Rock of Ages
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 3h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
- 13% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Escape from Hades” and “Champion of Champions” (Beat the game in Story mode): from 100% to 13% of starters.
- 84% 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 4,168 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 4.3h for positive, 6.2h 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 (84.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Escape from Hades Complete the tutorial level and escape from the underworld. 100%
- Champion of Champions Beat the game in Story mode. Most players quit here 13% −87
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (19)
story milestone ending side
- Escape from Hades Complete the tutorial level and escape from the underworld. 100%
- Breaker Break off the first layer of your adversary’s boulder. 76%
- Smasher Break off the second layer of your adversary’s boulder. 47%
- Berserker Hit the castle gate with the fireball powerup. 43%
- Eagle Eye Score a direct hit on an enemy boulder with the Castlepult. 31%
- Obliterator - New boulder unlocked! Destroy your adversary’s boulder. 30%
- Snowball War Win a match using the Snowball boulder. 16%
- TrollFace Unlocked! Win an online War game 16%
- Top Shot In SkeeBoulder, land your Boulder in the maximum multiplier. 15%
- Cocky Win a match without destroying any of your adversary's units. 15%
- Champion of Champions Beat the game in Story mode. 13%
- Rock the Boat Destroy a flying ship. 11%
- Prosperous Earn more than 7000 gold in one match. 8.8%
- Flawless Victory Win a match with your gate unscathed. 8.6%
- Block of Ages Win a War game using the Cube. 5.8%
- Chain Reaction Land a projectile on some TNT to produce a shockwave combo that hits your enemy. 5.6%
- Troublemaker Win 10 online War games. 3.6%
- Keymaster Find all the keys scattered throughout the levels. 2.9%
- Bling Bling Get a gold medal on all maps in Time Trial mode. 2.7%