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Chained Beasts
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 96% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 1,082
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 4h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Can't Stand The Heat” (Survive Carthage) and “Out of the Cold” (Survive Germania): from 96% to 83% of starters.
- 96% 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 1,101 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 7h for positive, 5.7h 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 (96.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Can't Stand The Heat Survive Carthage 97% −3
- Out of the Cold Survive Germania Most players quit here 83% −13
- Rebel Leader Reach The Senate 71% −12
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- X Kill 10 opponents 100%
- Can't Stand The Heat Survive Carthage 97%
- L Kill 50 opponents 92%
- Two For One Kill at least two opponents with one attack 86%
- Out of the Cold Survive Germania 83%
- Pincushion Have at least 10 projectiles stuck in you at the same time 81%
- C Kill 100 opponents 79%
- Destruction of Property Destroy at least 10 obstacles in a round 78%
- Rebel Leader Reach The Senate 71%
- Pop! Squeeze an opponent with your chain 71%
- Ultra Damage Get a crit backstab while Furied 62%
- Trip Master Trip 100 opponents with your chain 60%
- Fast and Furious Spend at least 30% of a round Vigored 51%
- Fire Pro Cause a wrestler to set themselves on fire while leaping at you 48%
- Deep Impact Cause an opponent to die to the Goliath's leap attack 47%
- No Ammo? No Problem! Kill an opponent with an empty bow 47%
- Clearing the Skies Kill the catapult before the Praefectus falls back 37%
- Down the Line Hit every opponent in a formation with the same attack 37%
- Stampede Cause Beastmaster Barca to be trampled to death by the Rhino 36%
- Fired Up Spend at least 10% of a round on fire 34%
- Thumbs Down Execute 100 opponents 32%
- No Rest Day Train to exhaustion 31%
- D Kill 500 opponents 31%
- Don't Look Up Cause an opponent to die to catapult fire during the siege 23%
- Free as an Ibex Win a run as the Ibex 22%
- Stick Around Impale an opponent on a spike wall 22%
- Formation Breaker Trip every opponent in a formation 21%
- Free as a Rhino Win a run as the Rhino 20%
- Turning the Tide Send the Flail Master flying with his own flail 19%
- Drive By Hit at least 3 enemies with one wheel 18%
- Free as a Bear Win a run as the Bear 17%
- Entrapment Kill an opponent by throwing them onto a spike plate 16%
- Free as a Wolf Win a run as the Wolf 16%
- Free as a Panther Win a run as the Panther 14%
- Medical Marvel Win a run while suffering afflictions totalling at least 20 skulls 14%
- M Kill 1000 opponents 13%
- Dead Weight Amputate a body part 12%
- Majority Stakeholder Individually earn at least 400 coins in a successful run 12%
- Stop Hitting Yourself Kill an opponent with their own arm 11%
- Pay Attention Die to an object thrown by the crowd 10%
- Whirling Dervish Spin the flail for at least 10 seconds without stopping 8.4%
- Free as an Eagle Win a run as the Eagle 8.3%
- This Was A Mistake Execute an opponent with an explosive barrel 8.0%
- Moneybags Buy out the Merchant's entire store at once 6.1%
- A Quick Escape Win a run while spending fewer than 20 minutes in battles 5.7%
- Who's The Boss Kill a Boss within 10 seconds of first damaging them 5.3%
- Overtrained Win a run after reaching level 20 at the Trainer 5.2%
- Free as a Lion Win a run as the Lion 5.0%
- Ultra Hydrated Win a run while only ever drinking water 3.5%
- Gold Medal Throw a weapon at least 20 metres before it hits an opponent 3.4%
- Free as a Monkey Win a run as the Monkey 3.2%
- Untouchable Complete Carthage without taking any damage 2.4%
- King of the Gods Win a run on Jupiter difficulty 0.7%
- Collector Purchase every type of item from the Merchant 0.5%
- Weapon Master Get a kill with every type of item 0.4%
- Untrained Win a run without levelling up at the Trainer 0.4%
- Bestiary Unlock all Beasts 0.3%
- Test Subject Suffer the maximum level of every affliction 0.1%
- Talented Learn every skill 0.1%
- Scholarly Discover every Codex entry 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-31.