ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (62%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 90% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 97% 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 193,341 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 126.6h for positive, 136.5h 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 (97.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (37)
story milestone ending side
- The Shrouded Roundtable Hold Reached the Shrouded Roundtable Hold 100%
- Relic Invoked the power of a relic for the first time 89%
- Untold Power Defeated 10 or more great enemies on 1 expedition 83%
- The Nightlords The Nightlords appeared 83%
- Tricephalos Defeated Gladius, Beast of Night 83%
- The Duchess Joins the Fray The Duchess became a playable character 79%
- Legendary Armament Acquired a legendary armament for the first time 79%
- Replenished Sacred Flasks Acquired a great number of flask charges 78%
- Gaping Jaw Defeated Adel, Baron of Night 71%
- Vessel Acquired a new vessel and conducted a different relic rite for the first time 70%
- Sentient Pest Defeated Gnoster, Wisdom of Night 66%
- Night Begins The Night Aspect appeared 64%
- Mastery Attained maximum level 64%
- Augur Defeated Maris, Fathom of Night 63%
- The Revenant Joins the Fray The Revenant became a playable character 62%
- Fell Omen Completed Fell Omen raid 60%
- Equilibrious Beast Defeated Libra, Creature of Night 59%
- Darkdrift Knight Defeated Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow 59%
- Fissure in the Fog Defeated Caligo, Miasma of Night 58%
- Dresser Changed garb via dresser for the first time 58%
- Typhoon Completed Augur raid 58%
- The Crater Found the secret of the Crater 57%
- Mountaintop Found the secret of the Mountaintop 56%
- Rotted Woods Found the secret of the Rotted Woods 56%
- Old Gaol Completed the oldest gaol 55%
- Night Aspect Defeated Heolstor the Nightlord 54%
- True Arbiter Completed Equilibrious Beast raid 54%
- Dawn Reached the ending 52%
- Nightlord Conqueror Defeated all Nightlords 51%
- Plague of Locusts Completed Sentient Pest raid 50%
- Nightlord Slayer Defeated 3 different Nightlords in a row 49%
- Set and Steadfast Acquired many pieces of high-rarity equipment on a single expedition 48%
- Noklateo, the Shrouded City Found the secret of Noklateo, the Shrouded City 48%
- Shifting Earth Found the secrets of all Shifting Earth locations 39%
- Obtained Vessels Acquired a great many vessels 30%
- A Champion's Path Defeated a Nightlord with each character 19%
- Nightreign Earned all achievements 16%