RPG
Outward Definitive Edition
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 96% of owners
Steam reviews 73% positive of 31,606
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (72%); after 35h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 96% 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 31,772 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 35.9h for positive, 3.7h 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 (96.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (72)
story milestone ending side
- Fresh Off the Boat Start a new character. 100%
- Venture Outward Leave Cierzo. 77%
- Ready for Winter Reach 20 Cold Weather Def. 68%
- Ready for Summer Reach 20 Hot Weather Def. 54%
- Hook, Line and...Harpoon? Use a Fishing Harpoon to fish. 52%
- Take my Hand! Reanimate another player. 42%
- Cordon Bleu Craft a cooking recipe with 4 ingredients. 37%
- Tapped! Gain Mana from the Conflux Mountain. 33%
- Motherlode Find a gem while mining ore. 31%
- Canadian Hotel Camp outside while it snows. 28%
- Eureka Use a Breakthrough Point. 27%
- Scourge Slayer Kill a Shell Horror. 21%
- Science, Troglodyte! Craft an alchemy recipe with 4 ingredients. 19%
- Exceptional Skill Learn all the skills and passives you can from one Skill Tree. 18%
- Home Sweet Home Purchase a house in one of the cities. 16%
- The Power of Family Join the Blue Chamber faction. 15%
- Encyclopedic! Learn 50 new recipes. 13%
- Circle of Life Obtain Firefly Powder from the source. 13%
- Apex Predator Kill a Manticore. 13%
- A Fortress Toppled! Complete the parallel quest of the Blue Chamber. 12%
- The Power of Faith Join the Holy Mission faction. 12%
- Never Saw it Coming Craft a Tripwire Trap. 9.9%
- The Power of Freedom Join the Heroic Kingdom faction. 9.1%
- Please, see a doctor! Reach Corruption level Defiled 7.8%
- Bones of my Enemy Craft a Manticore Greatmace, Horror Bow, Horror Axe or Horror Shield 7.5%
- Damage control Complete the first quest of the Blue Chamber. 7.2%
- Strange amalgams Kill a Pure Illuminator. 5.9%
- Ace Detective Complete the parallel quest of the Holy Mission. 5.2%
- Inside Job Complete the first quest of the Heroic Kingdom. 5.1%
- Tears of light Complete the first quest of the Holy Mission, while keeping the Lighthouse. 5.0%
- Say Hello to my Big Friend! Complete the second quest of the Blue Chamber. 4.8%
- Gift from the Ancestors Recover an item you stored in a Legacy Chest. 4.7%
- House of Cards Complete the parallel quest of the Heroic Kingdom. 4.6%
- A Candle Snuffed out Complete the second quest of the Holy Mission. 4.0%
- Desert Justice Complete the second quest of the Heroic Kingdom. 3.9%
- Laid to Rest Complete the third quest of the Blue Chamber. 3.7%
- Magic is a science Enchant your first piece of gear. 3.6%
- Ancestor's Pride Complete the fourth quest of the Blue Chamber. 3.3%
- The power of ambition Join the Sorobor Academy Faction. 3.2%
- Hold my Mead and Watch This Have each boon active on you at the same time. 3.1%
- Origin Story Complete the third quest of the Holy Mission. 3.1%
- Food for the Hungry Complete the third quest of the Heroic Kingdom. 3.0%
- Let ‘em eat magma! Gain access to construction in New Sirocco. 3.0%
- Blood and justice Complete the parallel quest of Sorobor Academy. 2.7%
- Light of Levant Complete the fourth quest of the Heroic Kingdom. 2.7%
- For All Aurai Complete the fourth quest of the Holy Mission. 2.6%
- The stuff of legends. Awaken an Artifact’s Ascended form. 2.6%
- Memory of a legend Overcome an Unknown Arena. 2.2%
- Perfect Defense Equip an entire set of Tsar Armor. 2.1%
- Put it Out! Use the Throw Lantern skill 5 times. 2.1%
- We can rebuild. Complete the first quest of the Caldera Questline. 2.0%
- Accomplice to conspiracy Complete the first quest of Sorobor Academy. 1.9%
- Ritual Experimentation Enchant 5 pieces of gear. 1.9%
- Heart of the Volcano. Complete the second quest of the Caldera Questline. 1.6%
- Absolutely sublime! Cook Angel Food Cake. 1.5%
- A curse, lifted. Complete the Third quest of the Caldera Questline. 1.2%
- A line crossed Complete the second quest of Sorobor Academy. 1.2%
- This was a mistake... You should have let them sleep… 1.2%
- Light the fuses! Complete the third quest of Sorobor Academy. 1.1%
- Crowd Pleaser. Emerge victorious from the Calygrey arena 3 times. 1.0%
- Power! To! The People! Complete the fourth quest of the Caldera Questline. 1.0%
- Your actions define you Complete the fourth quest of Sorobor Academy. 1.0%
- They'll Tell Stories About This Finish a quest line without ever being defeated. 0.8%
- Master of Aurai Finish all 3 quest lines. 0.7%
- The blood is life Discover the secret of Vampiric Weapons. 0.7%
- Vanquisher of nightmares Overcome 5 different Unknown Arenas. 0.7%
- Fruit of the land. Find one of each of the special sample items. 0.6%
- Hunter of Monsters. Craft a full set of Slayer Armor. 0.5%
- Pop THIS cherry! Wear a full set of enchanted Virgin Armor. 0.5%
- Through fire and flame. Fully complete the Settlement (6 fully upgraded Specialized Buildings). 0.5%
- Legacy of a master hunter Assemble all of Zhorn’s Hunting Equipment. 0.4%
- The Absolute Pinnacle. Clear all 4 Hidden Arenas in the Caldera Region. 0.3%
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