RPG
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 35% of players who started
Started playing 66% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 90,829
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 20h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 35% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Fugitive” (Finish the Prologue) and “To Aedirn!” (Complete Chapter 1): from 78% to 47% of starters.
- Only 66% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 91,105 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 29h for positive, 18.8h 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 (66.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Fugitive Finish the Prologue. 78% −22
- To Aedirn! Complete Chapter 1. Most players quit here 47% −31
- Alea Iacta Est Complete Chapter 2. 38% −9
- Once Ain't Enough Reach the Epilogue of the game. 35% −3
- To Be Continued... Finish the game at any difficulty level. 35%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (52)
story milestone ending side
- Perfectionist Kill 10 foes in a row without losing any Vitality. 100%
- Taster Drink one potion. 82%
- The Fugitive Finish the Prologue. 78%
- Intimidator Intimidate someone. 63%
- Craftsman Hire a craftsman to create an item. 57%
- Great Potion! Brew the ostmurk potion. 52%
- Journeyman Achieve character level 10. 52%
- Oh My God! You Killed the Kayran! You Bastards! Kill the kayran. 51%
- Apprentice Use alchemy to brew five potions or oils. 49%
- To Aedirn! Complete Chapter 1. 47%
- Gambler Win an arm wrestling match, a dice poker game and a fist fight. 43%
- The Butcher of Blaviken Kill 500 foes. 39%
- Fat Man Kill the draug. 38%
- Alea Iacta Est Complete Chapter 2. 38%
- To Be Continued... Finish the game at any difficulty level. 35%
- Once Ain't Enough Reach the Epilogue of the game. 35%
- Librarian Find all additional information about the insane asylum's history. 33%
- Torn Asunder! Kill more than one opponent using a single exploding bomb. 32%
- Swordmaster Acquire the Combat Acumen ability. 32%
- Eagle Eye Hit Count Etcheverry using the ballista. 31%
- Sensitive Guy Save Síle from dying in the unstable portal. 30%
- Man of the Shadows Successfully sneak through Loredo's garden and find the component of the kayran trap. 29%
- Friend of Trolls Spare all trolls in the game. 28%
- Old Friends Finish the game by sparing Letho. 27%
- Dragonheart Spare or save Saskia. 26%
- Ricochet Kill a foe by deflecting his own arrow at him. 25%
- Threesome Kill three foes at once by performing a group finisher. 24%
- Backbone Craft a suit of armor from elements of the kayran's carapace. 24%
- Gladiator Defeat all opponents in the Kaedweni arena. 23%
- Pest Control Finish all quests involving the destruction of monster nests. 21%
- Heartbreaker Seduce Ves. 21%
- Mutant! Enhance abilities using mutagens at least five times. 19%
- Guru Achieve character level 35. 17%
- Being Witcher George Kill the dragon. 17%
- Master of Magic Acquire the Sense of Magic ability. 16%
- Avenger Finish the game by killing Letho. 16%
- Black Ops Sneak through the lower camp without raising the alarm. 16%
- Tourist Tour the camp with Zyvik. 15%
- Spellbreaker Help Iorveth find the dagger needed to free Saskia from the spell that holds her. 15%
- Witch Hunter Leave Síle to die in the unstable portal. 15%
- Focus Perform three successful ripostes in a row. 14%
- Necromancer Relive all of Auckes's memories in Dethmold's vision. 12%
- Summer Solstice Bow before the Sun at a Summer Shrine. 12%
- Artful Dodger Cut off a tentacle using the kayran trap. 12%
- Winter Solstice Bow to Death at a Winter Shrine. 11%
- Kingmaker Help Roche rescue Anais from the Kaedweni camp. 10%
- Master Alchemist Acquire the Mutant ability. 9.9%
- Miser Collect 10000 orens. 9.6%
- Reasons of State Stop Roche from killing Henselt. 9.5%
- Poker! Roll five-of-a-kind at dice poker. 8.7%
- Trollslayer Kill all the trolls in the game. 4.4%
- Madman Finish the game while playing at the Insane difficulty level. 3.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.