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BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 20% of players who started
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 4,220
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (43%); after 10h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Declaration of War” (Cleared the "Tutorial Battle" in story mode) and “Raiders Captain”: from 100% to 56% of starters.
- 89% 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 4,254 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 11.4h for positive, 6h 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 (88.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Declaration of War Cleared the "Tutorial Battle" in story mode. 100%
- Raiders Captain Cleared "The Golden Age Arc Part 1" in Story Mode. Most players quit here 56% −43
- Separate Ways Cleared "The Golden Age Arc Part 2" in Story Mode. 43% −13
- The Struggler Cleared "The Golden Age Arc Part 3" in Story Mode. 35% −7
- Black Swordsman Cleared "The Black Swordsman" in Story Mode. 30% −5
- Hawk of Light Cleared "The Conviction Arc" in Story Mode. 26% −5
- Setting Sail Cleared "The Hawk of the Millennium Arc" in Story Mode. 20% −5
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- 100 Man Slayer Defeated 100 enemies at once in Frenzy Mode. 100%
- Declaration of War Cleared the "Tutorial Battle" in story mode. 100%
- 1,000 Man Slayer Defeated 1000 enemies in a single battle. 60%
- Raiders Captain Cleared "The Golden Age Arc Part 1" in Story Mode. 56%
- Separate Ways Cleared "The Golden Age Arc Part 2" in Story Mode. 43%
- Liberator Gallery achievements have reached 25% or more. 41%
- The Struggler Cleared "The Golden Age Arc Part 3" in Story Mode. 35%
- Black Swordsman Cleared "The Black Swordsman" in Story Mode. 30%
- 10,000 Man Slayer Total number of Obliterated enemies has reached 10,000. 27%
- Hawk of Light Cleared "The Conviction Arc" in Story Mode. 26%
- Causality Scholar Finished all of the events. 21%
- Avenger Defeated all of the large Apostles with Guts. 21%
- Setting Sail Cleared "The Hawk of the Millennium Arc" in Story Mode. 20%
- Abyss Challenger Delved 25 layers in the Endless Eclipse. 16%
- Abyss Explorer Delved 50 layers in the Endless Eclipse. 12%
- The Swordmaster One of the characters has reached their maximum level. 12%
- Music Lover Collected all of the BGM. 11%
- Abyss Champion Delved 75 layers in the Endless Eclipse. 11%
- Lock Master Completed first original Picture. 11%
- Nosferatu Transformed 3 times in one battle as Zodd. 9.1%
- Abyss Conqueror Delved 100 layers in the Endless Eclipse. 8.4%
- Elf Dimension Style Secret Keeper Won more than 50 battles together with Puck. 8.2%
- 100,000 Man Slayer Total number of enemies defeated has reached 100,000. 7.3%
- Woman-warrior Defeated 1,000 enemies in one battle as Casca. 6.7%
- Elf Dimension Style Pupil Gained more than 1 point in Becchi Catch. 6.1%
- Wish Fulfiller Fulfiled 50% of the desires in the Endless Eclipse mode. 5.8%
- Victory Cry Have won battles with all playable characters. 4.8%
- Enjoy and Excite! Defeated 1,000 enemies in one battle as Wyald. 4.8%
- Apprentice Witch Summoned 10 golems in one battle as Schierke. 4.6%
- Berserker Defeated all of the large Apostles on BERSERK difficulty level. 3.9%
- Secret feelings Rescued Casca once from a dire battle as Judeau. 3.5%
- Stable Master Collected all of the Warhorses. 3.4%
- Gatherer Collected all of the portable items. 3.4%
- Absolute Lock Master Completed all of the original Pictures. 3.3%
- Jeweler Collected all of the accessories. 3.1%
- Loyal Servant Rescued Farnese once from a dire battle as Serpico. 3.1%
- True Liberator Gallery achievements have reached 100%. 3.0%
- Apostle Lord Defeated all of the large Apostles with Griffith. 3.0%
- The Desired Fulfiled 100% of the desires in the Endless Eclipse mode. 2.7%
- True Berserk Acquired all trophies. 2.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.