Heretical

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,063 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 282 reviews: 11.7h for positive, 5.9h 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 (89.8% 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 (92)

• Beginning of the End You will slay the Undying Champion. 100%
• Arrow for Hire You will find Tizian the Lost Ranger. 73%
• Collector of Hearts You will slay Undying Champion 3 times. 67%
• Profaned Practice You will find Ruvius the Elementalist. 61%
• Ten Thousand Steps You will travel 10000 meters. 60%
• Black Dawn Kill 50 enemies. 60%
• Palewind You will deal 2000 physical attack damage while using a Bow. 59%
• Porcupine You will kill 12 enemies with Shield Bash skill. 57%
• Quick as the Wind You will kill 10 enemies in 60 seconds. 55%
• A Way Forward You will kill 5 Alpha Rats in a single run. 54%
• Breaker of Chains You will kill 21 Inquisitors, Justiciars or Overseers. 53%
• Learning Curve You will slay Matron Amara. 53%
• Grim Harvest You will find 5 Stray Stars. 53%
• Lost and Found You will discard 50 items. 52%
• Burning Blood You will endure 250 fire damage. 51%
• Exterminator You will slay the Rat King. 51%
• Dark Gates You will enter the College of Sanctora. 50%
• Molten Rock You will deal 1000 fire damage in a single run. 47%
• Sea of Venom You will deal 1000 decay damage in a single run. 47%
• Currator Level up 2 skills to level 5 in a single run. 46%
• Crushing Blows You will destroy 5 Rats Nests in a single run. 45%
• Bottled Lightning You will kill 4 Justiciars. 45%
• Forbidden Knowledge You will slay the Academy Headmaster. 43%
• Eye for an Eye You will acquire the Gauged Eye of the Beast. 42%
• Insight You will level up 50 times. 41%
• Fortress of Ice Have total of 80 Armor and 40 Frost Resistance. 40%
• The Great Hunt You will kill 15 marked enemies as Lost Ranger in a single run. 39%
• A Lesson in Manners You will kill 21 Scholars, Adepts or Elders while they're burning. 37%
• Chilling Presence You will reflect 300 frost or physical damage in a single run. 36%
• Forbidden Goods You will buy 10 items. 36%
• Pied Piper You will kill 15 Plague Rats with fire damage. 36%
• Old Debts You will slay Rat King 4 times. 36%
• Warlord's Lament You will kill 40 enemies while using a One Handed Sword. 36%
• Scholar You will kill 45 scholars. 35%
• Mercy You will kill Rat King while having Execute skill. 34%
• Soldier of Light You will slay the Blade of Light. 34%
• Coldborn You will deal 200 frost damage in 10 seconds. 34%
• Retribution You will endure 300 damage in a single run. 32%
• Crimson Veil You will deal 1000 Thorns damage in a single run. 32%
• Immovable Object You will reflect 1200 damage while blocking as Slave Warrior in a single run. 31%
• Quiver Rampage You will kill 3 enemies in 5 seconds while using Bow. You will do this 3 times. 31%
• Deadly Poison You will kill 25 enemies with decay damage in a single run. 30%
• Hundred Men Slayer You will slay 100 enemies with Fire or Physical damage while using a Two Handed Sword. 29%
• Inferno Apply and sustain the Burning status on an enemy for 12 seconds as Elementalist. 29%
• Scorched Earth Cause 50 enemies to burn within 30 seconds. 28%
• Untouchable Kill 30 enemies in succession without taking damage. 28%
• Repentance You will arrive at the end of your journey. 27%
• Graduation You will slay the Headmaster 4 times. 26%
• Costly Wisdom You will buy 10 skills in a shop. 25%
• Collector You will have 4 skills from the same skill category. 23%
• Windfury You will kill 33 enemies with lightning damage in a single run. 21%
• Rivers of Blood You will inflict bleeding 100 times as Wildheart. 21%
• Bane of the Husks You will slay 66 husks while using a Two Handed Sword. 20%
• Stars Below You will activate a well of stars in a darkened place. 20%
• Poison the Headmaster You will kill Academy Headmaster while having Caustic Bomb skill. 20%
• Eye of the Storm You will deal 2000 lightning damage within 15 seconds as Elementalist. 19%
• Seeker of Wisdom You will help Ipius the Archivist. 18%
• Raging Winds You will kill 6 enemies in 20 seconds with lightning damage. 18%
• The Culling You will kill 50 enemies with the Execute skill. 18%
• Futile Teachings You will remove 3 skills in a single run 17%
• Opulence You will equip 50 different items in a single run. 17%
• Rosethorn You will kill a Great Enemy while bleeding. 16%
• Carnage You will kill 80 enemies with Swirling Carnage skill. 16%
• Permafrost You will kill 15 frozen enemies as Elementalist in a single run. 15%
• Bubble Hearth Sustain 20 or more barrier for 100 seconds. 14%
• Dark Arts You will find the book of the Forbidden Incantations. 14%
• Whisper of the Dead You will help Aelar Thorne the Warlock. 14%
• Resolute Technique You will become frozen, burning, poisoned, shocked and exposed in a single run. 13%
• Boulder Breaker You will slay an enemy in one hit 15 times, while using a Two Handed Mace. 13%
• Rolling Heads You will use 3 Guillotines in the same run. 13%
• Chilling Storm You will kill 25 chilled enemies with lightning damage while having Tornado skill. 12%
• Covetous Storm You will apply shock 1000 times in a single run. 12%
• Lesson Learned Get played by Mahler. 12%
• In A Rush Open 10 chests in 75 seconds. 12%
• Jack of all Trades You will spend 1000 gold in a single run as Archivist. 9.6%
• Shadow Ritual Apply and sustain the Weak status on an enemy for 30 seconds. 9.5%
• Threads of Fate You will win 3 consecutive runs. 9.1%
• Decomposition You will deal 20000 damage over time as Warlock in a single run. 8.7%
• Pursuit of Power Have total of +40% Magic Damage and +40% Skill Damage as Astromancer. 8.6%
• Curse Eater You will kill a Great Enemy while having 4 abyssal detriments. 8.1%
• Fresh Meat You will slay Plagued Rat Horror with a One-Handed axe, while it's chilled or frozen. 7.9%
• Blinding Lights You will dodge 30 attacks from blinded enemies in a single run. 7.8%
• Fate Worse Than Death You will confront Matron Amara with your findings as Aelar Thorne. 7.1%
• Visceral Ends You will reach Darkness Level 7. 7.0%
• Arcane Purge You will kill 25 poisoned enemies with Magic damage. 6.5%
• Spellblade Have a total of 60% Attack Speed and 30 bonus Magic Attack damage. 5.9%
• Blinding Rage Deal 2500 fire damage over time to blinded enemies. 5.7%
• By Three They Come You will destroy the monument of Three Swords. 5.3%
• Storm of Steel You will kill 40 bleeding enemies with Retribution skill in a single run. 5.2%
• The Flow of Stars Hit enemies 80 times with magic damage within 6 seconds. 5.0%
• A Skull for Skull You will find a Shiny Skull and give it to the cub. 4.9%
• Unstable Power Deal 1000 magic damage in a single hit. 4.6%