Fantasy Blacksmith
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (80%); after 4h it's 1 in 3 (32%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- Only 36% 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.
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Based on all 1,839 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 290 reviews: 17.2h for positive, 2.7h 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 (36.2% 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 (21)
- The beginning Complete tutorial stage 100%
- Iron Sell Iron Sword 61%
- Miner Dig up 100 pieces of ground 51%
- Copper Sell Copper Sword 41%
- Titan Sell Titan Sword 39%
- Tungsten Sell Tungsten Sword 25%
- Royal Castle Open royal castle location 22%
- Magic Boil a magic sword in the cauldron 20%
- Mithril Sell Mithril Sword 20%
- Silver Sell Silver Sword 19%
- Elandoor Sell Elandoor Sword 17%
- Gold Sell Gold Sword 14%
- Miner Expert Dig up 1000 pieces of ground 14%
- Just perfect Get perfect damascus 12%
- Great one Get 50`000 reputation 11%
- The Best Become the top 1 blacksmith 11%
- Magic staff Boil a magic staff in the cauldron 11%
- Maximum level Raise the highest 16 level of your character 10%
- Royal Sword Sell a sword for more than 10,000 8.6%
- The greatest Get 100`000 reputation 6.6%
- 4 Elements Make the sword with 4 elements 5.8%