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Rift of the NecroDancer
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 4h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 21% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 6,396
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 4.
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- 21% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Diva Down”: only 46% of starters get there.
- 88% 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 6,474 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 9.1h for positive, 1.5h 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 (88.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Diva Down Clear all Dove Rhythm Rifts and the Harmonie Boss Fight Most players quit here 46% −54
- Power of Love Clear all Heph & Merlin Rhythm Rifts and the Deep Blues Boss Fight 35% −12
- Fangtastic Clear all Nocturna Rhythm Rifts and the Matron Boss Fight 27% −7
- The Oni Exception Clear all Suzu Rhythm Rifts and the Reaper Boss Fight 22% −5
- Lich, Please Clear all NecroDancer Rhythm Rifts and the NecroDancer Boss Fight 21% −1
- Back to the Crypt! Clear Story Mode 21%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- Mic Check Clear your first Rhythm Rift 100%
- The Butterfly Perfect Hit 1000 perfects during Rhythm Rifts 82%
- Diva Down Clear all Dove Rhythm Rifts and the Harmonie Boss Fight 46%
- The Beast in Me Defeat 10000 monsters during Rhythm Rifts 45%
- Wanna Listen to my Mixtape? Clear any custom Rhythm Rift 41%
- LET'S GOOOO! Clear any Rhythm Rift with a Full Combo 35%
- Power of Love Clear all Heph & Merlin Rhythm Rifts and the Deep Blues Boss Fight 35%
- Fangtastic Clear all Nocturna Rhythm Rifts and the Matron Boss Fight 27%
- Shine Bright Acquire 100 Diamonds 27%
- It's all Fun and Games Clear all Minigames on Medium Difficulty 26%
- Electric Avenue Get 50 hits in a row in a single Vibe Power activation 23%
- The Oni Exception Clear all Suzu Rhythm Rifts and the Reaper Boss Fight 22%
- Back to the Crypt! Clear Story Mode 21%
- Lich, Please Clear all NecroDancer Rhythm Rifts and the NecroDancer Boss Fight 21%
- Like a Butterfly Clear any Boss stage and get an S+ grade 20%
- All Killer, No Filler Clear 32 Rhythm Rifts 19%
- Sight Reader Clear any Rhythm Rift in Remix Mode or in the Daily Challenge 19%
- Like a Bee Defeat any Boss on Hard Difficulty 11%
- What, Like it's Hard? Clear any Rhythm Rift on Hard Difficulty and get an S+ grade 10%
- On Repeat Clear the same Rhythm Rift 20 times 10%
- Combo No. 5 Achieve a 500+ combo in any Rhythm Rift 8.2%
- Somebody's Perfect Clear any Minigame with all perfects 6.9%
- Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Clear all Minigames on Hard Difficulty 6.8%
- Wasn't Hungry Clear any Rhythm Rift without hitting any food 6.7%
- Jam-Pot Clear any Rhythm Rift with a score ending in 777 4.6%
- Wow, You Remember That?! Perform the Red Dragon Dance 2.9%
- Un-charged, but In-Charge! Clear any Rhythm Rift and get an S+ grade without using Vibe Power 2.6%
- Ice, Ice, Baby Acquire 392 Diamonds 1.7%
- Fuller Combo Clear 32 Rhythm Rifts with a full combo 1.4%
- Impossible Dreamer Clear any Rhythm Rift on Impossible Difficulty and get an S+ grade 1.2%
- Possible Mode Clear 32 Rhythm Rifts on Impossible Difficulty 1.1%
- All a-Coda to Plan Clear any Rhythm Rift with the CODA modifier equipped 0.5%
- Fullest Combo Clear 32 Rhythm Rifts on Impossible Difficulty with a full combo 0.1%
- Impossible, right? Clear any Rhythm Rift in Remix mode on Impossible difficulty with the CODA modifier equipped 0.1%
- Shop 'til Ya Drop Clear 32 Shopkeeper Challenges 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.