Deskrawl: Idle ARPG
Best at the start
What the data shows
- First-hour reviews are more positive (66%) than after 20h (43%): it wears off over time.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 66% of players who start reach the ending.
- 92% 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 3,539 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 303 reviews: 288.7h for positive, 301.1h 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 (91.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Bloodmoon Falls Slay the Bloodmoon Werewolf in Kings Woods. 98% −2
- Grave Keeper Slay the Ogre in the depths of Northhill Crypt. 91% −7
- Rotten to the Root Slay the Ancient Oak Treant in Kings Woods South. Most players quit here 83% −8
- Sting of the Sands Slay the Dread Sand Manticore in the Tazan Wastes. 80% −3
- Crown of the Tides Slay the Tidewrath Crab King on the Tazan Isles. 77% −3
- Dust to Dust Slay the Redrock Lord in The Barrens. 74% −3
- Vale Runs Red Slay the Lord of the Crimson Vale. 72% −2
- Thaw the Highlands Slay the Frost Dragon in the Veldak Highlands. 70% −2
- Wyrm Purger Slay the Defiled Wyrm within The Defiled Keep. 68% −2
- Extinguish the Crown Slay the Lord of the Cinder atop The Cinder Crown. 66% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (37)
story milestone ending side
- Forest Raptor Slay the Raptor in Kings Woods. 100%
- Take the Reins Unlock a Minion with a Rein. 99%
- Bloodmoon Falls Slay the Bloodmoon Werewolf in Kings Woods. 98%
- First Legend Equip a piece of Legendary equipment. 96%
- Dark Elf Mage Slay the Dark Elf Mage in Northhill Crypt. 94%
- Grave Keeper Slay the Ogre in the depths of Northhill Crypt. 91%
- Venom Queen Slay the Venom Queen in Kings Woods South. 86%
- Rotten to the Root Slay the Ancient Oak Treant in Kings Woods South. 83%
- Sandstorm Harpy Queen Slay the Sandstorm Harpy Queen in the Tazan Wastes. 82%
- Sting of the Sands Slay the Dread Sand Manticore in the Tazan Wastes. 80%
- Ancient Shellwarden Slay the Ancient Shellwarden on the Tazan Isles. 79%
- Crown of the Tides Slay the Tidewrath Crab King on the Tazan Isles. 77%
- Serparmat Slay Serparmat the Devourer in The Barrens. 76%
- Key to the Dream Spend a Rainbow Key to enter the dream realm. 76%
- Dust to Dust Slay the Redrock Lord in The Barrens. 74%
- Legendary Bond Unlock a Legendary Minion. 74%
- Goblin Giant Slay the Goblin Giant in The Crimson Vale. 73%
- City of Tazan Enter the City of Tazan for the first time. 73%
- Vale Runs Red Slay the Lord of the Crimson Vale. 72%
- Runebound Equip your first Rune. 72%
- Ice Hound Slay the Ice Hound in the Veldak Highlands. 71%
- Thaw the Highlands Slay the Frost Dragon in the Veldak Highlands. 70%
- Bone Reaper Slay the Bone Reaper in The Defiled Keep. 69%
- Wyrm Purger Slay the Defiled Wyrm within The Defiled Keep. 68%
- Jack of All Trades Unlock every node in the Life Skills tree. 68%
- Emberfang Slay Emberfang atop The Cinder Crown. 67%
- Extinguish the Crown Slay the Lord of the Cinder atop The Cinder Crown. 66%
- City of Veldak Enter the City of Veldak for the first time. 65%
- Peak of Power Raise a character to level 70. 65%
- Clad in Legend Equip Legendary or better gear in all 12 equipment slots. 62%
- Into the Endless Realm Step into the Mythic Rift for the first time. 54%
- Catch of a Lifetime Land a Rare fish. 42%
- Forged to Perfection Upgrade any piece of equipment to +10. 25%
- Pinnacle: Sorcerer Beat Inferno difficulty as a Sorcerer. 25%
- Pinnacle: Warrior Beat Inferno difficulty as a Warrior. 23%
- Pinnacle: Hunter Beat Inferno difficulty as a Hunter. 15%
- Pinnacle: Monk Beat Inferno difficulty as a Monk. 10%