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Dishonored 2
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 30% of players who started
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 67,120
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 15h it's almost 1 in 20 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- At least 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Jewel of the South” (Reached Karnaca) and “The Beast Within” (Dealt with Dr. Alexandria Hypatia): from 88% to 70% of starters.
- 88% 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 67,202 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 22.5h for positive, 4.6h 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 (88.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Imperial Seal Recovered your signet ring 100%
- Jewel of the South Reached Karnaca 89% −11
- The Beast Within Dealt with Dr. Alexandria Hypatia Most players quit here 70% −19
- Labyrinthine Mind Found Anton Sokolov in the Clockwork Mansion 60% −10
- A Night in 1849 Visited the past 47% −13
- Down with the Duke Eliminated Duke Luca Abele 43% −4
- Spirit Thief Took Delilah’s soul 43%
- The Greatest Gift Saved your last known family member 39% −3
- The Empress Finish the game with Emily Kaldwin ≥30% −9
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Imperial Seal Recovered your signet ring 100%
- Jewel of the South Reached Karnaca 89%
- The Beast Within Dealt with Dr. Alexandria Hypatia 70%
- Rogue Eliminate 20 unaware enemies 63%
- Labyrinthine Mind Found Anton Sokolov in the Clockwork Mansion 60%
- Morbid Theft Steal a corpse for Mindy Blanchard 59%
- Counter-serum Chat with Dr. Hypatia aboard the Dreadful Wale 54%
- A Night in 1849 Visited the past 47%
- Alternative Approach Finish an entire mission with no casualties 44%
- Black Market Burglar Rob a black market shop 44%
- Down with the Duke Eliminated Duke Luca Abele 43%
- Spirit Thief Took Delilah’s soul 43%
- The Greatest Gift Saved your last known family member 39%
- Years Ago, Another Time Heard Meagan Foster’s story 36%
- Freedom of Speech Save the Printer of the Dunwall Courier 36%
- Ghostly Finish an entire mission without being spotted 32%
- The Empress Finish the game with Emily Kaldwin 30%
- Flooded Basement Drain the water to recover a Rune 28%
- In Good Conscience Complete the game in low chaos 28%
- Acrobat Eliminate 10 enemies with Drop Assassination 27%
- Stay of Execution Stop the Grand Guard from pushing someone into the Wall of Light 24%
- Clockwork Collector Obtain numbered plates for 3 Clockwork Soldiers 23%
- Faithful to the Abbey Side with the Overseers in the Dust District 22%
- Empire in Chaos Complete the game in high chaos 22%
- The Royal Protector Finish the game with Corvo Attano 22%
- Place of Three Deaths Kill Paolo three times 21%
- Songs of Serkonos Find 3 musical duos across Karnaca, and listen to their songs 18%
- Silence Eliminate Jindosh without him ever knowing you were there 16%
- Gazebo Pay tribute to Jessamine one last time 16%
- Howlers ’til the End Side with the Howlers in the Dust District 15%
- Eureka Crack the Jindosh Lock without finding the solution elsewhere 14%
- The Lovers Link 2 characters with Domino just before one kills the other 13%
- Occult Carver Craft 10 Bonecharms 13%
- Dilapidation Find the hidden balcony passageway 13%
- Well Funded Find 60% of available loot 12%
- Heart Whispers Using the Heart, listen to the secrets of 40 different people 11%
- Under the Table Obtain Stilton’s Master Key from under the table, with the guards there conscious & unalerted 10%
- Clean Hands Complete the game without killing anyone 9.5%
- Familiarity Breeds Contempt Rob Galvani multiple times 8.7%
- Shadow Finish the game without being spotted 8.4%
- Heartbeat Reaper Eliminate 6 enemies in less than 1.5 seconds 8.2%
- Fatal Redirect Kill an enemy with their own bullet 7.2%
- Oracular Echoes Listen to the voices of the Sisters of the Oracular Order 6.9%
- Fearless Fall Drop from Addermire’s highest point and take out an enemy below 6.7%
- Sliding Marksman Score a headshot while sliding 5.8%
- Flesh and Steel Complete the game without supernatural powers 5.1%
- Art Collector Acquire all collectible paintings 4.8%
- Royal Spymaster Peruse all journals and audiographs by Meagan Foster and Anton Sokolov aboard the Dreadful Wale 4.2%
- Souvenirs Collect all the decorative objects for the Dreadful Wale 4.0%
- Circle of Life Cast Possession once, chaining between human, hound, rat, fish, and bloodfly 3.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.