Knights of Pen and Paper 2
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 35% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Hero’s Journey” (Complete the main storyline): only 35% of starters get there.
- 78% 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 2,913 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 20.2h for positive, 6.3h 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 (78.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hero’s Journey Complete the main storyline. Most players quit here 35% −65
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (33)
story milestone ending side
- Unlucky Roll 1 in any die roll. 100%
- Lucky Roll 20 in any die roll. 100%
- Bring It On Win a boss fight. 98%
- Squire Reach Level 10 92%
- Dress Up Have a character fully equipped. 91%
- Class: Ninja Unlock the Ninja class. 83%
- Dungeon Delver Clear all rooms in a dungeon. 67%
- I’m Just Looking Fully investigate 5 areas. 64%
- Class: Warlock Unlock the Warlock class. 54%
- Mad Scientist Craft an item without a recipe. 54%
- Knight Reach Level 20. 53%
- Collector Find 10 unique items. 51%
- Feng Shui Master Acquire 5 pieces of Game Room furniture. 50%
- Crafting +2 Craft equipment with a +2 enchantment. 49%
- Class: Druid Unlock the Druid class. 46%
- Class: Psion Unlock the Psion class. 44%
- Specialist Assign 15 skills points in a single skill. 40%
- Crafting +3 Craft equipment with a +3 enchantment. 38%
- The Big Spender Spend over 9000 gold. 36%
- Crafting +1 Craft equipment with a +1 enchantment. 36%
- Hero’s Journey Complete the main storyline. 35%
- The Explorer Visit every location in the game. 35%
- Class: Barbarian Unlock the Barbarian class. 33%
- Many Talents Assign 4 points in all four skills. 32%
- Cosplay Is In My Veins Create a female dwarf character. 30%
- Crafting +4 Craft equipment with a +4 enchantment. 27%
- Champion Reach Level 30. 26%
- Class: Monk Unlock the Monk class. 25%
- Class: Knight Unlock the Knight class. 19%
- Crafting +5 Craft equipment with a +5 enchantment. 19%
- King Reach Level 40. 12%
- Sudden Death Inflict an enemy with all conditions. 9.1%
- Virtual Reality Beat the virtual out of reality. 4.0%