Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 31% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Instant Sushi”: only 41% of starters get there.
- Only 67% 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 4,826 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 7.1h for positive, 4.3h 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 (67% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Instant Sushi Vanquish the summoned beast in the watery depths Most players quit here 41% −59
- Vanquish Xolotl Regain the Mirror of Smoke 31% −10
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (12)
story milestone ending side
- Overachiever Complete any level-specific Reward Challenge 100%
- Seeing Red Collect all 10 red skulls in any single level 74%
- Three birds, one stone Kill 3 enemies with one bomb 66%
- Breadwinner Earn the top score objective in any level 59%
- A Friend in Need Play Co-op mode 56%
- Leap of Faith Catch Totec with the grapple while he is jumping over a death fall 49%
- Instant Sushi Vanquish the summoned beast in the watery depths 41%
- Jump Jump Jump from Totec's shield while he is jumping 36%
- Vanquish Xolotl Regain the Mirror of Smoke 31%
- Beat a Better Mousetrap Activate all of the spikes at once in the Spider Tomb spike field 26%
- Return to Sender Reflect an enemy's projectile back to him using Totec's shield 19%
- Tomb Raider Collect all relics, artifacts and weapons 5.4%