When does Skyborn get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 7h it's 1 in 14 (7%). Only 16% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Skyborn

Feb 21, 2014 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

Started playing 16% of owners

Steam reviews 87% positive of 1,724

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 7h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
Only 16% 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 1,725 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 285 reviews: 12.6h for positive, 5.8h 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 (15.7% 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 (24)

Patience is a virtue Celebrate achievements being added to the game! Thanks for waiting! 100%
Dab hand with those guns! Successfully defeat the sky patrol. 69%
Epic loots from jail Find the Sapphire Bracers in the big chest in Granminster Prison. 53%
Epic loots from the mines Find the Stylish Hat in the big chest in the Coal Mines. 43%
Epic loots from the mines again Find the Circuit Breaker in the big chest in the Coal Mines. 43%
Laid out the Lamia Defeat the Lamia. 42%
Unlocked Potential Unlocked the first class change. 38%
Dozed the Dozer Defeat the Sand Dozer. 38%
Finalized Fafnir Defeat Fafnir. 29%
New Limits Unlocked the second class change. 27%
The Diminutive Chemist Complete the Experimental Potion for Atlas. 27%
Totaled the Titan Defeat the Titan. 27%
Laryn's predicament solved! Return Laryn's wedding band. 26%
Outshone Shynn Defeat Shynn. 26%
Defeated Dhacian Defeat Dhacian! Big surprise huh? 25%
Quelled Qua'Lon Defeat Qua'Lon. 23%
Epic loots in the Nexus Find St. Theresa's Battle Armor in the big chest in the Celestial Nexus. 21%
Arena Champion Complete the arena. 17%
Taking it to the max! Unlock the final class change. 17%
Celestial Champion Collect all Spades cards, and clear the Venom Depths. 16%
Wrath of the Centurion Defeat Dhacian on Hard difficulty. 13%
Trial of arms mastery Finish Alda's Trial of Arms in record time! 13%
Silenced Saehral Defeat Saehral. 13%
Legendary Defeat Qua'Lon on Hard difficulty. 12%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.