Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition
Give it 4 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 10h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Where the Journey Begins” (Finished the campaign): only 10% of starters get there.
- 70% 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 3,302 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 15.2h for positive, 7.3h 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 (70.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Where the Journey Begins Finished the campaign. Most players quit here 10% −90
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (42)
story milestone ending side
- Elite Kill Kill an elite minion. 100%
- Level 5 Reach Level 5 in any character. 94%
- Unlucky Roll 1 in any random roll. 84%
- Lucky Roll 20 in any random roll. 84%
- Tough Battle! Win a battle with 7 monsters. 68%
- Blacksmith Level Up! Make the blacksmith dance. 66%
- Hit That Vein Gather a grindstone by mining veins. 59%
- Say Hi to the Game Devs! Unlock the Game Developers that made the game. 58%
- Level 15 Reach Level 15 in any character. 47%
- Class: Barbarian Unlock the Barbarian class. 43%
- Class: Bard Unlock the Bard class. 42%
- Class: Hunter Unlock the Hunter class. 39%
- Grindstone Master Gather 10 grindstones from veins. 37%
- What a Waste! Use a potion while full health. 37%
- Dungeon Cleared Clear a dungeon. 36%
- Class: Knight Unlock the Knight class. 36%
- The Big Spender Spend 9.001 golds. 32%
- What Is Your Gold Level? Earn 9.001 golds. 30%
- Wow, You Must Love That Spell! Reach Level 15 in a specific Spell. 30%
- Class: Necromancer Unlock the Necromancer class. 26%
- Level 30 (x3) Reach Level 30 in a trio. 25%
- Class: Shaman Unlock the Shaman class. 23%
- Level 30 Elite Group Reach Level 30 in every character of your group. 21%
- Here Comes a New Challenger! Unlock a new master. 20%
- Level 30 Reach Level 30 in any character. 18%
- Epic Armor Buy the highest armor upgrade available. 15%
- Already Dead? We know it may be frustrating to die so we've just rewarded you with this achievement. Do not give up, the game is about to begin! 14%
- Rise From Your Grave Continue the game after a game over. 13%
- The Explorer Visit every single place in game. 13%
- Dragon Slayer Kill a dragon. 12%
- Epic Weapon Buy the highest weapon upgrade available. 12%
- Weird Combination Choose a weird combination of character and class. 11%
- The Open Minded Play with all classes in game. 11%
- Where the Journey Begins Finished the campaign. 9.8%
- Group of Masters Unlock all masters. 8.8%
- Is This My Kitchen? Visit your Kitchen inside the game. 7.8%
- Goodies Expert Buy all goodies in game. 7.4%
- Master of Dungeons Clear 10 dungeons. 4.5%
- Indecisive Person Play with all characters in game. 3.8%
- Thanks For Choosing Us <3 Complete a campaign using all 5 Game Developers as characters. 3.4%
- Ain't Nobody Got Time For That Finish the storyline as fast as you can (less than 365 days but you may extend that to 465). 2.8%
- Dungeon Crawler Kind of Person Clear 50 dungeons. 2.4%