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Darksburg
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 54% of players who started
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 62% positive of 2,522
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 3h it's almost 1 in 3 (29%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- 54% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Here for the Ferry First Time” (Clear the Harbour for the first time) and “Flee Market” (Clear the Marketplace for the first time): from 89% to 69% 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 2,550 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 6.8h for positive, 4.8h 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 (81.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Here for the Ferry First Time Clear the Harbour for the first time. 89% −11
- Flee Market Clear the Marketplace for the first time. Most players quit here 69% −19
- Where the Scare Grows Clear the Faubourg for the first time. 58% −12
- Fresh Out of the Grave(yard) Clear the Graveyard for the first time. 52% −6
- Down With The Hierarchy! Defeat Baron Manfred Von Darksburg 54% +2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (69)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to Darksburg! Start your very first run through Darksburg! 100%
- Striking Gold You found your very first Dark! 98%
- A Mysterious Ore You found your very first Dreadium Ingot! 96%
- Keep 'Em Coming... Kill 500 Zombies 92%
- Here for the Ferry First Time Clear the Harbour for the first time. 89%
- Brain Over Brawn Defeat the Brute 88%
- My First Catch Defeat the Fishmonger 87%
- It Was No Ax-ccident Defeat the Executioner 87%
- What the Cluck?! Catch your very first Chicken! 81%
- Have Any Change? Gather an accumulated total of 500 Darks. 79%
- Didn't Even Break A Sweat Kill 1,000 Zombies 79%
- The First in a Long Series... Suffer your first defeat. Now, get up and try again! 74%
- Pocket Money! Gather an accumulated total of 1,000 Darks. 73%
- Flee Market Clear the Marketplace for the first time. 69%
- Is That All You've Got? Kill 2,500 Zombies 58%
- Where the Scare Grows Clear the Faubourg for the first time. 58%
- To Kill A Ravenbird Defeat the Raven Master 56%
- Curious Unlock your very first Curio! 55%
- An Explosive Entrance Destroy a barricade with a Powder Keg 54%
- Blowing Out The Candle Defeat the Burning Witch 54%
- Down With The Hierarchy! Defeat Baron Manfred Von Darksburg 54%
- Fresh Out of the Grave(yard) Clear the Graveyard for the first time. 52%
- When A Brute Force Meets An Immovable Object Defeat the Brute during his Heaume Run 51%
- Now You See Me Rescue a Survivor grabbed by the Executioner 48%
- Not So Big Now, Are You? Defeat the Brute 5 times 46%
- How Do You Like It, Huh?! Defeat the Executioner 5 times 46%
- We Have Normality Beat the game on Normal difficulty 46%
- Like Shooting Fishmongers In A Barrel Defeat the Fishmonger 5 times 45%
- I Didn't Choose The Zombie Slaying Life... Kill 5,000 Zombies 41%
- Fair Wages Gather an accumulated total of 10,000 Darks. 40%
- I'm Not Trapped In Here With You... Defeat the Fishmonger while being stuck in her net 37%
- What's That Smell? Get resurrected at an Outhouse 36%
- Air Control Defeat the Raven Master 5 times 30%
- This tomb will be... err.. YOUR tomb! So Manfred Von Darksburg defeated you, huh? So close! 29%
- Now You Don't Break the Executioner's rope by cutting the line of sight before choking 28%
- Hobbyist Collector Unlock 5 Curios (any rarity) 28%
- Firefighter Defeat the Burning Witch 5 times 28%
- Bomb Squad Defeat the Burning witch while she's channeling 'Fiery Temper' 26%
- I Get By With A Little Help... Play with 3 other players 26%
- Again and again and again and again! Kill 10,000 Zombies 24%
- Things are getting serious now Clear a run on Ascension 1 21%
- Better Together Win with 3 other players 18%
- Antique Hunter Unlock 10 Curios (any rarity) 14%
- It's only just begun Clear a run on Ascension 2 14%
- Hoarder's Delight Gather an accumulated total of 50,000 Darks. 14%
- The Hunter Becomes The Hunted Defeat the Executioner 25 times 13%
- How Many Times Do I Have To Teach You This Lesson? Defeat the Brute 25 times 13%
- Intensive Fishing Defeat the Fishmonger 25 times 13%
- Grindy-Grindy-Oh! Kill 20,000 Zombies 12%
- I meant to do that. One-shot the Raven Master 12%
- Choke The Raven, Forevermore Defeat the Raven Master 25 times 9.8%
- More challenges! Clear a run on Ascension 3 8.6%
- Witch Hunter Defeat the Burning Witch 25 times 8.5%
- Can't Spend It All In One Place Gather an accumulated total of 100,000 Darks. 6.7%
- Onward and upward! Clear a run on Ascension 4 6.5%
- Curiosity Trader Unlock 25 Curios (any rarity) 6.3%
- Halfway there! Clear a run on Ascension 5 6.0%
- Lock-and-load! Unlock all the loadout's slots and fill them with Curios! 5.5%
- Every Penny Counts Hit a whopping total of 10,000 Darks in a single run. Refrain from spending anything! 5.3%
- Am I The Only One Working Here? Revive all 3 teammates at the same time at an Outhouse 4.4%
- Into the darkness Clear a run on Ascension 6 4.2%
- Belly of the Whale Clear a run on Ascension 7 3.7%
- Custodian of the Cabinet Unlock 50 Curios (any rarity) 3.6%
- Escape From Darksburg Clear a run on Ascension 10 2.5%
- There's a Light Clear a run on Ascension 8 2.1%
- Almost there! Clear a run on Ascension 9 1.8%
- Owner of the Cabinet Unlock all the Curios in the Cabinet of Curiosity! 1.8%
- 2-for-1 Discount Cause a Powder Keg to explode and hit two Revenants at once 1.7%
- Ooooh, Look At Mr. Responsible Over Here Revive 100 times your Allies 0.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.