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DOOM: The Dark Ages
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 46% of players who started
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 46,777
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 10h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 46% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Bringing the House Down” (Complete chapter: The Holy City of Aratum) and “Jailbreak” (Complete chapter: Spire of Nerathul): from 75% to 54% of starters.
- 85% 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 47,088 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 18.5h for positive, 9.5h 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 (84.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Dark Beginning Complete chapter: Village of Khalim 100%
- Supersized Brawl Complete chapter: Barrier Core 86% −14
- Bringing the House Down Complete chapter: The Holy City of Aratum 75% −10
- Jailbreak Complete chapter: Spire of Nerathul Most players quit here 54% −21
- Too Angry to Die Complete chapter: Harbor of Souls 48% −6
- Argent Return Complete chapter: Resurrection 48% −1
- The Only Thing They Fear Defeat The Old One and Enhanced Ahzrak. 47% −1
- Game Complete Complete the campaign on any difficulty. 46% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- A Dark Beginning Complete chapter: Village of Khalim 100%
- Upgraded Acquire your first weapon upgrade. 90%
- Essential Upgrade Acquire your first Demonic Essence upgrade. 89%
- Supersized Brawl Complete chapter: Barrier Core 86%
- Vagary Down! Kill the Vagary Champion. 81%
- Bringing the House Down Complete chapter: The Holy City of Aratum 75%
- Agaddon Champion Down! Kill an Agaddon Hunter 65%
- Ancestral Blessing Acquire your first Shield Rune. 62%
- Shield Adept Acquire all shield upgrades under the base category. 60%
- Komodo Champion Down! Kill a Komodo demon. 56%
- Fully Loaded Complete the Mastery Challenge for a single weapon. 56%
- Gimme That Acquire the Ballistic Force Crossbow. 54%
- Jailbreak Complete chapter: Spire of Nerathul 54%
- Powerful Investment Acquire all upgrades for a single shield rune. 49%
- Too Angry to Die Complete chapter: Harbor of Souls 48%
- Argent Return Complete chapter: Resurrection 48%
- The Only Thing They Fear Defeat The Old One and Enhanced Ahzrak. 47%
- Game Complete Complete the campaign on any difficulty. 46%
- Essential Ammo Acquire all Demonic Essence ammo upgrades. 37%
- Essential Health Acquire all Demonic Essence Health upgrades. 37%
- Melee Expert Acquire all melee weapon upgrades. 31%
- Essential Armor Acquire all Demonic Essence armor upgrades. 29%
- Berserker Acquire all Shield Base, Shield Rune, and Melee Weapon upgrades. 28%
- Essentially Unstoppable Acquire all Demonic Essence upgrades. 26%
- Time to Hunt Acquire the Chain Spear. 20%
- Lore Nerd Acquire all Codex Lore pages. 18%
- Toy Collector Acquire all Collectible demon toys. 18%
- Hellwalker Acquire the Praetor Suit. 14%
- Revelations Complete Complete the Revelations Campaign. 14%
- Challenge Completed Complete all Mission Challenges in the campaign. 13%
- Gunpletionist Complete the Mastery Challenge for all weapons. 11%
- Time is Money Complete a Ritual of Power. 10%
- Some Assembly Required Completely reassemble a five-piece Relic. 9.2%
- Spear Adept Acquire all upgrades for a single Chain Spear ability. 9.1%
- Hello, Old Friend Acquire the '93 Shotgun. 8.0%
- Xal’Goroth Defeated Defeat Xal’Goroth the Imprisoned. 7.4%
- Spear Mastery Acquire all Chain Spear upgrades in a single save slot. 6.3%
- Archeologist Completely reassemble all Relics in a single save slot. 4.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.