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It Lurks Below
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 24% of owners
Steam reviews 82% positive of 1,290
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- 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 1,299 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 15.1h for positive, 4.5h 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 (24.2% 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 (20)
- The Most Vile Kill Commander Vile 100%
- Unique Complete Loot a unique item 64%
- The Most Bling Each equipped armor has a socketed crystal 62%
- Cables are Forever Create a character with one eye 54%
- Hoarders Unanimous Solutions Sell 100 items for money 44%
- It had to be Slimes Kill 200 small slimes of any color 39%
- Foodie Cook 50 food recipes 38%
- Bottom Dweller Reach the bottom of the dungeon 36%
- Bring the Blood Rain Defeat It 29%
- Which Portal is this? Enter a portal in the dungeon 26%
- Sharing Create a shared town 25%
- Multiple Dimensions! Reset the dungeon using a World Book 24%
- Berries for Life Plant 20 berry bushes 24%
- Mooo for me Create the barn 23%
- Dapper Equip a cosmetic hat 22%
- Princess of Lurking Create a character with bun hair 17%
- Enlightenment Activate 10 shrines 11%
- Handle It Equip the whelp pet 9.9%
- Well Read Use 10 enchantment books 9.9%
- You're Digging this! Craft every type of pickaxe 6.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.