Spelunky 2
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 20h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Journeyman” (Complete the game in a non-seeded run): only 20% of starters get there.
- 79% 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 22,165 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 64.4h for positive, 13.2h 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 (79% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Journeyman Complete the game in a non-seeded run. Most players quit here 21% −79
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (32)
story milestone ending side
- You Got This Unlock the entrance. 100%
- Feels Good Make it past 1-4 in a non-seeded run. 75%
- Turkey Whisperer Bring two turkeys to Yang in a non-seeded run. 61%
- Excavator Complete the Moon Challenge in a non-seeded run. 52%
- Mama's Little Helper Unlock the first shortcut. 48%
- Skills Improving Make it past Olmec's Lair in a non-seeded run. 47%
- Her Favorite Obtain the Kapala in a non-seeded run. 43%
- Seen a Lot Complete 50% of the Journal or more. 39%
- Divine Right Obtain some royal headwear in a non-seeded run. 39%
- Persistent Reach the Ice Caves in a non-seeded run. 36%
- Shadow Shopper Reach the Black Market in a non-seeded run. 31%
- A Second Chance Obtain the Ankh in a non-seeded run. 27%
- Support a Local Business Buy out Yang's Pet Shop in a non-seeded run. 22%
- Torchbearer Complete the Star Challenge in a non-seeded run. 21%
- Journeyman Complete the game in a non-seeded run. 21%
- Chosen One Obtain the Tablet of Destiny in a non-seeded run. 19%
- VIP Enter Madame Tusk's Palace of Pleasure as a guest (in a non-seeded run). 15%
- Ironman Complete the game without using shortcuts in a non-seeded, single-player run. 14%
- Legendary Reach the City of Gold in a non-seeded, single-player run. 13%
- Mama's Big Helper Unlock all three shortcuts. 12%
- Pilgrim Reach the Sunken City in a non-seeded, single-player run. 11%
- Survivor Complete the Sun Challenge in a non-seeded run. 11%
- Track Star Finish the Tutorial Speedrun in under 30 seconds. 8.7%
- Arena Champion Win a First-to-Five Deathmatch against three bots using the Default ruleset. 8.4%
- Master Complete the game by defeating Hundun in a non-seeded, single-player run. 7.6%
- Parenthood Wake the Eggplant Child in a non-seeded run. 7.5%
- Awakened Reach the Cosmic Ocean in a non-seeded, single-player run. 7.1%
- Speedlunky Complete the game in 10 minutes or less without shortcuts in a non-seeded, single-player run. 5.4%
- Millionaire End a run with $1,000,000 or more in a non-seeded, single-player run. 4.9%
- Seen It All Complete the Journal. 4.1%
- Low Scorer Complete the game without collecting any treasure and without using shortcuts in a non-seeded, single-player run. 3.5%
- The Full Spelunky Obtain all other trophies. 2.7%