When does Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition get good?

Give it 15 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%). Fully opens up by hour 20.

How many players finish Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition?

22% of players who start reach the ending.

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition

Aug 27, 2013 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 15 hours

Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending 22% of players who started

Started playing 90% of owners

Steam reviews 81% positive of 10,485

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
Fully opens up by hour 20.
22% of players who start reach the ending.
Most players drop off before “Chapter I” (Defeat the Ice Titan): only 59% of starters get there.
90% 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 10,494 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 16.6h for positive, 8.9h 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 (89.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Chapter I Defeat the Ice Titan Most players quit here 59% −41
Chapter II Get the Dark Gauntlet 33% −26
Chapter III Acquire the power of the first Dark Lord 31% −2
Chapter IV Kill the Crow Witch 29% −1
Chapter V Gain access to the Vampire Castle 27% −2
Chapter VI Leave the Refectory with the Butcher's key 26% −1
Chapter VII Survive the encounter with Laura 25% −1
Chapter VIII Acquire the power of the second Dark Lord 24% −1
Chapter IX Persuade Baba Yaga to open a portal to the Necromancer area 23% −1
Chapter X Vanquish the Gravedigger 22% −1
Chapter XI Acquire the power of the third Dark Lord 22% −1
Chapter XII Defeat Satan and save the world 22%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

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

All achievements (47)

story milestone ending side

Welcome to the Club Buy a combo 100%
Experienced Acquire 1000 experience points 66%
Chapter I Defeat the Ice Titan 59%
Chapter II Get the Dark Gauntlet 33%
Chapter III Acquire the power of the first Dark Lord 31%
Chapter IV Kill the Crow Witch 29%
Brawler Buy 15 combos 29%
Seasoned Acquire 20000 experience points 28%
Chapter V Gain access to the Vampire Castle 27%
Chapter VI Leave the Refectory with the Butcher's key 26%
Chapter VII Survive the encounter with Laura 25%
Chapter VIII Acquire the power of the second Dark Lord 24%
Chapter IX Persuade Baba Yaga to open a portal to the Necromancer area 23%
Chapter X Vanquish the Gravedigger 22%
Chapter XI Acquire the power of the third Dark Lord 22%
Chapter XII Defeat Satan and save the world 22%
Chapter XIII Open portal to dimensional prison 18%
Skirmish Finish all levels in Esquire difficulty 15%
Chapter XIV Defeat the Forgotten One 15%
Gest Finish all levels in Warrior difficulty 9.7%
Veteran Acquire 100000 experience points 6.7%
Master of the reliquary Gather all the fingers of Frankenstein 6.1%
Light collector Gather all the 30 Light gems 5.9%
Green collector Gather all the 30 Life gems 5.8%
Dark collector Gather all the 30 Shadow gems 5.6%
Master jeweler Gather all hidden magic gems 5.5%
Master improver Find all the secret Brotherhood arks 5.5%
Master fighter Buy all combos 5.3%
Crusade Finish all levels in Knight difficulty 4.2%
Master philanthropist Buy all the extra artwork 4.0%
Trials – Chapter I Complete all the trials for Chapter I 3.5%
Trials – Chapter III Complete all the trials for Chapter III 3.2%
Trials – Chapter IV Complete all the trials for Chapter IV 3.1%
Trials – Chapter II Complete all the trials for Chapter II 2.6%
Trials – Chapter V Complete all the trials for Chapter V 2.4%
Trials – Chapter VI Complete all the trials for Chapter VI 2.4%
Trials – Chapter VII Complete all the trials for Chapter VII 2.4%
Trials – Chapter IX Complete all the trials for Chapter IX 2.4%
Trials – Chapter XII Complete all the trials for Chapter XII 2.4%
Trials – Chapter VIII Complete all the trials for Chapter VIII 2.3%
Trials – Chapter X Complete all the trials for Chapter X 2.3%
Trials – Chapter XI Complete all the trials for Chapter XI 2.2%
Master achiever Complete all the trials 2.2%
Trials - Chapter XIII Complete all the trials for Chapter XIII 2.2%
Trials - Chapter XIV Complete all the trials for Chapter XIV 2.2%
Epic victory Finish all levels in Paladin difficulty 2.1%
Eleventy party Get 110% completion rate in all levels 2.1%

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