A Plague Tale: Innocence
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What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 10h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The de Rune Legacy” (Complete chapter 1) and “The Strangers” (Complete chapter 2): from 100% to 92% of starters.
- 82% 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 73,933 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 11.5h for positive, 10.7h 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 (82.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The de Rune Legacy Complete chapter 1 100%
- The Strangers Complete chapter 2 Most players quit here 92% −8
- Retribution Complete chapter 3 88% −4
- The Apprentice Complete chapter 4 80% −7
- The Ravens' Spoils Complete chapter 5 75% −5
- Damaged Goods Complete chapter 6 73% −2
- The Path Before Us Complete chapter 7 70% −3
- Our Home Complete chapter 8 68% −1
- In the Shadow of Ramparts Complete chapter 9 65% −3
- The Way of Roses Complete chapter 10 63% −1
- Alive Complete chapter 11 63%
- All That Remains Complete chapter 12 62% −1
- Penance Complete chapter 13 61%
- Blood Ties Complete chapter 14 60% −1
- Remembrance Complete chapter 15 58% −2
- Coronation Complete chapter 16 54% −4
- Knights! Complete all chapters 50% −3
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
- The de Rune Legacy Complete chapter 1 100%
- The Strangers Complete chapter 2 92%
- Retribution Complete chapter 3 88%
- The Apprentice Complete chapter 4 80%
- The Ravens' Spoils Complete chapter 5 75%
- Damaged Goods Complete chapter 6 73%
- The Path Before Us Complete chapter 7 70%
- Our Home Complete chapter 8 68%
- In the Shadow of Ramparts Complete chapter 9 65%
- The Way of Roses Complete chapter 10 63%
- Alive Complete chapter 11 63%
- Alchemist Craft 100 ammunitions 63%
- All That Remains Complete chapter 12 62%
- Penance Complete chapter 13 61%
- Blood Ties Complete chapter 14 60%
- Remembrance Complete chapter 15 58%
- Coronation Complete chapter 16 54%
- Knights! Complete all chapters 50%
- The Blacksmith Find Rodric's forge 34%
- Herbalist Find 6 flowers 34%
- Tribute Find the tomb 32%
- More practice Complete the aiming training 27%
- Merciful Save the dying 27%
- Savior Save a soldier 23%
- Feeding the hungry Find a lunch for Hugo 22%
- Not a toy anymore Fully upgrade the sling 20%
- Curiosities hunter Find 13 curiosities 19%
- Handfull of pockets Fully upgrade the equipment 15%
- The hard way Enter through the main door 13%
- Found! Play hide-and-seek 11%
- Resource sharing Enter into the 5 alchemist carts 9.4%
- Big sister Find all the gifts for the orphans 7.3%
- Captain Sidekick Stay with the captain 7.3%
- Botanist Find all the flowers 7.1%
- Curiosities collector Find all curiosities 6.8%