riven 35%
- The cage has finally failed Break free of the confines of the Fifth Age 34%
- Cho? Discover the fate of Gehn's man 31%
- Who will link the broken chain? Free Catherine from her prison 31%
- The path home is now clear Give Atrus back his life 30%
- The journey of another Finish reading every journal 25%
- Hidden in plain sight Use the secret entrance to the Moiety caves 24%
- Animal instincts Anger the wahrk 22%
- Perhaps it would be best Immediately acquiesce to Gehn's command 21%
- A great deal of history Watch all of Gehn's imager recordings 21%
- This must be the end for you Trap yourself in the Trap Book 20%
- Mixed signals Summon Atrus prematurely 18%
- Finality Suffer Gehn's wrath 13%
- Not the way you remember it Recall a specific Moiety code 11%
- The Watcher Watch the fire marble polisher for 15 minutes in a single playthrough 9.0%