Valfaris
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (40%); after 7h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 12% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Trash Compactor” (Defeat the Junk Gargoyle): only 46% of starters get there.
- 94% 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 2,886 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 7.8h for positive, 1.2h 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 (93.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Trash Compactor Defeat the Junk Gargoyle. Most players quit here 46% −54
- Just Another Bug Hunt Defeat the Bloodstalker Queen. 34% −13
- Rust In Peace Defeat the Exterminator. 24% −10
- Gelatinous Splatimous Defeat Lord Jylskel. 19% −5
- Blood Brothers Defeat Itnan. 17% −2
- Heavy Metal Defeat the Ironclad Desolator. 15% −2
- Hammer Of The Gods Defeat Furrok. 14% −1
- Son Of Valfaris Defeat Hydravok. 12% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (35)
story milestone ending side
- Get Used To It Die for the first time. 100%
- I Seek Power Upgrade a weapon for the first time. 49%
- Trash Compactor Defeat the Junk Gargoyle. 46%
- Take Them Down Slash and destroy 40 projectiles in a single playthrough. 36%
- Just Another Bug Hunt Defeat the Bloodstalker Queen. 34%
- Slain! Die 50 times. 31%
- Here Comes Revenge Hit an enemy with a Shield Counter-Blast 25 times in a single playthrough. 25%
- Rust In Peace Defeat the Exterminator. 24%
- Megadeath Kill 1000 enemies in a single playthrough. 20%
- Gelatinous Splatimous Defeat Lord Jylskel. 19%
- That’ll Leave a Mark Drop the wrecking ball on the Junk Gargoyle. 17%
- Blood Brothers Defeat Itnan. 17%
- Be Quick Or Be Dead Parry an enemy melee attack 15 times in a single playthrough. 16%
- Heavy Metal Defeat the Ironclad Desolator. 15%
- Hammer Of The Gods Defeat Furrok. 14%
- Crate Worse Than Death Destroy 60 crates in a single playthrough. 14%
- Son Of Valfaris Defeat Hydravok. 12%
- Hand Cannon Fully upgrade a pistol weapon. 11%
- Giddy Up! Motivate a Stone Worm in the Worm Tunnels 10 times during a single ride. 11%
- Forged From Blood Fully upgrade a melee weapon. 11%
- Powerslave Fully upgrade a destroyer weapon. 10%
- Risk Versus Reward Exchange 15 Resurrection Idols for Blood Metals in a single playthrough. 6.0%
- Breadth Over Depth Upgrade 10 different weapons at least once in a single playthrough. 3.9%
- One Man Army Find every weapon. 3.3%
- Headbanger Parry Hydravok’s heads 3 times in a single life. 3.1%
- Eight Worms A-Leaping Kill all 8 leaping Swamp Worms in the Eco-Dome. 2.8%
- Coup De Grace Kill Furrok by delivering the final blow with his own flaming hammers. 2.6%
- Right Back ‘Atcha Kill 10 Hive Workers by reflecting their gunk balls back at them in a single life. 2.5%
- Bringer Of Darkness Destroy 70 lights in a single playthrough. 2.1%
- Livin’ On The Edge Finish the Landing Pad without activating any checkpoints. 2.0%
- More Metal than Man Finish the game in Full Metal Mode. 1.9%
- Sparks Will Fly Destroy all 9 Tetra Sentries in the Power Chambers in a single life. 1.8%
- No Hiding Place Discover every secret area. 1.7%
- Speed King Complete the game in under 2 hours. 1.5%
- Lord Of Metal Finish the game with 10 or fewer deaths. 1.5%