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Frosthaven
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending at least 0% of players who started
Started playing 62% of owners
Steam reviews 69% positive of 1,193
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (61%); after 15h it's 1 in 4 (26%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- At least 0% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “In The Nick of Time” (Repelled the Algox attack on Frosthaven) and “Warchief Denied” (Defeat the Vermling Warchief): from 100% to 33% of starters.
- Only 62% 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 1,197 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 25.5h for positive, 12.8h 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 (62.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- In The Nick of Time Repelled the Algox attack on Frosthaven 100%
- Warchief Denied Defeat the Vermling Warchief Most players quit here 33% −67
- Explorer of the North Completed the Main Campaign at Story difficulty ≥0% −33
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 (38)
story milestone ending side
- In The Nick of Time Repelled the Algox attack on Frosthaven 100%
- Firepepper Didn't let the Firepeppers go to waste 46%
- Brummix Tracks Tyro You found traces from an unknown creature 45%
- Charged Core Relieved the malfunctioning mechanism of its power core 44%
- Bug in a Jar Took the talking beetle 40%
- Just Slide Moved for 500 hexes with a hero 39%
- Warchief Denied Defeat the Vermling Warchief 33%
- White Death Dealt a total of 1000 or more damage with a hero 31%
- Into the Forest Destroyed the Ravens' Nest 31%
- Shard Seeker Obtained a Coral Shard 22%
- Empty Jar Helped a harrower in distress 21%
- Unfettered Allies Helped the Orphan and became an ally to the Unfettered 18%
- Statue Reached maximum morale 16%
- Uncharged Put the charged power core to use 15%
- Harvest Festival Enjoyed the summer Harvest Festival 15%
- Portcullis Built a portcullis 7.2%
- Brummix Scout You found traces from an unknown creature 6.4%
- Stage Built a stage 5.9%
- Blue Well Painted the town's well blue 5.1%
- Friend of the Frostspeakers Destroyed the Heart of Ice and became a friend of the Frostspeakers 4.3%
- Destroyer of the Icespeakers Aided Denpang and the Snowspeaker tribe in destroying the Ice Spire and defeating the Icespeakers 4.0%
- Crown United Defeated the Fracture of the Deep and reunited the Coral shards 3.5%
- Brummix Tracker You found traces from an unknown creature 3.2%
- Red Well Painted the town's well red 3.1%
- Unfettered Deactivated Defeated the Orphan 3.1%
- Friend of the Fish King Accepted the proposition of the Fish King 2.6%
- Destroyer of the Snowspeakers Aided Putargal and the Icespeaker tribe in destroying the Ice Spire and defeating the Snowspeakers 2.1%
- Brummix Authority You found traces from an unknown creature 1.4%
- Friend of the Icespeakers Defeated the Harbinger of Shadow and became a friend of the Icespeakers 1.4%
- Friend of the Snowspeakers Defeated the Render and became a friend of the Snowspeakers 1.1%
- Ice Spike Allowed the Ice Obelisk to remain outside of Frosthaven 0.6%
- Brummix Whisperer You found the creature! 0.5%
- Explorer of the North Completed the Main Campaign at Story difficulty 0.2%
- Centurion of the North Completed the Main Campaign at Normal difficulty 0.2%
- Prefect of the North Completed the Main Campaign at Veteran difficulty 0.2%
- Tribune of the North Completed the Main Campaign at Hard difficulty 0.2%
- Legate of the North Completed the Main Campaign at Brutal difficulty 0.2%
- Saint of the North Completed the Main Campaign at Unfair difficulty 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-31.