ActionAdventureRPG
Hogwarts Legacy
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 28% of players who started
Started playing 92% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 375,843
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 20h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 28% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “That's a Keeper” (Meet Charles Rookwood in the Map Chamber) and “The Hero of Hogwarts” (Defeat Ranrok): from 59% to 28% of starters.
- 92% 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 377,641 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 21.8h for positive, 17.5h 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 (92.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Sort Who Makes an Entrance Complete the introduction and finish the Sorting Ceremony 100%
- First Class Student Attend your first class 92% −8
- Troll with the Punches Survive the troll attack on Hogsmeade 83% −8
- A Keen Sense of Spell Invoke Ancient Magic for the first time 77% −6
- That's a Keeper Meet Charles Rookwood in the Map Chamber 59% −18
- The Hero of Hogwarts Defeat Ranrok Most players quit here 28% −31
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (45)
story milestone ending side
- The Sort Who Makes an Entrance Complete the introduction and finish the Sorting Ceremony 100%
- First Class Student Attend your first class 92%
- Troll with the Punches Survive the troll attack on Hogsmeade 83%
- A Keen Sense of Spell Invoke Ancient Magic for the first time 77%
- A Talent for Spending Spend 5 Talent Points 66%
- That's a Keeper Meet Charles Rookwood in the Map Chamber 59%
- Loom for Improvement Upgrade a piece of gear 50%
- Followed the Butterflies Follow butterflies to a treasure 49%
- Challenge Accepted Complete all tiers of a challenge 42%
- The Defender of Dragons Save a dragon 40%
- Coasting Along Visit Poidsear Coast 36%
- The Spell Master Learn all spells 35%
- The Hallowed Hero Wield a Deathly Hallow 34%
- The One Who Mastered Memories View all Pensieve memories 30%
- Grappling with a Graphorn Subdue the Lord of the Shore 30%
- Raising Expectations Reach a combo of 100 29%
- The Hero of Hogwarts Defeat Ranrok 28%
- Rising From the Ashes Rescue the phoenix 27%
- The Toast of the Town Find the Map Chamber as a Slytherin 25%
- Flight the Good Flight Beat Imelda's time in all broom races 24%
- The Root of the Problem Stun 10 different enemies using a Mandrake 24%
- A Sallow Grave Complete Sebastian Sallow's relationship line 22%
- The Wise Owl Find the Map Chamber as a Ravenclaw 22%
- The Gryffindor in the Graveyard Find the Map Chamber as a Gryffindor 21%
- Third Time's a Charm Upgrade a piece of gear 3 times 21%
- The Avenging Gazelle Complete Natsai Onai's relationship line 21%
- Beast Friends Complete Poppy Sweeting's relationship line 20%
- The Ends Petrify the Means Defeat a total of fifty enemies using Petrificus Totalus 20%
- Going Through the Potions Brew every type of potion 19%
- The Seeker of Knowledge Win the House Cup 16%
- Put Down Roots Grow every type of plant 15%
- Room with a View Reach the highest point in the castle, the Headmaster's upper study 14%
- The Auror's Apprentice Find the Map Chamber as a Hufflepuff 13%
- The Intrepid Explorer Discover all cairn dungeons 11%
- Floo Around the World Unlock all Floo Flames 10%
- Rise to the Challenges Defeat enemies in all battle arenas 7.7%
- Spilled Milk Use Flipendo ten times – to tip one cow or several 7.3%
- A Forte for Achievement Reach Level 40 6.8%
- Savvy Spender Spend all Talent Points 6.5%
- Demiguise Dread Find all Demiguise statues 6.5%
- The Good Samaritan Complete all side quests 6.3%
- Finishing Touches Use Ancient Magic on every enemy in the game 5.3%
- Merlin's Beard! Complete all Merlin Trials 4.3%
- The Nature of the Beast Breed every type of beast 3.9%
- Collector's Edition Complete all collections 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.