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DRAPLINE
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 28% of players who started
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 2,756
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 10 reviews are negative (10%); after 7h it's 1 in 65 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 90% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Moon Conqueror” (Defeated Calamity Dragon Moon) and “Dorothy Conqueror” (Defeated Calamity Dragon Dorothy): from 73% to 42% of starters.
- 90% 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 2,776 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 301 reviews: 16h for positive, 0.8h 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 (90% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Cham Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Cham 85% −15
- Thunder Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Thunder 85%
- Noir Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Noir 79% −6
- Labryn Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Labryn 79%
- Gemina Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Gemina 74% −5
- Moon Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Moon 73% −1
- Dorothy Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Dorothy Most players quit here 42% −31
- Melty Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Melty 41% −1
- Fracta Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Fracta 38% −3
- New Catastrophe Defeated Morgentiana 32% −6
- DRAPLINE Changed the Divine Dragon's fate 28% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (66)
story milestone ending side
- Triple Threat Activated a Lv.1 synergy 100%
- A Fresh Start Changed your breath attack 96%
- Greater Power Activated a Lv.2 synergy 94%
- A Quiet World Cleared “DAYS OF TORNADO” 90%
- Cham Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Cham 85%
- Thunder Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Thunder 85%
- Responsible Adult Cleared the game debt-free 81%
- Noir Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Noir 79%
- Labryn Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Labryn 79%
- Gemina Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Gemina 74%
- The Professional Activated a Lv.3 synergy 74%
- Moon Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Moon 73%
- Sucker Paid a fake invoice 72%
- Adored Divine Dragon The Divine Dragon took on an “Adored” Aura 70%
- Uh-oh... Ate a villager 62%
- Chill Divine Dragon The Divine Dragon took on a “Chill” Aura 62%
- Muscles Solve Everything STR reached S Rank 57%
- Power of Adult Apologies Avoided compensation with a gift box 55%
- Prodigy INT reached S Rank 53%
- Six Digits! HP reached S Rank 50%
- Mischievous Divine Dragon The Divine Dragon took on a “Mischievous” Aura 50%
- Octanya Conqueror Defeated Octanya the Evil Sea God 49%
- Supersonic AGI reached S Rank 48%
- Nuunu-Rabuu Conqueror Defeated Nuunu-Rabuu 48%
- Convenient Snack Eaten by the Divine Dragon 47%
- Reserved Divine Dragon The Divine Dragon took on a “Reserved” Aura 47%
- Meteor Conqueror Defeated the Meteor 45%
- Beginner No More Cleared "HARD Lv.2” 43%
- Dorothy Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Dorothy 42%
- Mountain Breaker Dealt over 100,000 damage in a single hit 41%
- Melty Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Melty 41%
- No Mercy Ate the fairy 40%
- Ironclad Scales VIT reached S Rank 39%
- Fracta Conqueror Defeated Calamity Dragon Fracta 38%
- Werewolf Hunter Reached maximum friendship with Arches 37%
- Steady Dragon The Divine Dragon took on a “Steady” Aura 35%
- New Possibilities Unlocked "DRAGON'S DISCIPLINE" 34%
- Whimsical Dragon The Divine Dragon took on a “Whimsical” Aura 34%
- Harpy Farmer Reached maximum friendship with Toly 33%
- Ogress Blacksmith Reached maximum friendship with Martha 32%
- New Catastrophe Defeated Morgentiana 32%
- Lavawalker RES reached S Rank 32%
- Mandrake Songstress Reached maximum friendship with Ulupica 31%
- Kurya Conqueror Defeated the Calamity Dragon Kurya at full strength 28%
- DRAPLINE Changed the Divine Dragon's fate 28%
- I Yield... Sealed by Morgentiana 27%
- Overly Cautious Charged the shield to its maximum 24%
- Sharkfolk Fisherman Reached maximum friendship with Knot 24%
- Treasure Investor Gained 30,000G+ from salvage 23%
- Divine Dragon of Poison Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Cham 22%
- Skeleton Pharmacist Reached maximum friendship with Quin 22%
- The Rest Is Yours The power of the Wind Blade exceeded 30,000 21%
- Guide of the Divine Dragon Cleared "HARD Lv.5" 21%
- Divine Dragon of Lightning Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Thunder 21%
- Dragonkin Warrior Reached maximum friendship with Morgentiana 20%
- Use Responsibly Sent to the labor facility 20%
- We'll Win Together Many friends came to join the final battle 19%
- Divine Dragon of Power Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Labryn 19%
- Divine Dragon of Curse Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Noir 19%
- Divine Dragon of Illusion Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Gemina 16%
- Divine Dragon of Slumber Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Moon 16%
- Divine Dragon of Flame Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Melty 14%
- A New Catastrophe? The Divine Dragon raised the storm’s level to MAX 14%
- Divine Dragon of Blossoms Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Dorothy 12%
- Divine Dragon of Logic Unlocked all Fragments of Space-Time for Fracta 12%
- Chosen by the Stars Cleared "HARD Lv.9" 10%
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Steam page Updated: 2026-11-01.