Shadows of Forbidden Gods

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 1,088 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 23.8h for positive, 9.2h 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 (66.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (35)

• First Agent Recruit your first agent 100%
• Twilight Reach World Shadow 20% 73%
• Victory Win your first game 61%
• Victory: She Who Will Feast Win the game with She Who Will Feast 57%
• Forever Night Win with your highest score contribution being "Enshadowed % population" 52%
• Most Faithful Servant Have the Supplicant be alive when you win the game 46%
• Another will come... Kill the Chosen One 39%
• World War Have at least 60% of the world's human nations involved in a war at once 38%
• From the Depths Create a Deep One non-controllable agent 36%
• The First Daughter of Iastur Summon the First Daughter 31%
• Broken Minded Saviour Drive the Chosen One insane 27%
• Victory: Iastur Win the game with Iastur 22%
• Quick and Painless Win before turn 300 with world panic at or below 75% 20%
• The Ruin of Empires Win with your highest score contribution being "Population Destroyed" 16%
• Victory: Vinerva Win the game with Vinerva 15%
• Famine Have one third of the human settlements be suffering from hunger or famine at once 14%
• Divided Loyalties Have the Chosen One be a citizen of the Dark Empire 13%
• The Whole Wide World Win on a map of size at least 52 x 52 12%
• Victory: the Cordyceps Hive Mind Win the game with the Cordyceps Hive Mind 12%
• Survivor Have the Survivor live over a hundred turns, and be alive when you win the game 11%
• Victory: Mammon Win the game with Mammon 10%
• Dark Empire Win with your highest score contribution being "From % population in Dark Empire" 9.4%
• Bad Child Have an agent kill their own parent 9.3%
• Victory: Ophanim Win the game with Ophanim 9.1%
• Stone Cold Kill The Chosen One with The Cursed 6.1%
• Vampirism Create a Vampire non-controllable agent 5.8%
• Speed Demon Win before turn 200 on at map size at least 40 x 40 4.6%
• The Mind Cannot Withstand Win with your highest score contribution being the sum of "Enshadowed and Insane Rulers and Heroes" PLUS "Insane Rulers and Heroes" 4.0%
• David and Goliath Have an agent with a Might stat of 1 kill a hero with might at least 5 3.9%
• Heir Apparent Have the Baroness be crowned leader of the Dark Empire after the death of The Monarch 2.2%
• Pompeii Destroy at least 8 settlements with one volcanic Devastation 2.2%
• Eternal Winter Win with your highest score contribution being "Population Destroyed" and at least half the locations having temperature at most 20% 1.9%
• Blood Ties Create two vampires who are close relatives 1.8%
• From the Depths Win with your highest score contribution being "From % population in Deep One Cities" 1.6%
• 28 Turns Later Have the Trickster take the 'Attack Monkey' trait, then summon an army of Ravenous Dead with her 1.3%