Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 20h it's 1 in 3 (39%).
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- 75% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Explorer 1” (Win mission 3 of Isstvan III) and “Explorer 2” (Win mission 6 of Isstvan III): from 100% to 82% of starters.
- Only 50% 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 3,324 Steam reviews in every language. 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 (49.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Explorer 1 Win mission 3 of Isstvan III 100%
- Explorer 2 Win mission 6 of Isstvan III Most players quit here 82% −18
- Explorer 3 Complete Isstvan III Campaign 75% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (24)
story milestone ending side
- Explorer 1 Win mission 3 of Isstvan III 100%
- Explorer 2 Win mission 6 of Isstvan III 82%
- Explorer 3 Complete Isstvan III Campaign 75%
- Contender 1 Login 3 days 63%
- Born to Lead 1 Play 3 normal games 62%
- Member of Society 1 Create or join a Lodge 58%
- Collector 1 Collect 100 different cards 56%
- Gallerist 1 Collect 20 different cosmetics 53%
- Member of Society 2 Register your username 53%
- Victorious 1 Win 5 Ranked games 53%
- Collector 2 Collect 150 different cards 49%
- Contender 2 Login 10 days 48%
- Gladiator 1 Reach 3 victories in an Event 48%
- Member of Society 3 Subscribe to the newsletter 45%
- Gallerist 2 Collect 50 different cosmetics 43%
- Collector 3 Collect 250 different cards 42%
- Contender 3 Login 30 days 39%
- Born to Lead 2 Play 50 normal games 39%
- Gallerist 3 Collect 120 different cosmetics 33%
- Gladiator 2 Reach 8 victories in an Event 32%
- Victorious 2 Win 100 Ranked games 28%
- Gladiator 3 Reach 12 victories in an Event 23%
- Born to Lead 3 Play 500 normal games 18%
- Victorious 3 Win 1000 Ranked games 9.9%