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Songs of Silence
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 12% of players who started
Started playing 59% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 2,786
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 15h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Betrayal” (Finish campaign map 01 "The Siege of Elbin") and “A Silent Journey” (Finish campaign map 02 "Into the Silence"): from 100% to 69% of starters.
- Only 59% 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 2,813 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.8h for positive, 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 (59.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Betrayal Finish campaign map 01 "The Siege of Elbin" 100%
- A Silent Journey Finish campaign map 02 "Into the Silence" Most players quit here 69% −31
- A New Home Finish campaign map 03 "Songs of the Blue Vale" 66% −3
- End of an Era Finish campaign map 04 "Dark Tidings" 42% −24
- A New Alliance Finish campaign map 05 "Strangers in a Strange Land" 33% −9
- Advance of the Godslayer Finish campaign map 06 "We Stand Together" 24% −8
- Deal with the Devil Finish campaign map 07 "A Fateful Pact" 19% −6
- Peace, at Last Finish campaign map 08 "Turning the Tide" 12% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- Betrayal Finish campaign map 01 "The Siege of Elbin" 100%
- Keep 'em Safe Finish "The Siege of Elbin" with all "Ehrengard Refugee" units still alive 86%
- The Adventure Begins Complete Pip's quest on campaign map 01 "The Siege of Elbin" 73%
- A Silent Journey Finish campaign map 02 "Into the Silence" 69%
- A New Home Finish campaign map 03 "Songs of the Blue Vale" 66%
- Settlers of the Vale Escort all "Ehrengard Refugee" units safely to New Ehrengard 62%
- Prison Break Save Freymund in campaign map 03 "Songs of the Blue Vale" 58%
- End of an Era Finish campaign map 04 "Dark Tidings" 42%
- Peak Performance Get to level 10 with any hero 34%
- A New Alliance Finish campaign map 05 "Strangers in a Strange Land" 33%
- Royal Audience Speak with King Atran after saving him on campaign map 01 "The Siege of Elbin" 32%
- Hero of Ehrengard Collect Hauser's remains 26%
- Advance of the Godslayer Finish campaign map 06 "We Stand Together" 24%
- Deal with the Devil Finish campaign map 07 "A Fateful Pact" 19%
- Unlikely Allies Befriend the Forlorn on campaign map 04 "Dark Tidings" 18%
- Akard's Gift Initiate and listen to all dialogues between Lorelai and Akard in campaign map 07 "A Fateful Pact" 16%
- Exiles of Aranburg Rescue all four "Firstborn Refugee" units and bring them safely to the Enclave of Rubikant 14%
- Peace, at Last Finish campaign map 08 "Turning the Tide" 12%
- Tune of Celebration Finish all campaign maps of "Songs of Silence" on the "Story Focused" difficulty 10%
- Peerless Strategist Win a skirmish map against at least 2 factions without losing a single battle 9.5%
- A Ray of Hope Rest at the statue of Saint Idha 8.4%
- A Deadly Lesson Fight against Garin on campaign map 04 "Dark Tidings" 8.4%
- Victory Fanfares Finish all campaign maps of "Songs of Silence" on the "Balanced" difficulty 7.8%
- How many Times do we Have to Teach you This? Fight Garin before the final battle in campaign map 08 "Turning the Tide" 7.3%
- Time is Running Finish the adventure of "Balmung Forest" in campaign map 02 "Into the Silence" 6.8%
- Hoarder Have 7 artifacts in one army at the same time 6.2%
- Everybody is a Winner Win at least once with the following factions: The Thousand Kingdoms, the Old Race, the Crusade 6.1%
- Destruction Destroy 2500 Units 5.7%
- Overcoming Prejudice Complete the Forlorn quests 5.4%
- Enlightened Scholar Unlock all entries of the Encyclopedia in "Songs of Silence" 4.9%
- Predator Turned Prey Defeat Ansgar before the finale battle in campaign map 07 "A Fateful Pact" 4.2%
- Learned a new Song Complete 1 Story 4.2%
- Fate is in Your Hands Unlock all Fates in "Songs of Silence" 3.7%
- There Must be Another Way Complete Pip's quest in map 06 "We Stand Together" without killing the Forlorn 3.5%
- Multikill Kill 35 enemy combatants with a single battle card 3.4%
- Great Conqueror Win 10 Skirmish or Multiplayer Games 2.9%
- Let There be Light! Build a connected light network with at least 30 locations while playing the "Old Race" faction 2.7%
- Primordial Aid Restore the strength of the exhausted Urborn in campaign map 08 "Turning the Tide" 2.5%
- A Great Adventure Complete Pip's quests 2.5%
- The Songs of Silence Find the wandering Erudite bard on each campaign map 1.9%
- Blitzkrieg Finish campaign map 03 "Songs of the Blue Vale" in 22 turns or less 1.7%
- Annihilation Destroy 5000 Units 1.7%
- Professional Card Player Play 6000 Battle Cards 1.5%
- Prepare for War Recruit 2000 Units 1.5%
- Of Petals and Prayers Find Hauser's secret meditation spot 1.4%
- David Versus Goliath Defeat an enemy army of 10 or more units with an own army of 3 or less units 1.4%
- Aggressor Try to attack New Ehrengard on campaign map 05 "Strangers in a Strange Land" 1.0%
- Heir to many Crowns Complete 1 Story with all 3 challenges completed 1.0%
- Ever Hungry Assemble 12 units with the Gestalt tag in one army 1.0%
- Grand Architect Build 500 Buildings 1.0%
- Songs of Misery Finish all campaign maps of "Songs of Silence" on the "Challenging" difficulty 1.0%
- Rebuild the Realm Rebuild 100 Locations 1.0%
- Pacifist Win a skirmish or multiplayer map without conquering any locations (besides the enemy capitals) 0.8%
- Prosperous Kingdom Build up 500 locations to Prosperity Level 3 0.3%
- The Roof is on Fire Pillage 100 locations 0.3%
- All for One, and One for All Win 1 skirmish or multiplayer map with all different hero vocations in "Songs of Silence" 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.