ActionAdventureIndieRPG
Castle In The Darkness
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 84% of owners
Steam reviews 76% positive of 1,288
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (55%); after 10h it's 1 in 11 (10%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 84% of games we track.
- 84% 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 1,289 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 13.6h for positive, 4.9h 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 (84% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (11)
- Lv.1 Slayer Kill a boss! 100%
- Lv.1 Treasure Hunter Find an item! 91%
- Lv.1 Undead Die 10 times! 86%
- Lv.2 Undead Die 100 times! 44%
- Glitch World You found Glitch World! 21%
- Lv.1 Adventurer Finish the game! 19%
- Lv.2 Slayer Kill all of the bosses! 15%
- Lv.3 Undead Die 500 times! 14%
- Lv.2 Treasure Hunter Find all of the items! 13%
- Lv.2 Adventurer Finish the game with 100% progress rate! 13%
- Dev Room You found the dev room! 11%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.