When does Vampire Survivors get good?

Hooks you almost right away. In the first 2 hours 1 in 10 reviews are negative (10%); after 15h it's 1 in 80 (1%). Fully opens up by hour 3.

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Vampire Survivors

Oct 20, 2022 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Hooks you almost right away

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 98% of owners

Steam reviews 98% positive of 266,496

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 10 reviews are negative (10%); after 15h it's 1 in 80 (1%).
Fully opens up by hour 3.
The opening is criticised less than in 90% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
98% 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 268,109 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 21h for positive, 7.8h 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 (97.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (243)

story milestone ending side

Hollow Heart Survive 1 minute with any character. 100%
Wings Reach Level 5. 99%
Crown Reach Level 10. 98%
Fire Wand Destroy 20 light sources. 97%
Peachone Survive 10 minutes with any character. 96%
Garlic Find 5 Floor Chickens. 96%
Clock Lancet Find an Orologion. 95%
Empty Tome Hold 6 different weapons at once. 95%
Lightning Ring Defeat a total of 5000 enemies. 93%
Magnet Find a Vacuum. 92%
Cross Find a Rosary. 91%
Inlaid Library Reach Level 20 in the Mad Forest. 90%
Bracer Get King Bible to Level 4. 90%
Clover Find a Little Clover. 89%
Candelabrador Get Santa Water to Level 4. 88%
Duplicator Get Magic Wand to Level 7. 87%
Arca Get Fire Wand to Level 4. 86%
Suor Clerici Recover a total of 1000 HP. 86%
Pentagram Survive 20 minutes with any character. 86%
Runetracer Survive 5 minutes with Pasqualina. 85%
Poe Ratcho Get Garlic to Level 7. 84%
Porta Get Lightning Ring to Level 4. 84%
Mortaccio Defeat a total of 3000 Skeletons. 83%
Dairy Plant Reach Level 40 in the Inlaid Library. 80%
Holy Wand Evolve the Magic Wand. 80%
Hyper Inlaid Library Defeat the Hag in the Inlaid Library. 79%
Pummarola Survive 5 minutes with Gennaro. 79%
Spellbinder Get Runetracer to Level 7. 78%
Il Molise Unlock Hyper mode for any normal stage. 78%
Krochi Defeat a total of 100000 enemies. 76%
Hellfire Evolve the Fire Wand. 75%
Milky Way Map Find the Milky Way Map. 74%
Death Spiral Evolve the Axe. 74%
Green Acres Unlock Hyper mode for 2 normal stages. 74%
Thunder Loop Evolve the Lightning Ring. 73%
Bloody Tear Evolve the Whip. 72%
Ebony Wings Get Peachone to Level 7. 72%
Dommario Earn 5000 coins in a single run. 72%
Yatta Cavallo Defeat a total of 3000 Lion Heads. 71%
La Borra Evolve the Santa Water. 71%
Hyper Mad Forest Defeat the giant Blue Venus in the Mad Forest. 70%
Grim Grimoire Find the Grim Grimoire. 70%
Stone Mask Find a Stone Mask. 70%
Mindbender Fill 50 entries in the Collection. 70%
Unholy Vespers Evolve the King Bible. 70%
Thousand Edge Evolve the Knife. 69%
Heaven Sword Evolve the Cross. 69%
Soul Eater Evolve the Garlic. 69%
Hyper Dairy Plant Defeat the Sword Guardian in the Dairy Plant. 64%
Gallo Tower Reach Level 60 in the Dairy Plant. 64%
Ars Gouda Find the Ars Gouda. 63%
NO FUTURE Evolve the Runetracer. 60%
Lama Survive 20 minutes with at least +10% Curse. 60%
The Bone Zone Unlock Hyper mode for 3 normal stages. 60%
Banish 1 Fill 60 entries in the Collection. 59%
Coffin: Dairy Plant Find and open the coffin in the Dairy Plant. 59%
Vandalier Unite Ebony Wings and Peachone. 58%
