The Unliving

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 923 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 7.9h for positive, 2.9h 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 (98.6% 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 (69)

• Honor for Him Kill an enemy with a basic or scythe attack 100%
• First of Many Raise an undead 100%
• Precious Fluid Use blood for a spell or rune 96%
• Life Die Twice Lose a Lifespark without dying 95%
• By My Own Hand Kill 25 enemies with a basic or scythe attack 88%
• Rotting Centurion Raise 100 undead 78%
• Calcium Lump Use bone for a spell or rune 71%
• Speck of Consciousness Use an echo for a spell or rune 70%
• Undead parade Raise 250 undead 63%
• Execution Kill 100 enemies with a basic or scythe attack 61%
• Curiosity of life Lose 5 Lifesparks without dying 60%
• Apotheosis of War Beat the first boss 50%
• Undead Legion Raise 1,000 undead 50%
• Recovery Restore a Grimoire entry 49%
• Foundation of magick Spend 1,500 Lifeforce 48%
• Dead? Weather a death 47%
• Simple and effective Kill 50 enemies with Hexbolt 45%
• Dedication Use HP to cast a spell 42%
• My bones, from buried Giant Secure the Bone Essence of the Necromancer 31%
• Meaning of life Lose 25 Lifesparks without dying 29%
• Green energy Spend 5,000 Lifeforce 28%
• Tool of recruiting Kill 150 enemies with Hexbolt 27%
• Necromancy 101 Restore 10 Grimoire entries 27%
• Returned Weather death 3 times 23%
• Greatest army Raise 4,000 undead 23%
• Flower Lady Beat the second boss 22%
• Slaughter Kill 500 enemies with a basic or scythe attack 16%
• Instrument of pain Kill 300 enemies with Hexbolt 16%
• Firepower Kill 100 enemies with Spell Barrage 15%
• Undepleating source Spend 15,000 Lifeforce 12%
• Unliving Hordes Raise 9,000 undead 12%
• Enjoing the life Lose 75 Lifesparks without dying 11%
• Protector of Faith Beat the third boss 11%
• My blood, from veins of Monster Secure the Blood Essence of the Necromancer 9.8%
• Arts of flesh and bone Restore 30 Grimoire entries 8.6%
• Boar hunting Kill 80 enemies with Atlatl 8.1%
• Third time pays for all Kill 600 enemies with Hexbolt 7.8%
• Surpression tool Kill 300 enemies with Spell Barrage 6.9%
• Forbidden Knowledge Restore 50 Grimoire entries 6.6%
• Unbrekable Weather death 7 times 6.1%
• No living remained Raise 15,000 undead 6.1%
• Spear of Fate Kill 230 enemies with Atlatl 5.3%
• Triforce of power Kill 1,000 enemies with Hexbolt 4.6%
• My life, from hands of Betrayer Secure the Lifeforce Essence of the Necromancer 4.0%
• Law of Equivalent Exchange Spend 35,000 Lifeforce 3.9%
• Stolen life Lose 150 Lifesparks without dying 3.8%
• Gáe Bulg Kill 450 enemies with Atlatl 3.4%
• Nihil Supernum Beat the final boss 3.4%
• Myriad of wounds Kill 600 enemies with Spell Barrage 3.2%
• My soul, conqured from God Secure the Echo Essence of the Necromancer 2.8%
• Darkest Magick Restore 70 Grimoire entries 2.2%
• Apostate Beat the final boss with Vow of Deicide active at level 2 2.1%
• Gungnir Kill 900 enemies with Atlatl 1.9%
• Blasphemous Beat the final boss with Vow of Deicide active at level 3 1.5%
• Never enough Kill 1,200 enemies with Spell Barrage 1.4%
• Alchemical immortality Lose 250 Lifesparks without dying 1.3%
• The Heretic Beat the final boss with Vow of Deicide active at level 4 1.2%
• Longinius Kill 1,500 enemies with Atlatl 1.2%
• Return of the Dark King Restore 110 Grimoire entries 1.0%
• Deicide Beat the final boss with Vow of Deicide active at level 5 1.0%
• The Death Beat the final boss with Vow of Deicide active at level 6 0.9%
• This one is probably the last Raise 42,000 undead 0.9%
• A life for a life Spend 90,000 Lifeforce 0.8%
• Immortal Weather death 15 times 0.8%
• Unlimited power Kill 2,000 enemies with Spell Barrage 0.8%
• Majra will be pleased Lose 400 Lifesparks without dying 0.5%
• Lazarus Weather death 30 times 0.3%
• The Lord of the Dead Weather death 50 times 0.3%
• The Unliving Weather death 100 times 0.3%