Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Give it 20 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 35h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 10% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Survivors” (Make it to the road) and “It's Just Beginning” (Complete the Iron Outpost): from 100% to 68% 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 7,440 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 36.9h for positive, 11.1h 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%
- Survivors Make it to the road 100%
- It's Just Beginning Complete the Iron Outpost Most players quit here 68% −32
- Trial By Combat Complete the Path of Fangs 57% −11
- Too Late Complete Junktown 46% −12
- That's Deep, Bro Complete The Dig 36% −10
- Bad Moon Rising Complete Deadwatch 29% −6
- Lich, Please Complete Strongmont 25% −4
- The Looking Glass Start NG+ 10% −15
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Survivors Make it to the road 100%
- It's Just Beginning Complete the Iron Outpost 68%
- You're Learning... Unlock a Beast Perk 66%
- Apprentice Crafter Craft an item 63%
- Trial By Combat Complete the Path of Fangs 57%
- Barrel of Fun Find Knolan 54%
- Mystery Solved Recover an item from the Mystery Cube 51%
- Beginner's Luck Catch an Epic Fish 51%
- Seeing Red Find Monika 46%
- Too Late Complete Junktown 46%
- Brave by Default Complete a dungeon on Legendary difficulty 43%
- Go On... Kill one of the Beastmaster's Targets 38%
- Battle Ready Unlock a Level 3 Battle Burst 36%
- That's Deep, Bro Complete The Dig 36%
- Blood and Tears Bring Alumon into the party 34%
- Dirty Hands Kill 500 enemies 30%
- Angler Catch 50 Fish 29%
- Bad Moon Rising Complete Deadwatch 29%
- The New Bitcoin Acquire 200 Shadow Coins 27%
- Little Game Hunter Complete 50% of the Bestiary 25%
- Lich, Please Complete Strongmont 25%
- Well Read Unlock 50% of the Lore Book 25%
- Warming Up Get a Mid level score at the Battle Arena 23%
- Fresh Mint Acquire 100,000 gold 23%
- Beauty is in the Eye Complete the Crimson Garden 22%
- Behold, My True Form Reach level 30 21%
- Master Crafter Craft 50 items 21%
- Vice Versa Complete the Mana Rifts 21%
- Ch-ch-ch-changes! Unlock a Hero Skin 20%
- An Unstoppable Force Acquire 1 of the Heroes' Ultimate Weapons 19%
- The New Standard Craft a legendary item 19%
- Are You Not Entertained Get Max Score in the Battle Arena 19%
- Finders Keepers Get all three chests in The Winding 18%
- Queen of the North Kill C'drall 18%
- Mass Ruckus Unlock All Battle Bursts 16%
- Like A Noss Kill all the Beastmaster's Targets 12%
- The Looking Glass Start NG+ 10%
- Must Be Bored Complete all dungeons on Legendary difficulty 9.6%
- Epic Crafter Craft 10 Epic Items 8.9%
- Cosplaying Unlock all Hero Skins 8.7%
- All out of Bubblegum... Acquire all of the Heroes' Ultimate Weapons 7.8%
- Risk Taker Craft an item with less than 10% success chance 5.4%
- No Parley Defeat the Pirate Captain 5.0%
- The Librarian Unlock 100% of the Lore Book 4.8%
- Rare Crafter Craft 10 Rare Items 4.2%
- Fish Watching Complete the Fishiary 3.6%
- A Fantasy, Finalized Finish the game on NG+ 3.0%
- Big Game Hunter Complete 100% of the Bestiary 2.4%