Coffin: Inlaid Library Find and open the coffin in the Inlaid Library. 57%
Christine Get Pentagram to Level 7. 57%
Randomazzo Find the Randomazzo. 56%
VI - Sarabande of Healing Find the Randomazzo. 56%
Night Sword Find a Night Sword. 56%
Sorceress' Tears Find the Sorceress' Tears. 56%
Hyper Gallo Tower Defeat the Giant Enemy Crab in Gallo Tower. 54%
Coffin: Mad Forest Find and open the coffin in the Mad Forest. 53%
Tiragisú Survive 20 minutes with Krochi. 52%
Magic Banger Find the Magic Banger. 51%
Miang Find and open the coffin in Mt.Moonspell. 50%
Moongolow Unlock Hyper mode for 4 normal stages. 50%
Eleanor Uziron Find and open the coffin in Lake Foscari. 50%
Silver Wind Survive 15 minutes with Miang Moonspell. 50%
Banish 2 Fill 70 entries in the Collection. 50%
Skip 1 Survive 15 minutes in Molise. 49%
Mt.Moonspell Map Find the Mt.Moonspell Map. 49%
Menya Evolve the Silver Wind. 49%
Phiera Der Tuphello Survive 10 minutes with Pugnala. 49%
Song of Mana Survive 15 minutes with Poppea. 49%
Gorgeous Moon Evolve the Pentagram. 48%
Eight The Sparrow Survive 15 minutes with Pugnala. 47%
Lake Foscari Map Find the Lake Foscari Map. 47%
Cappella Magna Reach Level 80 in the Gallo Tower. 46%
Hyper Lake Foscari Defeat the Avatar of Gaea in Lake Foscari. 46%
Hyper Mt.Moonspell Defeat the Orochimario in Mt.Moonspell. 46%
Torrona's Box Hold 6 different weapon evolutions at once. 46%
Muramasa Evolve the Night Sword. 45%
SpellStream Get SpellStream to Level 6. 45%
Coffin: Gallo Tower Find and open the coffin in the Gallo Tower. 45%
O'Sole Meeo Defeat a total of 3000 Dragon Shrimps. 44%
SpellStrike Get SpellStrike to Level 6. 44%
SpellString Survive 15 minutes with Eleanor Uziron. 43%
Syuuto Evolve the Four Seasons. 43%
Maruto Cuts Unite SpellString, SpellStream, and SpellStrike. 43%
EXTRA: Whiteout Find 20 Orologions. 42%
Banish 3 Fill 80 entries in the Collection. 42%
Babi-Onna Evolve the Summon Night. 41%
Four Seasons Survive 15 minutes with Menya Moonspell. 41%
Reroll 1 Reach Level 80 with Mortaccio. 40%
Gatti Amari Survive 15 minutes with Giovanna. 40%
Phieraggi Evolve and unite Phiera Der Tuphello and Eight The Sparrow. 40%
Hyper Cappella Magna Defeat the Trinacria in the Cappella Magna. 39%
Coffin: Cappella Magna Find and open the coffin in the Cappella Magna. 38%
Bianca Ramba Defeat a total of 3000 Milk Elementals. 38%
Mannajja Evolve the Song Of Mana. 38%
Eskizzibur Survive 15 minutes with Maruto Cuts. 38%
Keitha Muort Evolve the Eskizzibur. 38%
Skip 2 Survive 30 minutes in Green Acres. 38%
Omni Get Torrona's Box to Level 9. 37%
Skull O'Maniac Survive 30 minutes with Lama. 37%
McCoy-Oni Evolve the Mirage Robe. 37%
Summon Night Survive 15 minutes with Syuuto Moonspell. 36%
Boss Rash Unlock Hyper mode for all 5 normal stages. 36%
Glass Vizard Find and buy the Glass Vizard. 36%
Banish 4 Fill 90 entries in the Collection. 36%
Yellow Sign Find the Yellow Sign. 35%
XVII - Lost and Found Painting Reach Level 50 with Poppea. 35%
Shadow Pinion Survive 15 minutes with Concetta. 35%
Reroll 2 Reach Level 80 with Yatta Cavallo. 35%
Skip 4 Survive 15 minutes in Moongolow. 35%
I - Gemini Reach Level 50 with Pugnala. 34%
Vicious Hunger Evolve the Gatti Amari. 34%
IV - Awake Reach Level 50 with Krochi. 33%
Millionaire Evolve the Flash Arrow. 33%
Flash Arrow Survive 15 minutes with Keitha Muort. 33%
Skip 3 Survive 30 minutes in The Bone Zone. 32%
Mirage Robe Survive 15 minutes with Babi-Onna. 32%
XVI - Slash Reach Level 50 with Lama. 32%
