When does 99 Levels To Hell get good?

Hooks you right away. 44% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (48%). The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.

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99 Levels To Hell

Feb 19, 2014 Steam: Mixed

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 55% of owners

Steam reviews 60% positive of 606

What the data shows

44% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (48%).
The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
Only 55% 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 612 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 4.1h for positive, 1.7h 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 (55.3% 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 (22)

If you have Ghost, you have everything Ghost? 100%
Completed the 1th Dungeon Beat the 1st boss 42%
Completed the 2nd Dungeon Beat the 2nd boss 24%
Raining Blood!! Spill 1000 liters of blood 21%
Soldier on Found the Major 20%
Completed the 3th Dungeon Beat the 3th boss 20%
Rookie 2 hours in the dungeons 19%
Completed the 4th Dungeon Beat the 4th boss 17%
Completed the 5th Dungeon (Half way to Hell) Beat the 5th boss 15%
Completed the 6th Dungeon Beat the 6th boss 13%
The hunt for the Hunter Found the Hunter 12%
Completed the 7th Dungeon Beat the 7th boss 11%
Completed the 8th Dungeon Beat the 8th boss 11%
Cheater!!! Used a cheat code 11%
Crawler 5 hours in the dungeons 11%
Completed the 9th Dungeon Beat the 9th boss 11%
Completed the GAME (Killed the Devil) Beat the Devil 9.6%
Enter the Dragon Found the Dragon 9.4%
Goldedigger Collect 10.000 gold 9.4%
Veteran 10 hours in the dungeons 8.0%
Got the whole story Found all the hidden books 7.8%
Try again Die 100 times 7.6%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.