ActionAdventureRPG
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Reach the ending 40% of players who started
Started playing 98% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 3,866
What the data shows
- 93% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 20+ hours (98%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 98% of games we track.
- 40% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Young Girl's Decision” and “A Looming Shadow”: from 90% to 78% of starters.
- 98% 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 3,899 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 301 reviews: 71.4h for positive, 51.9h 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 (97.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Young Girl's Decision Completed Prologue: A Young Girl's Decision. 90% −10
- A Looming Shadow Completed Chapter 1: A Looming Shadow. Most players quit here 78% −12
- The Raging Land Completed Chapter 2: The Raging Land. 69% −9
- A Mad Tea Party Completed Chapter 3: A Mad Tea Party. 62% −7
- Malevolent Mist Completed Chapter 4: Malevolent Mist. 58% −4
- That Which Must Be Protected Completed Chapter 5: That Which Must Be Protected. 54% −4
- The Whereabouts of Bonds Completed Chapter 6: The Whereabouts of Bonds. 52% −2
- Tetracyclic Towers Completed Chapter 7: Tetracyclic Towers. 49% −3
- Land of Turmoil Completed Chapter 8: Land of Turmoil. 44% −4
- Trails in the Sky Completed Final Chapter: Trails in the Sky. 40% −5
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
- The Morning After the Birthday Festival Woke up at Grancel Castle. 100%
- Budding Bracer Completed the training course at Balstar Channel. 93%
- A Young Girl's Decision Completed Prologue: A Young Girl's Decision. 90%
- A Looming Shadow Completed Chapter 1: A Looming Shadow. 78%
- Valiant Fighter Defeated 750 or more enemies in Command Battles or Quick Battles. 70%
- The Raging Land Completed Chapter 2: The Raging Land. 69%
- Eightfold Annihilation Defeated 8 enemies simultaneously in a Command Battle. 68%
- Brilliant Magician Activated arts a total of 200 times. 64%
- Follow-Up Master Activated 400 Brave Attack 'Follow-Up' actions. 63%
- A Mad Tea Party Completed Chapter 3: A Mad Tea Party. 62%
- Burst Master Activated 100 Brave Attack 'Burst' or 'Full Burst' actions. 58%
- S-Pom Slayer Defeated 30 or more Shining Poms in Quick Battles or Command Battles. 58%
- Malevolent Mist Completed Chapter 4: Malevolent Mist. 58%
- King of the Battlefield Defeated 1,500 or more enemies in Command Battles or Quick Battles. 55%
- Armor Enthusiast Enhanced armor 15 times. 54%
- That Which Must Be Protected Completed Chapter 5: That Which Must Be Protected. 54%
- Ultimate Secret Technique Activated S-Crafts a total of 200 times. 53%
- The Whereabouts of Bonds Completed Chapter 6: The Whereabouts of Bonds. 52%
- Weapon Enthusiast Enhanced weapons 15 times. 51%
- Furious Warrior Activated Overdrive 150 times. 51%
- Chain Master Activated 200 Brave Attack 'Chain' actions. 50%
- Lightning Flash Executed 250 preemptive Brave Attacks. 49%
- Tetracyclic Towers Completed Chapter 7: Tetracyclic Towers. 49%
- Accessory Artisan Enhanced accessories 15 times. 49%
- Land of Turmoil Completed Chapter 8: Land of Turmoil. 44%
- Support Expert Raised Estelle's Support Ability to Lv. 9. 43%
- Trails in the Sky Completed Final Chapter: Trails in the Sky. 40%
- Silver Will, Golden Wings Defeated Loewe, the Bladelord. 38%
- Supreme Tactician Achieved a Tactical Bonus of x3.0 or higher. 37%
- Quest Master Completed and reported all quests. 34%
- Book Master Filled in all entries on book pages. 33%
- Quartz Artisan Enhanced quartz 15 times. 33%
- Swift Warrior Defeated over 450 enemies in Quick Battles. 32%
- Ultimate Artificer Crafted 3 or more weapons made of Zemurian Ore. 30%
- Millionaire Accumulated a total of 1,000,000 mira. 29%
- Master Angler Caught every type of fish. 27%
- Orbment Master Enhanced all orbment slots to the max level for all 12 party members. 26%
- Stronger Together Activated 250 Brave Rushes in Quick Battles. 25%
- A-Rank Bracer Reached Senior Bracer A-Rank. 24%
- Master of Arts Unlocked all arts. 23%
- Battle Master Recorded all 410 enemy types in the Combat Handbook. 20%
- Three-Star Chef Successfully created all dishes. 18%
- Peculiar Chef Successfully created all peculiar dishes. 17%
- Quartz Collector Collected all different types of quartz. 16%
- Treasure Hunter Opened 566 treasure chests. 13%
- Hell's Crown Completed the game on Nightmare difficulty. 11%
- The Invincible Duo Completed all reward objectives. 8.7%
- The Wicked Liberator Defeated Lv. 175 Angel Weissmann (Final Form). 5.5%
- Hero of Liberl Unlocked all achievements. 4.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-11-01.