ActionAdventureCasual
Dragon's Lair
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 53% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 725
What the data shows
- 69% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (72%).
- Only 53% 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 727 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 1.9h for positive, 0.7h 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 (52.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (12)
- Bumbling Knight Never make a correct move in a new game. 100%
- Giddy Gone Use the shortcut in the Giddy Goons room. 67%
- Save Me Complete the game on any mode. 59%
- Eat Me Lose your last life in the Drink Me scene... Watch Carefully! 22%
- One More Quarter Complete the game on Arcade Mode 17%
- Going Down Get off on the elevator on the last floor. 13%
- Quest Complete Complete the game in Hard mode. 12%
- 1983 Mode Complete the game with the move guide turned off. 6.7%
- Date with Daphne Play Dragon's Lair on its Anniversary: June 19 6.7%
- Choked Out Dirk dies via asphyxiation in the bedroom scene. 6.1%
- Flawless Complete the game without dying. 2.7%
- Lair King Get the highest possible score (427,469). 2.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.