Gordian Quest
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 15h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- 20% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Trouble In Westmire” (Complete Act I) and “The Lone And Level Sands” (Complete Act II): from 82% to 43% of starters.
- Only 39% 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 6,101 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 27.2h for positive, 10.4h 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 (38.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Trouble In Westmire Complete Act I. 82% −18
- The Lone And Level Sands Complete Act II. Most players quit here 43% −39
- Into The Maws Of Madness Complete Act III. 27% −16
- A Kingdom Adrift Complete Act IV. 20% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- Call To Power Activate a Shrine with 6 modifiers. 100%
- A Small Collection Unlock 5 Artifacts. 88%
- Trouble In Westmire Complete Act I. 82%
- Undefeated Complete an Act with all heroes alive in the party. 77%
- The Swordhand's Tenacity Take out 3 enemies in a single round with Lucius. 57%
- Eventful Complete 60 Events. 52%
- Keeping The Peace Kill 750 enemies. 52%
- The Scoundrel's Tricks Perform a 10 hit combo using Stab with Alphonse. 50%
- Weathered Boots Complete 50 Explorations. 47%
- The Lone And Level Sands Complete Act II. 43%
- Deep Pockets Spend a total of 10000 Gold. 43%
- Seeking Power Obtain 50 Legendary items. 34%
- All That Glitters Obtain 100 Rare items. 33%
- The Monk's Diligence Strike 5 times with a single use of Stroud's Surging Fist. 28%
- A Sizeable Collection Unlock 20 Artifacts. 27%
- Into The Maws Of Madness Complete Act III. 27%
- A Kingdom Adrift Complete Act IV. 20%
- Elemental Affinity Kill 250 enemies with Burn, Chill or Shock. 19%
- The Cleric's Blessing Heal 250 HP in a single battle with Catherin. 18%
- Unpredictable Effects Augment items 20 times. 17%
- The Bard's Vivacity Apply 100 or more Guard in a single turn with Naran. 15%
- Hero's Path Reach Level 60 with any hero. 13%
- A Helping Hand Use Synergy Stratagems 5 times in a single battle. 12%
- A Stunning Blow Deal 1000 damage in a single hit. 12%
- Precision Work Use Barnaby's Socket service 15 times. 12%
- The Druid's Wrath Have 3 or more summons alive at the same time. 11%
- Infused With Magic Use Wynne's Enchantment service 30 times. 10%
- Magnificent In Orange Equip a hero with Legendary items in all slots. 8.5%
- A Massive Collection Unlock 50 Artifacts. 8.2%
- Sights Unseen Use Kyreal's Exploration service 25 times. 8.0%
- Unity In Strength Use Synergy Stratagems 25 times. 8.0%
- Feeling Lucky Use Marco's Gamble service 50 times. 6.9%
- Powered Up Fill up all sockets on an item with Tier 3 runes. 6.9%
- To Dust Use Jun's Salvage service 75 times. 5.9%
- Tidy Profits Obtain a total of 7500 Gold by selling to merchants. 5.7%
- Realms Apart Reach Realm 10 or higher in Realm Mode (Endless). 4.1%
- The Spellbinder's Power Gain 9 Channel charges on Pierre. 4.1%
- Undefeated (Realm Mode) Complete Realm Mode (Quick) with all heroes alive in the party. 4.1%
- Paragon Reach 25 Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence on a hero. 3.9%
- Adder's Touch Kill 200 enemies with Poison. 3.3%
- Liberator of Worlds Clear 30 Realms. 3.3%
- Strength In Numbers Complete a Raid with 6 heroes. 2.6%
- The Warlock's Power Fill an enemy's side of the battlefield with Blood Pools. 2.6%
- The Ranger's Perfection Use Arrow of Judgement with 4 or more Arrow buffs active. 2.3%
- The Golemancer's Command Have 6 or more buffs on Rocky at the same time. 2.1%
- Mark of the Druid Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Ida on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.8%
- Mark of the Cleric Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Catherin on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.5%
- Mark of the Spellbinder Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Pierre on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.5%
- Mark of the Swordhand Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Lucius on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.5%
- Mark of the Warlock Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Kudo on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.5%
- Mark of the Bard Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Naran on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.3%
- Mark of the Monk Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Stroud on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.3%
- Mark of the Ranger Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Bertram on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.3%
- Mark of the Scoundrel Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Alphonse on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.3%
- Mark of the Golemancer Reach Realm 5 in Realm Mode with Jendaya on Nightmare difficulty or higher. 1.0%
- In And Out Complete Realm Mode (Quick) within 60 minutes. 0.8%