Portal Knights
Give it 5 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- Most players drop off before “Exterminator” (Defeat the Worm Boss): only 53% of starters get there.
- 92% 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 22,453 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 16.7h for positive, 8.1h 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 (92.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Exterminator Defeat the Worm Boss. Most players quit here 53% −47
- Dragon Slayer Defeat the Dragon Boss. 33% −20
- Ghost Buster Defeat the Hollow King Boss. 21% −11
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Man Made Craft your first Item. 100%
- Baby Steps Mine 10 Blocks. 98%
- Level Up! Level Up for the first time. 95%
- Traveller Use a Portal for the first time. 94%
- Tinkerer Craft 50 Items. 76%
- A Happening Encounter your first Event. 71%
- Fledgling Complete all Tutorial Parts. 68%
- Level 10! Reach Level 10. 58%
- Exterminator Defeat the Worm Boss. 53%
- Dragon Slayer Defeat the Dragon Boss. 33%
- Level 20! Reach Level 20. 30%
- Adventurer Activate 20 portals. 26%
- Whack-No-Worm Defeat the Worm Boss without defeating any Small Worms. 25%
- Mass Production Craft 1000 Items. 23%
- Ghost Buster Defeat the Hollow King Boss. 21%
- On the other side... Visit the Ghostworld. 17%
- Do-It-Yourself Upgrade the Workbench to the maximum Level. 15%
- Eventing Complete 10 Event Quests. 14%
- Master of Magic Upgrade the Altar to the maximum Level. 13%
- Master Smith Upgrade the Anvil to the maximum Level. 12%
- Portal Knight Reach Level 30. 12%
- Rookie Cookie Level up for the first time as a Rogue. 8.1%
- Evasionist Defeat the Dragon Boss with 5 Saurian Fighters alive. 8.0%
- Great Explorer Visit all islands of area 1, 2 and 3 7.2%
- Can't Touch This Defeat the Hollow King Boss without taking damage. 7.1%
- How Low Can You Go? Venture inside the Low Rift. 6.6%
- Cubicide Mine 53,596 Blocks. 3.5%
- Stuck In the Middle With You Reach the Final Rift Forge in the Middle Rift. 2.8%
- World Changing Complete 50 Event Quests. 2.4%
- Backstab Your Way to the Top Reach level 30 as a Rogue. 1.8%
- Down the Rabbit Hole Collect and equip the complete Rabbit Armor and eat a carrot. 1.7%
- High Achievers Reach the Final Rift Forge in the High Rift. 1.5%
- Workbenching Place a workbench on all islands of area 1, 2 and 3 1.3%
- Armor-Retentive (Low Rift) Craft the entire set of Low Rift armor. 1.2%
- Conspiracy on Faynore Successfully complete all of the quests given by the Elves of Faynore. 1.2%
- Dedicated Knight Complete 200 Event Quests. 1.0%
- Armor-Retentive (Middle Rift) Craft the entire set of Middle Rift armor. 0.9%
- Armor-Retentive (High Rift) Craft the entire set of High Rift armor. 0.8%
- High Plains Rifter Reach the end of the High Rift without dying. 0.7%
- Nosy Nellie Find ALL secret chests in the High Rift. 0.5%