Valkyrie Turner Evolve the Shadow Pinion. 31%
Vento Sacro Survive 15 minutes with Zi'Assunta. 31%
XVIII - Boogaloo of Illusions Reach Level 50 with Concetta. 30%
Banish 5 Fill 100 entries in the Collection. 30%
108 Bocce Survive 15 minutes with McCoy-Oni. 29%
Luminaire Evolve the Prismatic Missile. 29%
V - Chaos in the Dark Night Reach Level 50 with Giovanna. 29%
Abyss Foscari With Keitha, break the Seal of the Lake. 28%
XI - Waltz of Pearls Reach Level 50 with Imelda. 28%
Fuwalafuwaloo Unite Vento Sacro and Bloody Tear. 28%
Great Gospel Find the Great Gospel. 28%
VII - Iron Blue Will Reach Level 50 with Gennaro. 28%
Game Killer Defeat the final enemy in the Cappella Magna. 28%
Seeker of the Infinite Corridor Obtain the Infinite Corridor. 27%
Ophion Evolve the Shadow Servant. 27%
X - Beginning Reach Level 50 with Antonio. 27%
III - Tragic Princess Reach Level 50 with Porta. 27%
Luminaire Foscari With Maruto, break the Seal of the Abyss. 27%
Shadow Servant Survive 15 minutes with Genevieve Gruyère. 27%
Megalo Menya Defeat 100000 enemies in a single run with Menya Moonspell. 27%
Sir Ambrojoe Defeat a total of 6000 Stage Killers. 27%
II - Twilight Requiem Reach Level 50 with Dommario. 27%
Seeker of the Crimson Shroud Obtain the Crimson Shroud. 26%
XV - Disco of Gold Reach minute 31 in the Inlaid Library. 26%
Boo Roo Boolle Evolve the Mille Bolle Blu. 26%
EXTRA: Antidote Find the Antidote in Whiteout. 26%
XIV - Jail of Crystal Reach Level 50 with Pasqualina. 26%
XXI - Blood Astronomia Reach Level 50 with Poe. 26%
Genevieve Gruyère With Eleanor, break the Seal of the Banished. 25%
Megalo Syuuto Defeat 100000 enemies in a single run with Syuuto Moonspell. 25%
Prismatic Missile Survive 15 minutes with Luminaire Foscari. 25%
Forbidden Scrolls Find the Forbidden Scrolls of Morbane. 25%
EXTRA: She-Moon Eeta Survive 20 minutes in Whiteout. 25%
Rottin'Ghoul Defeat a total of 6000 Rotting Ghouls. 24%
Hyper Abyss Foscari Defeat Je-Ne-Viv in Abyss Foscari. 24%
VIII - Mad Groove Reach minute 31 in the Mad Forest. 24%
EXTRA: Laborratory Find 33 Rosaries. 24%
XIX - Heart of Fire Reach Level 50 with Arca. 24%
EXTRA: Glass Fandango Get Glass Fandango to Level 7. 24%
Gav'Et-Oni Defeat 6000 Kappa. 23%
Je-Ne-Viv Defeat 100000 enemies in a single run with Genevieve Gruyère. 23%
IX - Divine Bloodline Reach Level 50 with Suor Clerici. 23%
Happy Birthday Defeat a total of 6000 Sammies. 23%
The Eudaimonia Machine Obtain all standard relics from all stages. 22%
Reroll 4 Reach Level 80 with O'Sole Meeo. 22%
XIII - Wicked Season Reach Level 50 with Christine. 21%
Skip 5 Survive 15 minutes in Boss Rash. 21%
XII - Out of Bounds Reach minute 31 in the Gallo Tower. 21%
Reroll 3 Reach Level 80 with Bianca Ramba. 21%
Seventh Trumpet Obtain the Seventh Trumpet. 21%
Gracia's Mirror Obtain Gracia's Mirror. 21%
XX - Silent Old Sanctuary Reach minute 31 in the Dairy Plant. 20%
Tri-Bracelet Evolve the Bracelet and then the Bi-Bracelet. 19%
Bracelet Survive 30 minutes with either Gallo or Divano. 19%
EXTRA: Seal I Banish 10 or more weapons in a single run. 19%
EXTRA: Celestial Voulge Evolve the Glass Fandango. 18%
Reroll 5 Reach Level 80 with Sir Ambrojoe. 17%
EXTRA: Arma Dio Find an Arma Dio. 17%
Candybox Discover every standard evolution and union. 17%
EXTRA: Adventures Obtain the Atlas Gate in Boss Rash. 16%
EXTRA: Hyper The Coop Find 500 Floor Chickens. 16%
Greatest Jubilee See the final fireworks. 15%
EXTRA: Bat Country Reach Level 80 in Inverse Mad Forest. 14%
