Gloomhaven
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 20h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
- 13% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Who's the Boss?” (Defeat the Bandit Commander in Campaign) and “From Gloom, only greed and death emerges” (Defeat the Gloom in Campaign): from 80% to 13% of starters.
- Only 45% 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 16,264 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 43.6h for positive, 10.9h 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 (45.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Who's the Boss? Defeat the Bandit Commander in Campaign 80% −20
- From Gloom, only greed and death emerges Defeat the Gloom in Campaign Most players quit here 13% −67
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (61)
story milestone ending side
- I'm not dead yet Complete a scenario without any mercenary in your party exhausting 100%
- Overkill Attack for 20 or more damage in a single attack 100%
- Vaccine Incoming Heal more than 60 hit points as a party in a scenario 89%
- Who's the Boss? Defeat the Bandit Commander in Campaign 80%
- Get over here! Have the brute in your party use Push or Pull actions 6 or more times in a scenario 79%
- A normal day in Gloomhaven Complete a scenario in Normal difficulty or higher 77%
- Spread the plague Kill an enemy with four or more negative conditions 70%
- Just when I thought I was out... Recover 7 burned cards with Spellweaver actions in a round 67%
- Mine... All Mine... Have the Scoundrel in your party loot 14 or more gold piles in a scenario 56%
- Grizzled veteran Retire a mercenary 47%
- Anatomy Lesson Inflict 4 or more different negative conditions with the Tinkerer actions in a scenario 46%
- Precious! Enhance your first card 45%
- Caught off guard Defeat the Inox Bodyguards in Campaign 45%
- Augmented rat Use 5 or more Augments with the Mindthief in a scenario 44%
- You activated my trap card! Activate 3 or more traps in a round 39%
- Merchant of doom Defeat Jekserah in Campaign 36%
- Light of my life Have the Sunkeeper buff allies 10 or more times in a scenario 36%
- Obstacle race Place 6 or more obstacles with the Cragheart in a scenario 35%
- Doom and gloom Kill 10 or more Doomed enemies in a scenario with Doomstalker 26%
- Dungeon Veteran Have 5 mercenaries in retire in a single Campaign 26%
- I hate portals Defeat the Prime Demon in Campaign 25%
- The Rat King Defeat the Merciless Overseer in Campaign 24%
- Pain is your friend Use 10 or more abilities that damage yourself with the Berserker in a scenario 24%
- Play it again, Sam Use 5 or more Songs in the same scenario with the Soothsinger 23%
- Add a bit of colour Defeat the Colorless in Campaign 23%
- Black death Poison 10 or more enemies with the Plagueherald in a scenario 22%
- Pack leader Use 5 or more summon actions with the Summoner in a scenario 22%
- Quad damage Have the Quartermaster in your party do 4 or more attack actions in a single round 19%
- Power Up! Have a party of 4 mercenaries with at least one enhanced card each 18%
- Down the hatch Defeat the Winged Horror in Campaign 18%
- Now you see me... Have the Nightshroud kill 8 or more enemies while invisible in a scenario 18%
- An eye for an eye Defeat the Sightless Eye in Campaign 17%
- The Cephalophore Defeat the Dark Rider in Campaign 16%
- An axe to grind Have the Hatchet use The Favourite in 5 or more attacks in a scenario 16%
- The Pro from Dover Give 10 or more Medical Packs or Large Medical Packs in a scenario 15%
- How to train your Drake Defeat the Elder Drake in Campaign 14%
- Pretty lights! Consume at least one of each element with Elementalist during a scenario 14%
- From Gloom, only greed and death emerges Defeat the Gloom in Campaign 13%
- Captain hooked Defeat the Captain of the Guard in Campaign 12%
- New Blood Win a scenario with only mercenaries from Jaws of the Lion in your party 11%
- Grin and bear it Have the Beast Tyrant's Bear do 100 or more damage and kill 6 or more enemies in a scenario 9.7%
- The evil that men do Defeat the Blood Tumor in the Jaws of the Lion 9.5%
- Master Assassin Have a mercenary in your party deal more than 200 damage in a scenario 9.0%
- Betray this Defeat the Betrayer 8.8%
- The Sniper Win a scenario dealing no Melee damage 8.8%
- MacReady Steady.. Go! Defeat the Blood Horror in the Jaws of the Lion 8.8%
- Spoiler police! Unlock all the mercenaries in a single campaign 7.7%
- Born Support Have the VoidWarden grant 10 or more actions to other mercenaries in a scenario 5.7%
- Beware my power Defeat the First of the Order in the Jaws of the Lion 3.7%
- The Pacifist Complete a scenario without any mercenary in your party killing an enemy 3.5%
- Pull out the big guns Level up to 5 or more with all the new Jaws of the Lion classes 3.5%
- Crimson Tornado Have the Red Guard damage enemies 10 or more times with the Sand Devil in a scenario 3.5%
- The Jaws of victory! Loot all the treasure chests from Jaws of the Lion scenarios 2.9%
- Murder Death Kill Have the Demolitionist destroy 8 or more obstacles in a scenario 2.2%
- The Cartographer Complete all Travel missions in Guildmaster 2.0%
- A tough job Complete a Job mission in Brutal difficulty or higher 1.3%
- A cult following Defeat the High Cultist in Guildmaster 1.1%
- Over your dead body Defeat the Undead Commander in Guildmaster 1.1%
- Hard-travelling Heroes Complete all Jaws of The Lion side scenarios 0.9%
- The Guildmaster Complete "It's all just a game" scenario in Guildmaster 0.7%
- Lara Who? Complete all Relic Scenarios in Guildmaster 0.7%