Ziggurat
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (37%); after 7h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 31% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Brother of Daedolon” (Survive the Ziggurat): only 31% of starters get there.
- 86% 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 3,996 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 292 reviews: 8.1h for positive, 2h 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 (86.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Brother of Daedolon Survive the Ziggurat Most players quit here 31% −69
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
- Practical lessons Get your first level up 100%
- Applied student Reach experience level 5 76%
- So shiny! Find your first amulet 70%
- A walk in the park Complete a challenge room 69%
- It's a trap! You've been ambushed in a treasure room 66%
- Elementary You reached 3rd floor. Now the real lesson begins. 61%
- Master of Magic Equip a weapon of every kind 59%
- First of the class Reach experience level 10 51%
- Ouch! You died on a danger room 48%
- Minions Must Die Kill 1000 enemies 43%
- Do you want to know more? Find a secret room 41%
- Honoris causa Reach experience level 15 40%
- One trick pony Master a perk by getting it to level 5 37%
- Brother of Daedolon Survive the Ziggurat 31%
- I'm too young to die Die 10 times 29%
- So close! You met your match in the final showdown 24%
- Head to head Kill a Lost soul with the Skull of Xanatos 24%
- Relieve the pain Kill 500 enemies affected with elemental states 18%
- A bull in a china shop Break 2,000 things (Barrels, tombs...) 15%
- Karmic Justice Died after killing the boss 15%
- Erudite Find all lore scrolls 13%
- Not too rough Die 25 times 12%
- Ultraviolence Kill 5000 enemies 12%
- Second to none Kill all enemies at least once (including bosses) 8.9%
- Alumni Unlock all character classes 7.4%
- Encyclopaedia Unlock all enemies in the bestiary 7.3%
- Jewelry box Unlock all amulets 6.7%
- Hurt me plenty Die 50 times 5.7%
- Mudblood Get to floor 3 using only the magic wand (Apprentice class only) 5.7%
- Smoke & Mirrors Unlock all magic weapons 5.6%
- Jack of all trades Unlock all perks 5.0%
- My precious!! Unlock all weapons,perks,lore & character classes 4.4%
- Cheat like it's 1994 Find a super secret cheat code 4.1%
- Intensive course Win the game with Argo on Normal difficulty in less than 45 minutes 2.2%
- Easy peasy Reach floor 2 without getting damaged 2.1%
- Old pupils reunion Win a game with every character (any difficulty) 2.1%
- Hands tied Win the game without using any level up 2.1%
- Unstoppable Win a game on hard difficulty 1.9%