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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 28% of players who started
Started playing 64% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 5,619
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A king only in name...” (Slay the Owlking) and “In glorious radiance...” (Slay the Soul of the Phoenix): from 100% to 65% of starters.
- Only 64% 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 5,656 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 20.8h for positive, 9.6h 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 (64.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A king only in name... Slay the Owlking 100%
- In glorious radiance... Slay the Soul of the Phoenix Most players quit here 65% −35
- The Herald of the Storm Slay the Bulwark 62% −3
- The bigger they are... Slay the Forgotten Gaian 56% −6
- The Ghost of Aldwynn Slay Origa 53% −3
- An appetite for blood... Slay the Dark Knight 46% −8
- Where the wind howls... Slay the Tundra Lord 44% −2
- Of sound mind and body... Slay Bysurge 39% −5
- Thou wilt kneel... Slay the Eldritch Council 33% −5
- Beyond the stars... Slay Amulvaro 32% −2
- Thunderstruck Slay Cusith 31% −1
- My name is Sirad, King of Kings... Slay Wraith King Sirad 28% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (43)
story milestone ending side
- A king only in name... Slay the Owlking 100%
- In glorious radiance... Slay the Soul of the Phoenix 65%
- The Herald of the Storm Slay the Bulwark 62%
- The bigger they are... Slay the Forgotten Gaian 56%
- Omae wa... Execute a parry 55%
- The Ghost of Aldwynn Slay Origa 53%
- An appetite for blood... Slay the Dark Knight 46%
- Where the wind howls... Slay the Tundra Lord 44%
- Persistence rewarded... Die 50 times 40%
- Of sound mind and body... Slay Bysurge 39%
- Dethroned Slay the Owlking in heroic 37%
- A new hope... Escape Thalamus 35%
- Harvester Obtain all 7 feather upgrades 34%
- Thou wilt kneel... Slay the Eldritch Council 33%
- Beyond the stars... Slay Amulvaro 32%
- Thunderstruck Slay Cusith 31%
- My name is Sirad, King of Kings... Slay Wraith King Sirad 28%
- Talented Unlock 14 talent points 28%
- An endless elegy... Slay Endless 24%
- To ash and dust... Slay the Soul of the Phoenix in heroic 24%
- One side of the coin... Slay the Grey Wanderer 16%
- A worthy challenge... Slay the Bulwark in heroic 16%
- A friendly duel... Slay Origa in heroic 14%
- Lord of the Vale Slay the Tundra Lord in heroic 11%
- Gaian slayer Slay the Forgotten Gaian in heroic 9.3%
- Glitch in the matrix... Slay the Aberrant AI 8.7%
- Death's Gambit ??? 8.3%
- Who is the real monster? Slay Cusith in heroic 7.3%
- Darkness falls... Slay the Dark Knight in heroic 7.2%
- A worthy pilgrim... Slay Heroic Wraith King Sirad 5.8%
- A relic of the past... Slay Bysurge in heroic 5.5%
- The Bookkeeper Recover all boss journals 5.1%
- Superior armaments Enchant a weapon or equipment to +10 4.8%
- When the stars align... Slay Amulvaro in heroic 4.7%
- Chosen of Death Defeat 12 bosses in Heroic 4.5%
- There can be no light... Slay Heroic Grey Wanderer 4.4%
- Judge, jury, executioner Slay the Eldritch Council in heroic 4.0%
- Everlasting torment... Slay Endless in heroic 3.7%
- Martial prowess Slay the Owlking boss using only kicks 3.4%
- Thalamus' Gambit ??? 3.0%
- Dream Breaker ??? 1.7%
- The Perfect Run Kill the final boss without quitting the game and in under 4 hours from starting the game and without leveling up. 1.6%
- How do you want to do this? ??? 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.