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We Are The Dwarves
Give it 1 hour
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 2h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 43% of owners
Steam reviews 69% positive of 1,661
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 3h it's almost 1 in 4 (23%).
- Fully opens up by hour 2.
- Only 43% 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 1,669 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 2.4h for positive, 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 (43.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (34)
- We came in peace Kill 5 Whistler Pirates 100%
- You don't even try Die in a first level 76%
- We all hate tutorials Complete first level 71%
- Ore keeper Collect 500 Energy Ore 69%
- Hard recoil Forcer has falled into the abyss 67%
- Pest killer Kill 5 Sludge Workers 57%
- Pest slayer Kill 20 Sludge Workers 37%
- Claim what is yours Place a beacon on root dead-end 35%
- Sudden insight Evade Queen's deadly strike 23%
- Veterinarian Heal Sludge Worker with Stone of Life 20%
- Wind round one's little finger Hide from 3 enemies 19%
- Big guns Pick up mortar 18%
- Acid shower Get poisoned by Acid Worm for 7 times 18%
- My camo works better Kill 20 Whistler Pirates 17%
- Lie there like a dead fish Kill 5 Fishman Pirates 13%
- Nailed it! Hit 4 or more enemies per Puncher use 13%
- Star killer Destroy Parasite Star 12%
- Right tools for the right job Collect all Shadow's abilities 11%
- Tackle Like a Pro Kill 20 Fishman Pirates 11%
- Witch Hunter Kill the Shaman before he awakes 10%
- Handyman Finish a level with three four-cell suits 10%
- We Are The Dwarves Complete the game 9.5%
- Pest exterminator Kill 100 Sludge Workers 9.3%
- Hard learner Get caught by Sand Hunter for 7 times 9.0%
- Aya! Aya! Cthulhu fhtagn! Kill 50 Fishman Pirates 9.0%
- Blue Star Unlock all Shadow's perks 8.8%
- Red Star Unlock all Smashfist's perks 8.8%
- Best friend Resurrect your ally for 10 times 8.6%
- Stones Collector Collect 10 Dwarven Stones 8.3%
- Yellow Star Unlock all Forcer's perks 8.3%
- Friendly fire Halfdeaded by you ally attack 8.3%
- Meet my friend Different enemies races kill each other 25 times 8.3%
- Yours whistles makes me laugh Kill 100 Whistler Pirates 8.1%
- More dead than alive You have died 50 times! 8.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.