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Shadowhand: RPG Card Game
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 830
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 20h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 83% 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 832 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 14.1h for positive, 7.8h 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 (82.7% 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 (19)
- Combo Greenhorn Make your first combo 100%
- Swordmistress Complete Chapter 5 75%
- Combo Connoisseur Make a combo of 20 or higher 74%
- Unleashed Use three ability cards in a single hand 71%
- Looter Win 1200 gold in a single chapter 67%
- Star Quality Earn 20 stars in a chapter 62%
- Rainy Day Fund Save up 3000 gold without spending it 58%
- Grave Robber Complete Chapter 10 45%
- Perfectionist Get 8 perfect hands in a chapter 43%
- Wild at Heart Fill all available spare card/joker slots 36%
- Plunderer Win 2000 gold in a single chapter 35%
- Punch Drunk Complete Chapter 15 33%
- Multiplier Maestro Get a 5x multiplier 33%
- A-mazing Complete Chapter 20 26%
- Combo Virtuoso Make a combo of 40 or higher 22%
- Relaxed Beat the game in Relaxed mode 22%
- Liberty & Justice For All Beat the game in Normal mode 18%
- Top Deck Own all ability cards 16%
- Hardcore Outlaw Beat the game in Very Hard mode 5.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.