ActionAdventureRPG
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 98% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 4,299
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 10h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- Most players drop off before “Out of Tune” (Defeat Herald): only 57% of starters get there.
- 98% 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 4,335 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 289 reviews: 32.1h for positive, 20.1h 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 (98.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Out of Tune Defeat Herald. Most players quit here 57% −43
- Forced Shutdown Defeat the Curator. 48% −9
- Wind Slumber Defeat Senda. 43% −5
- The Fallen King Defeat Thalaam. 34% −9
- Dismissal Letter Defeat Tyke. 32% −2
- Sweet Petrichor Defeat Monte. 26% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- Back to Business Start a new chapter of Will's adventure! 100%
- Back on Track Open the Moonlighter. 95%
- Wishing Well Meet the Endless Vault. 94%
- Just Like Old Times Use the portal to take on a new adventure. 92%
- Novice Merchant Complete the 1st challenge of the Endless Vault.a 79%
- Wrong Home Meet Moloch for the first time. 77%
- Shop Sweet Shop Customize your shop for the first time. 75%
- Bullseye Shoot 100 enemies with your Gun. 74%
- A Persistent Hunter Defeat 365 enemies. 73%
- An Unwelcome Guest Enter the Gallery for the first time. 72%
- Part-time Adventurer Craft one weapon of each type. 68%
- The Price of Greed Get defeated with a backpack full of relics. 67%
- Pet the Bloblet OF COURSE! 67%
- Trainee Merchant Complete the 2nd challenge of the Endless Vault. 63%
- Last Units Sell 20 different relics at a Perfect price. 62%
- Return of the Retailer Rescue an old rival. 62%
- Home Run Defeat 50 enemies by ejecting them with the backpack. 61%
- Out of Tune Defeat Herald. 57%
- Market Recon Discover all prices of a relic. 57%
- Fresh Venture Upgrade the Moonlighter to level 2. 57%
- Wild Card Use 10 different Shop Perks. 55%
- Impulse Purchases Spend a total of 123,456 gold. 54%
- Overture Enter Aeolia for the first time. 54%
- Flying Flee Escape with the pendant 10 times. 53%
- Master Looter Open 100 chests. 51%
- Average Merchant Complete the 3rd challenge of the Endless Vault. 50%
- Forced Shutdown Defeat the Curator. 48%
- Golden Egg Sell a relic for 10,000 gold or more. 47%
- Wind Slumber Defeat Senda. 43%
- Expert Merchant Complete the 4th challenge of the Endless Vault. 42%
- A Growing Business Upgrade the Moonlighter to level 3. 41%
- The Fallen King Defeat Thalaam. 34%
- Dismissal Letter Defeat Tyke. 32%
- New Companion Rescue your first Bloblet. 32%
- A Skilled Hand Raise the quality of a relic to 250 or higher. 31%
- Sweet Petrichor Defeat Monte. 26%
- Humble Hero Defeat a boss with the broom. 25%
- Pocket-sized Burglar Rescue an old friend. 23%
- Chosen Merchant Complete the 5th challenge of the Endless Vault. 22%
- Red Pill Complete the Ultimate Gallery Challenge. 21%
- Twilight Knight Complete the Ultimate Kalina Challenge. 18%
- Bag of Holding Add 10 capacity slots to your backpack. 17%
- Dream Catcher Complete the Ultimate Aeolia Challenge. 16%
- Legendary Merchant Complete the 6th challenge of the Endless Vault. 13%
- Little Emporium Upgrade the Moonlighter to level 4. 11%
- Between Dimensions Complete the Ultimate Interdimensional Challenge. 9.9%
- Golden Merchant Complete the 7th challenge of the Endless Vault. 9.6%
- First Aid Kit Get all Wooden Hat upgrades. 8.5%
- Bloblet Collector Rescue 20 Bloblets. 7.0%
- Full-Patch Fighter Get all Le Patchelier's patches. 5.8%
- The Moonlighter Upgrade the Moonlighter to max. level. 5.7%
- Rooting for You We knew you'd make it, Zenon. 5.0%
- Endless Backpack Increase your backpack's capacity to max. 4.0%
- Endless Ends With You Complete the 9th challenge of the Golden Endless Vault. 3.7%
- Bloblet Rescue Center Adopt all Bloblets. 3.5%
- Sold Out! Get all the achievements. 2.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-11-01.