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Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 20% of players who started
Started playing 35% of owners
Steam reviews 77% positive of 8,565
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 5h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Tame the Wilds” (Defeat Jera, the unmerciful Nature jotun) and “Defeat the Darkness” (Defeat Fé, the magnificent Cave jotun): from 100% to 44% of starters.
- Only 35% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 8,628 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 197 reviews: 5.5h for positive, 2.6h 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 (35.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Tame the Wilds Defeat Jera, the unmerciful Nature jotun. 100%
- Defeat the Darkness Defeat Fé, the magnificent Cave jotun. Most players quit here 44% −56
- Conquer the Cold Defeat Isa, the mighty Winter jotun. 36% −8
- Weather the Storm Defeat Hagalaz, the mesmerizing Storm jotun. 30% −6
- Brave the Inferno Defeat Kaunan, the terrifying Fire jotun. 26% −4
- Valhalla Awaits Defeat Odin, the Allfather. 20% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- Tame the Wilds Defeat Jera, the unmerciful Nature jotun. 100%
- Defeat the Darkness Defeat Fé, the magnificent Cave jotun. 44%
- Conquer the Cold Defeat Isa, the mighty Winter jotun. 36%
- Weather the Storm Defeat Hagalaz, the mesmerizing Storm jotun. 30%
- Shun the Gods - Jera Defeat Jera without using any God Powers. 27%
- Brave the Inferno Defeat Kaunan, the terrifying Fire jotun. 26%
- Valhalla Awaits Defeat Odin, the Allfather. 20%
- Impress the Gods Find all of the God Shrines. 19%
- Vegetarian Defeat Jera without killing a single vine. 13%
- Ithunn's Chosen Find all of Ithunn's Apples. 12%
- Gungnir-phobia Defeat Odin without destroying any spears 9.7%
- Risky Business Defeat Kaunan while at less than 10% health. 7.1%
- Completionist Beat the game 100%. 6.8%
- Shun the Gods - Fé Defeat Fé without using any God Powers. 6.6%
- Perfect Jera Defeat Jera without taking any damage. 6.6%
- Shun the Gods - Isa Defeat Isa without using any God Powers. 6.6%
- Shun the Gods - Kaunan Defeat Kaunan without using any God Powers. 5.7%
- Time Trial - Jera Defeat Jera in under 25 seconds. 5.7%
- Shun the Gods - Hagalaz Defeat Hagalaz without using any God Powers. 5.7%
- Sniper Defeat Isa using only the icebergs. 5.7%
- Perfect Isa Defeat Isa without taking any damage. 5.4%
- Perfect Kaunan Defeat Kaunan without taking any damage. 5.1%
- Ultimate Fe's-bee Defeat Fé without attacking her in melee. 5.1%
- Perfect Fé Defeat Fé without taking any damage. 5.1%
- Time Trial - Fé Defeat Fé in under 25 seconds. 5.1%
- No K.O. Defeat Hagalaz without knocking her down. 5.1%
- Time Trial - Isa Defeat Isa in under 60 seconds. 5.1%
- Time Trial - Kaunan Defeat Kaunan in under 80 seconds. 4.8%
- Perfect Odin Defeat Odin without taking any damage. 4.8%
- Shun the Gods - Odin Defeat Odin without using any God Powers. 4.8%
- Time Trial - Odin Defeat Odin in under 60 seconds. 4.8%
- Perfect Hagalaz Defeat Hagalaz without taking any damage. 4.8%
- Time Trial - Hagalaz Defeat Hagalaz in under 60 seconds. 4.8%
- Valkyrie Beat Valhalla Mode. 4.6%
- Perfect Valhalla Beat Valhalla Mode without taking any damage. 4.3%
- Shun the Gods - Valhalla Beat Valhalla Mode without using God Powers. 4.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.