EXTRA: Tiny Bridge Reach Level 80 in Inverse Gallo Tower. 14%
Victory Sword Defeat 100000 enemies in a single run with Queen Sigma. 13%
EXTRA: Santa Javelin Get Santa Javelin to level 7. 13%
EXTRA: Santa Ladonna Survive 20 minutes in Laborratory. 13%
EXTRA: Apoplexy Find the Apoplexy at minute 09:00 in Bat Country. 13%
EXTRA: Chaos Malachite Find the Chaos Malachite at minute 18:00 in Bat Country. 13%
EXTRA: Astral Stair Reach Level 80 in Inverse Inlaid Library. 13%
Queen Sigma Complete the Collection 1.0. 13%
EXTRA: Seraphic Cry Evolve the Santa Javelin. 12%
EXTRA: Pako Battiliar Defeat a total of 161616 bats. 12%
EXTRA: Chaos Rosalia Find the Chaos Rosalia in Astral Stair. 12%
EXTRA: Trisection Find the Trisection in Astral Stair. 12%
EXTRA: Astral Stair Map Find the Astral Stair Map. 12%
EXTRA: Carlo Cart Deal a total of 25120 damage with the Laborratory Train. 11%
EXTRA: Parm Aegis Find a Parm Aegis in The Coop. 11%
EXTRA: Ammo Appalate Defeat a total of 251096 Shooting Enemies. 11%
EXTRA: Westwoods Find 23 Little Clovers. 11%
EXTRA: Seal II Banish 20 or more weapons in a single run. 10%
EXTRA: Chaos Altemanna Find the Chaos Altemanna in Tiny Bridge. 10%
EXTRA: Space 54 Find 5 Golden Fingers. 9.8%
EXTRA: Bat Robbert Evolve the Pako Battiliar. 9.3%
EXTRA: Phas3r Get Phas3r to level 7. 9.3%
EXTRA: Evolve the Phas3r. Evolve the Phas3r. 8.8%
EXTRA: Space Dude Survive 20 minutes in Space 54. 8.7%
EXTRA: Brave Story Find the Brave Story at minute 18 in Space 54. 8.4%
EXTRA: Game Speed Modifier Find the Roast chicken with a clock in the middle at the end of The Coop. 8.2%
EXTRA: Gazebo Survive 20 minutes in The Coop. 7.2%
EXTRA: Room 1665 Dare to cast the spell 6.6%
EXTRA: Chula-Reh Survive 20 minutes in Westwoods. 6.4%
EXTRA: Embrace of Gaea Evolve the Gaze of Gaea. 6.3%
EXTRA: Magi-Stone Get Magi-Stone To Level 7. 6.3%
EXTRA: VI - Moonlight Bolero Be embraced by the Darkasso. 6.1%
EXTRA: Darkasso Be embraced by the Darkasso. 6.1%
EXTRA: Zi'Appunta Belpaese Evolve the Ammo Appalate. 5.9%
EXTRA: Masquerade Find the Masquerade Relic in Westwoods. 5.6%
EXTRA: Karoma's Mana Find a Karoma's Mana in Westwoods. 5.4%
EXTRA: Seal III Banish 40 or more weapons in a single run. 5.3%
EXTRA: Kyra-Stones Evolve the Magi-Stone. 5.1%
EXTRA: Gaze of Gaea Defeat 0 enemies in The Coop. 4.8%
EXTRA: A Garlic Paradise Complete once the adventure A Garlic Paradise. 4.3%
EXTRA: XII - Crystal Cries Trigger a Starry Heavens with She-Moon Eeta. 4.0%
EXTRA: I - Sapphire Mist Reach a Cooldown bonus of -85% with Space Dude. 3.9%
EXTRA: X - Hail from the Future Trigger a Weird Souls Purifier with Santa Ladonna. 3.8%
EXTRA: XXI - Wandering the Jet Black Reach 665 Max Health with Bat Robbert. 3.6%
EXTRA: Mazerella Reach Level 80 in Inverse Dairy Plant. 3.6%
EXTRA: World of Light and Dark Complete once the adventure World of Light and Dark. 3.1%
EXTRA: Chaos Lazulia Find the Chaos Lazulia in Mazerella. 3.1%
EXTRA: Preserve Find the Wax Fetish in Mazerella. 3.1%
EXTRA: III - Hidden Anathema Eat as much as possible with Gazebo. 2.7%
EXTRA: Seal All Banish 80 or more weapons in a single run. 2.2%
EXTRA: XIII - Call of a Mad Moon Reach +999% Luck with Chula-Reh. 1.9%
EXTRA: To End An Ice Age Complete once the adventure To End An Ice Age. 1.8%
EXTRA: V - Pale Diamond Incursion Find 10 Treasure Chests from Zi'Appunta's ability in a single run. 1.7%
EXTRA: XVIII - Victorian Horror Survive 30 minutes with no weapons in Inverse Green Acres. 1.7%

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