When does Peaks of Yore get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 15h it's 1 in 50 (2%). The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.

How many players finish Peaks of Yore?

At least 29% of players who start reach the ending.

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Peaks of Yore

Oct 26, 2023 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

Reach the ending at least 29% of players who started

Started playing 84% of owners

Steam reviews 97% positive of 3,836

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 15h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
At least 29% of players who start reach the ending.
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 3,864 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 15.9h for positive, 3.8h 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 (83.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Great Gales Mountaineer Summit all peaks in The Great Gales. ≥29% −71

story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (53)

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Novice Climber Summit 5 Fundamental Peaks. 100%
Competent Climber Summit 10 Fundamental Peaks. 81%
Proficient Climber Summit 15 Fundamental Peaks. 65%
More haste, less speed Summit Walter's Crag with Walter. 57%
Cragsman Summit all 20 Fundamental Peaks. 56%
Crimp Competent Summit 5 Intermediate Boulders. 53%
Walker's Pillar (Harnessed) Summit Walker's Pillar using Safety Harness. 53%
Bouldering Expert Summit all 10 Intermediate Boulders. 50%
Bad luck to kill a sea bird! Slap a sea bird 50 times. 50%
Don't Be Hasty Take a big fall 50 times. 48%
Walker's Pillar Summit Walker's Pillar without Safety Harness. 47%
Friendly Summits Summit Walkers Pillar with Lucy Walker. 45%
Great Gaol (Harnessed) Summit Great Gaol using Safety Harness. 40%
Fleet-footed Boulderer Beat all time records in the Intermediate Category. 37%
Great Gaol Summit Great Gaol without Safety Harness. 36%
Lofty Ambitions Take a big fall 100 times. 35%
OAS Member Summit enough peaks to become member of the Official Ascension Society. 33%
Eldenhorn (Harnessed) Summit Eldenhorn using Safety Harness. 32%
St. Haelga (Harnessed) Summit St. Haelga using Safety Harness. 32%
Ymir's Shadow (Harnessed) Summit Ymir's Shadow using Safety Harness. 31%
Eldenhorn Summit Eldenhorn without Safety Harness. 30%
St. Haelga Summit St. Haelga without Safety Harness. 29%
Great Gales Mountaineer Summit all peaks in The Great Gales. 29%
Ymir's Shadow Summit Ymir's Shadow without Safety Harness. 29%
Great Bulwark (Harnessed) Summit the Great Bulwark using Safety Harness. 25%
Family of Mountaineers Collect all pieces of the torn photograph. 24%
The Great Bulwark of the North Summit the challenging Great Bulwark of the North without Safety Harness. 23%
Magpie of The Great Gales Find and clean all items scattered around the peaks of The Great Gales. 22%
Rapid Summiteer Beat all time records in the Fundamentals Category. 21%
Pinnacle Chaser Beat all time records in the Advanced Category. 18%
The Great Gales Sender Beat all time records across all categories in The Great Gales. 15%
Advanced Free Soloist Summit all The Great Tines without using ropes. 11%
Keen Sight Find the hidden Mermaids. 8.2%
Pioneering Summiteer Summit all peaks in The Great Gales and The Northern Range. 6.3%
OAS President Become the new President of the Official Ascension Society. 6.2%
Solemn Tempest (Harnessed) Summit the Solemn Tempest using Safety Harness. 6.2%
The Solemn Tempest Summit the tallest and most challenging of all peaks, The Solemn Tempest without Safety Harness. 5.1%
Walker's Pillar (Free Solo) Summit Walker's Pillar in You Fall You Die Mode without using any ropes. 4.2%
Expert Cragsman (Free Solo Mode) Summit all Fundamental peaks in Free Solo Mode. 4.1%
Great Gaol (Free Solo) Summit Great Gaol in You Fall You Die Mode without using any ropes. 3.5%
Eldenhorn (Free Solo) Summit Eldenhorn in You Fall You Die Mode without using any ropes. 3.0%
St. Haelga (Free Solo) Summit St. Haelga in You Fall You Die Mode without using any ropes. 3.0%
Ymir's Shadow (Free Solo) Summit Ymir's Shadow in You Fall You Die Mode without using any ropes. 3.0%
Grand Master (Free Solo Mode) Summit all Advanced peaks in Free Solo Mode. 2.3%
Great Bulwark (Free Solo) Summit Great Bulwark in You Fall You Die Mode without using any ropes. 2.3%
Expert Free Soloist Summit Great Bulwark and Solemn Tempest without using ropes. 2.0%
Wrath of Wally Endure the never-ending onslaught of the fiercest bird in the Great Gales: Wally. 1.0%
Living Legend (Free Solo Mode) Cheat death by summiting all peaks in Free Solo Mode. 1.0%
Alpine Master (Free Solo Mode) Summit all Expert peaks in Free Solo Mode. 1.0%
Legendary Free Soloist Summit Solemn Tempest in You Fall You Die Mode without using any ropes. 1.0%
One Hold Short of Madness Risk it all and summit all peaks in You Fall You Die mode. 1.0%
Death Defier Cheat death by summiting the Great Solemn Tempest in You Fall You Die Mode without using ropes or bivouac. 0.8%
Skyborne Summit all peaks in Free Solo Mode with Avian Chaos enabled. 0.6%

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