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Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 22% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 4,584
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (18%); after 10h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 76% of games we track.
- 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Stellar Dismantler” (Defeat Corrupted Assembler) and “The Corruption Goddess” (Defeat Astrea): from 62% to 22% of starters.
- 89% 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 4,626 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 15.2h for positive, 9.5h 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 (89% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Sanctuary Guardian Defeat Sanctuary Parasite. 72% −28
- Wild's Keeper Defeat Smoldering Beast. 71% −2
- Mind Illuminator Defeat Doomed Astronomer. 65% −6
- Stellar Dismantler Defeat Corrupted Assembler. 62% −2
- The Corruption Goddess Defeat Astrea. Most players quit here 22% −40
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (80)
story milestone ending side
- Meissa's Savior Save Meissa, the Antiquarian. 100%
- Purification Pioneer Win your first battle. 96%
- Mechanical Buddy Acquire a sentinel. 87%
- Dicesmithing Time! Forge a die. 83%
- Sanctuary Guardian Defeat Sanctuary Parasite. 72%
- Endless Tricks Play at least 10 dice in a single turn. 71%
- Wild's Keeper Defeat Smoldering Beast. 71%
- Mind Illuminator Defeat Doomed Astronomer. 65%
- Stellar Dismantler Defeat Corrupted Assembler. 62%
- Astral Adventurer Score at least 2000 points in a run. 56%
- Noctuan Champion Reach Astrea's Heart with Moonie. 56%
- Anomaly Destroyer Defeat Uncaged Anomaly. 56%
- Star Killer Defeat Decayed Star. 55%
- Eridanian Champion Reach Astrea's Heart with Cellarius. 50%
- Loyal Partner Own a sentinel on max level. 47%
- Lacertian Champion Reach Astrea's Heart with Hevelius. 44%
- Apian Champion Reach Astrea's Heart with Austra. 42%
- Shard Spender Spend at least 1500 Star Shards in a single run. 38%
- Behenian Champion Reach Astrea's Heart with Sothis. 36%
- Unbeatable Win a run without losing Hearts during battles. Sacrificing a Heart at Shrines doesn't count as Heart lost. 36%
- Heavy Purger Make a creature receive at least 100 Purify in a single Purify instance. 27%
- Aquarian Champion Reach Astrea's Heart with Orion. 27%
- Sadistic Plan Moonie: Make an enemy defeat themselves. 25%
- Astral Seeker Score at least 3500 points in a run. 25%
- Artificer Win a run with two sentinels on max level. 23%
- Heart Gate Open Astrea's Heart. 23%
- The Goddess Avatar Defeat Astrea Avatar. 23%
- The Corruption Goddess Defeat Astrea. 22%
- Wave Bender Cellarius: Prevent a Heart loss using Wave. 20%
- Stellar Haste Defeat a boss on the first turn. 20%
- Can't touch this Austra: Dodge 4 Corruption in a row. 19%
- Favored by the Cosmos Win a run with at least 15 Blessings. 17%
- Anomaly Control Win a run at Anomaly Level 3. 14%
- Prestidigitation Moonie: Enhance an Enemy Die. 14%
- The Dark Moon Defeat Corrupted Moonie. 13%
- If I Had Failed... Defeat the Corrupted version of yourself. 13%
- Noctuan Hero Defeat Astrea with Moonie. 13%
- The Abyssal Terror Defeat Corrupted Cellarius. 13%
- The Ardent Prince Defeat Corrupted Sothis. 13%
- Apian Hero Defeat Astrea with Austra. 13%
- The Chaos Artisan Defeat Corrupted Hevelius. 13%
- The Distorted Sage Defeat Corrupted Orion. 13%
- The Raging Skies Defeat Corrupted Austra. 13%
- Lacertian Hero Defeat Astrea with Hevelius. 11%
- Pocket Astrarium Win a run with 10 or fewer dice on your dice pool. 11%
- Eridanian Hero Defeat Astrea with Cellarius. 11%
- Purification Avatar Defeat Astrea at Astrea Level 3. 10%
- Denying Destiny Reroll the same die at least 5 times in a single turn. 10%
- Behenian Hero Defeat Astrea with Sothis. 10%
- Noctuan Mastery Reach max level with Moonie. 9.6%
- Apian Mastery Reach max level with Austra. 8.1%
- Eridanian Mastery Reach max level with Cellarius. 7.5%
- Lacertian Mastery Reach max level with Hevelius. 7.5%
- Behenian Mastery Reach max level with Sothis. 7.0%
- Aquarian Hero Defeat Astrea with Orion. 6.9%
- Astromancer Score at least 7000 points in a run. 6.5%
- Astrarium of Holding Win a run with at least 50 dice on your dice pool. 6.0%
- Unepic Hero Win a run without any Epic die on your dice pool. 6.0%
- Critical Twist Austra: Deal 50 Purify with a Safe Die. 5.6%
- Reflexive Mind Orion: Win a Ground Zero battle without moving your Orbs. 5.6%
- Sentinelphobic Win a run without owning any sentinels. 5.5%
- Royal Choir Sothis: Have at least 30 Chanting. 5.4%
- Anomaly Master Win a run at Anomaly Level 8. 4.8%
- Aquarian Mastery Reach max level with Orion. 4.7%
- Blazing Prince Sothis: Have at least 20 Soul Heat. 4.4%
- Astrea's Saviors Defeat Astrea with all Oracles. 4.3%
- Gotta tinker'em all! Hevelius: Acquire 12 different type of sentinels in a single run. 4.3%
- Astral Tinkerer Hevelius: Repair or Rearm sentinels at least 20 times in a single battle. 4.2%
- The world goes round... Orion: Move your Orbs 50 times in a single battle. 4.0%
- Plague Doctor Moonie: Win a battle with at least 20 Plague Hex die in your dice pool. 3.9%
- Dice Specialist Win a run with only your Starter Die and/or one other type of die in your dice pool. 3.6%
- Six-Sided Mastery Reach max level with all Oracles. 3.6%
- Astrium Specialist Orion: Trigger Astrium 4 times in a single turn. 3.3%
- Boundless as Ocean Cellarius: Deal infinity Purification. 2.4%
- Virtuous Warrior Cellarius: Play at least 20 virtues in a single turn. 2.2%
- Betting High Austra: Play a die with at least 50 Confuse on an enemy without any Confuse percentage modifier. 2.1%
- Skeptical Win a run without any Blessings. 2.0%
- Mechanic Integration Hevelius: Have both sentinels with 4 different types of Link. 1.8%
- This is Fine Sothis: Have at least 4 creatures with at least 15 Affliction each. 1.7%
- Arch-Oracle Obtain all other achievements. 1.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.