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Bastard Bonds
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 24% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 890
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 20h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 24% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 890 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 13.6h for positive, 2.9h 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 (23.6% 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 (25)
- Bastard Buds Earn someone's trust. 100%
- The Final Form? Ruin a powerful weapon. 53%
- No Friend of Mine Let someone down. 52%
- The Perfect Body Obtain a Devil Adonis. 30%
- All the Pretty Colours Complete the Eccentric Smith's project. 28%
- The One from Before Restore the proper flow of time. 18%
- Thou Art Beholden Have an audience with a Demon Lord. 18%
- Swim Toward the Light Save Captain Logus. 17%
- Remorse Forge the brothers' emblems together. 16%
- The Torch Reconnect the estranged couple. 15%
- Long Way Down Rescue a hapless friend. 12%
- Golden Bond Attend a friend's second wedding. 11%
- Sleeping Giant Don't let anybody sleep on the floor. 11%
- The Island Mourns Destroy Leviathan and escape from Lukatt 11%
- Unlimited Obtain the darkest arcane power. 11%
- Please, May I? Teach a friend some proper manners. 10%
- King Eagle Decide who wins the contest. 9.3%
- The Island Awakens Pacify Leviathan and conquer Lukatt. 9.3%
- Broken Mirror Second-Guess a friend's history. 8.5%
- In Their Cups Get left out of a game. 8.5%
- A Cruel Moon Tear open an old wound. 7.6%
- Sovereign Star Find the acoustic sweet spot. 7.6%
- Not for Sale Disrupt a shady business operation. 7.2%
- Not my Kind Sooth the fears of a monster. 7.2%
- What She Wanted Vent about past regrets. 3.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.