RPG
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 34% of players who started
Started playing 77% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 6,821
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 20h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- 34% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Knight in Shining Armour” ('Rescue Patty!' completed) and “He Really Exists!” ('Find Steelbeard' completed): from 100% to 64% of starters.
- 76% 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 6,824 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 31.1h for positive, 17.4h 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 (76.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Knight in Shining Armour 'Rescue Patty!' completed 100%
- He Really Exists! 'Find Steelbeard' completed Most players quit here 64% −36
- Pirate 'Become a Pirate' completed 58% −6
- Liberator 'Free Hawkins' completed 49% −9
- Captain 'A New Ship' completed 47% −2
- Ghost Pirate 'The Journey to the Underworld' completed 38% −9
- Lord of the Tentacle 'Defeat the Kraken' completed 34% −4
- The Curse Is Broken! 'Kill Mara' completed 34%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- Knight in Shining Armour 'Rescue Patty!' completed 100%
- Skinflint Acquired 1000 gold 71%
- Beginner Killed 10 monsters 70%
- He Really Exists! 'Find Steelbeard' completed 64%
- Treasure Hunter Found first treasure in the game 60%
- Pirate 'Become a Pirate' completed 58%
- Just a little tipple... Drank first rum 52%
- Liberator 'Free Hawkins' completed 49%
- Harpooner 'The Titan Weapon' completed 48%
- Captain 'A New Ship' completed 47%
- Bookworm 'Following Garcia's Trail' completed 42%
- Protector Won duel against Severin 42%
- Provisions Master 'Ship's Equipment' completed 41%
- Crab Catcher Killed 10 giant crabs 40%
- Cheese Knife 'The Cunning Captain' completed 40%
- Tub Captain 'Build a Raft' completed 40%
- Friend of the Gnomes 'The Gnome Eater' completed 40%
- Artefact Hunter 'Steelbeard's Artefact' completed 39%
- Detective 'Garcia's Masquerade Uncovered' completed 38%
- The Hand of God 'The Greedy Captain' completed 38%
- Ghost Pirate 'The Journey to the Underworld' completed 38%
- Storyteller Collected 10 legendary items 37%
- The Right Hand 'Chaka Datu's Legacy' completed 36%
- Tour Guide At least 5 crew members on the ship 36%
- Voodoo Pirate 'The Ancestors' Blessing' completed 35%
- Lord of the Tentacle 'Defeat the Kraken' completed 34%
- The Curse Is Broken! 'Kill Mara' completed 34%
- Necromancer 'The Split Soul' completed 29%
- Pirate with Muskets 'Four Muskets against Crow' completed 26%
- Long John Silver Set course for Treasure Isle for the first time 17%
- Templar 'The Air Temple' completed 17%
- Robinson Crusoe 'The Marooned Sailor' completed 17%
- Deep Sea Fisherman Killed 50 sea monsters 16%
- Legendary Hero Collected 20 legendary items 15%
- Pet Cemetery Killed 20 ambient animals 13%
- Exterminator Killed all gargoyles and gave their eggs to Eldric 12%
- Cash Cow Acquired 100,000 gold 11%
- Alligator Jack Killed all alligators on Treasure Isle 9.2%
- Made of Money Acquired 300,000 gold 8.1%
- Grave Robber Opened every deadly chest once 8.0%
- All-Rounder Learned each skill once 6.5%
- Drunkard Won drinking duel mini-game 10 times 4.6%
- Seafarer Travelled by ship 20 times 3.9%
- Monkey Dance Used monkey 20 times 3.1%
- Mr Industrious Completed 250 quests 2.6%
- Digger Dug up 50 treasures 2.6%
- Bane of the Beasts Killed 500 monsters 2.6%
- Kleptomaniac Picked 100 locks 2.6%
- Big Game Hunter Killed 2000 monsters 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.