Hours played
How long do people play Bastion?
Half of its Steam reviewers had played 8.5 hours or less when they gave their verdict. The middle half sat between 5 hours and 15 hours.
First 2 h
83% recommend
2–5 h
92% recommend
5–10 h
96% recommend
10–20 h
98% recommend
20–50 h
99% recommend
50–100 h
99% recommend
100–200 h
200–500 h
500 h and up
One token is 1% of its Steam reviews, standing at the hours its author had played. Amber recommends it, red does not. Counted from about 38,200 Steam reviews, by the hours each author had played when they wrote theirs. It is not a time to beat.
Does Bastion hold up?
It holds steady: between 92% and 99% recommend it at every stage past the first two hours.
The refund window
Do the first two hours of Bastion tell you?
10% of its reviews were written inside Steam's two-hour refund window, and 83% of those recommend it. After the window, 97% do. Of the players who gave it a thumbs-down, 65% were already past the window; the typical thumbs-down came 3.5 hours in.
Out of every 20 thumbs-down, 7 came while a refund was still possible and 13 after the window had closed.
Seal
Bastion holds up
Holds up
At least 91% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 100 hours played.
Earned when at least 90% of a game's Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage past the first two hours, counted over three or more stages of 200 reviews each, with no stage 5 points below an earlier one. Every game that holds it.
Made this game? Put the seal on your site
<a href="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/bastion#seals"><img src="https://www.videogamebacklog.com/game/bastion/seal/holds-up.png" width="160" height="160" alt="Bastion: Holds up. At least 91% of its Steam reviewers recommend it at every stage from 2 to 100 hours played."></a>Where players stop
How far do players get in Bastion?
84% of the players who launched Bastion hold The Stranger, its first story achievement on Steam, and 31% hold The Ura, its last. The steepest drop comes between The Stranger (84%) and The Survivor (57%).
Launched it
100%
The Stranger
Complete the Wharf District
84% hold it
The wall · 26 of every 100 get no further
The Survivor
Complete the Hanging Gardens and speak with the Survivor in the Bastion
57% hold it
The Singer
Complete Prosper Bluff and speak with the Singer in the Bastion
45% hold it
The Ura
Stop the siege on the Bastion
31% hold it
One token is 1 of every 100 players who launched it, standing at the last story achievement they hold. Red stopped at the wall, amber hold the last one. Steam's global achievement stats count everyone who ever launched the game, people still playing included. They are not a finish rate.
Everyone's copy
14 of 36 copies here were never launched
In 36 libraries here. 14 never launched it; the typical player who did put in 1 h. 2 finished it.
Name 100
How well it's remembered
Named in 1.6% of Name 100 runs, about 1 in 63: people remember it when asked to name 100 games from memory.