Tales from the Borderlands

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 19,623 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 11.8h for positive, 3.9h 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 (82% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

1. Started playing 100%
2. 1 Welcome to Pandora, Kiddos Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 1 100%
3. 2 My Turn To Speak Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 1 Most players quit here 90% −10
4. 3 Partners In Crime Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 1 86% −5
5. 4 Not Alone in the Dark Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 1 84% −1
6. 5 2 Fast 2 Fiona Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 1 82% −2
7. 6 Blood Money Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 1 80% −1
8. 7 Devil on Your Shoulder Completed Episode 1 80%
9. 8 Deal With A Ghost Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 2 73% −7
10. 9 Till Death Do Us Part Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 2 73%
11. 10 A Plan Came Together Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 2 72% −1
12. 11 Funeral Crashers Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 2 70% −2
13. 12 Classic Reflexes Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 2 70%
14. 13 Bro or Bot Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 2 70%
15. 14 Miracle of Atlas Engineering Completed Episode 2 69%
16. 15 Don't Make Me Wait Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 3 66% −3
17. 16 Temptation Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 3 66%
18. 17 Point Of No Return Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 3 65% −1
19. 18 So Many Bandits, So Little Time Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 3 64% −1
20. 19 Rupture Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 3 63%
21. 20 Maneater Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 3 63%
22. 21 Angry Eyes Completed Episode 3 63%
23. 22 Ain't Got Time To Bleed Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 4 61% −2
24. 23 Alive And Not Afraid Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 4 60%
25. 24 Ain't My First Rodeo Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 4 60%
26. 25 It's Not The Years, It's The Mileage Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 4 59%
27. 26 Light This Candle Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 4 59%
28. 27 No Matter Where You Go… Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 4 59%
29. 28 …There You Are Completed Episode 4 59%
30. 29 A Maze Of Twisty Passages, All Alike Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 5 58% −1
31. 30 Unforseen Consequences Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 5 58%
32. 31 Give And Take (Mostly Take) Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 5 58%
33. 32 Definition Of Insanity Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 5 57%
34. 33 Time's A Wastin' Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 5 57%
35. 34 What's It Worth? Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 5 57%
36. Tales Twice Told Completed Episode 5 57%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (35)

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• Welcome to Pandora, Kiddos Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 1 100%
• My Turn To Speak Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 1 90%
• Partners In Crime Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 1 86%
• Not Alone in the Dark Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 1 84%
• 2 Fast 2 Fiona Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 1 82%
• Blood Money Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 1 80%
• Devil on Your Shoulder Completed Episode 1 80%
• Deal With A Ghost Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 2 73%
• Till Death Do Us Part Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 2 73%
• A Plan Came Together Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 2 72%
• Funeral Crashers Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 2 70%
• Classic Reflexes Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 2 70%
• Bro or Bot Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 2 70%
• Miracle of Atlas Engineering Completed Episode 2 69%
• Don't Make Me Wait Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 3 66%
• Temptation Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 3 66%
• Point Of No Return Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 3 65%
• So Many Bandits, So Little Time Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 3 64%
• Rupture Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 3 63%
• Maneater Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 3 63%
• Angry Eyes Completed Episode 3 63%
• Ain't Got Time To Bleed Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 4 61%
• Alive And Not Afraid Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 4 60%
• Ain't My First Rodeo Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 4 60%
• It's Not The Years, It's The Mileage Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 4 59%
• Light This Candle Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 4 59%
• No Matter Where You Go… Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 4 59%
• …There You Are Completed Episode 4 59%
• A Maze Of Twisty Passages, All Alike Completed Chapter 1 of Episode 5 58%
• Unforseen Consequences Completed Chapter 2 of Episode 5 58%
• Give And Take (Mostly Take) Completed Chapter 3 of Episode 5 58%
• Definition Of Insanity Completed Chapter 4 of Episode 5 57%
• Time's A Wastin' Completed Chapter 5 of Episode 5 57%
• What's It Worth? Completed Chapter 6 of Episode 5 57%
• Tales Twice Told Completed Episode 5 57%