Dust: An Elysian Tail
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (20%); after 10h it's 1 in 45 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Defused” (Defeat Fuse): only 57% of starters get there.
- 86% 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 19,128 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 14.6h for positive, 7.8h 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 (85.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Defused Defeat Fuse Most players quit here 57% −43
- Waters of Life Defeat Lady Tethys 43% −14
- High Spirits Defeat Baron Kane 33% −9
- ...And the Dust Settles Defeat General Gaius 28% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (30)
story milestone ending side
- Well on your Way Pick Up an Ability Orb 100%
- Push and Turn Unlock a Treasure Chest 96%
- With Great Power... Level Up by Assigning Skill Gems 96%
- Distant Thunder Use the DUST STORM on Fidget's Projectiles 95%
- Bringer of Death Kill 500 Enemies 62%
- Wait, aren't you...? Unlock a Cage and Rescue a Friend 62%
- A Decent Start... Successfully complete a 200+ hit combo 61%
- The Blacksmith of Archers' Pass Meet Haley 58%
- Defused Defeat Fuse 57%
- Tinkerer Craft an item from a blueprint 54%
- Waters of Life Defeat Lady Tethys 43%
- Cutting It Close Successfully Parry with less than 10% health remaining 42%
- Friend of Falana Complete 5 Sidequests 39%
- High Spirits Defeat Baron Kane 33%
- Hero of Falana Complete 10 Sidequests 30%
- ...And the Dust Settles Defeat General Gaius 28%
- Sad Way to Go Kill an enemy with the slide attack 26%
- Paragon Opt out of putting poison ivy into Gianni's laundry 25%
- Silence Those Guns Destroy every enemy Cannon 24%
- Renegade Reign chaos by putting poison ivy into Gianni's laundry 24%
- An Impressive Display Earn a Four-Star Rating in any Challenge Arena 23%
- Opposite of Fail Complete all Fale Quests 23%
- Blue Bomber Simultaneously Kill 6 Enemies with a Single Bomb 21%
- One Last Wish Fulfill Bopo’s wish for snow 19%
- That's More Like It Successfully complete a 1000+ hit combo 18%
- Savior of Falana Complete 20 Sidequests 14%
- Bad Therapist Bug Matti 11%
- Baker's Dozen Hang out with Twelve Friends in the Sanctuary 9.9%
- Above and Beyond the Call Complete the Game on Tough or Hardcore setting 8.3%
- The Stuff of Legends Earn a Four-Star Rating in EVERY Challenge Arena 5.8%