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Gladiator Guild Manager
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 16% of players who started
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 4,109
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 7h it's 1 in 7 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “First Taste Of Glory” (Completed the first arena: The Graveyard) and “Conquering The Winter” (Completed the Hollow Mountain Arena): from 98% to 46% of starters.
- 78% 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 4,150 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 10.5h for positive, 5.5h 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 (78.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- First Taste Of Glory Completed the first arena: The Graveyard 98% −2
- Conquering The Winter Completed the Hollow Mountain Arena Most players quit here 46% −52
- Championship Master Win all 12 arena championships 16% −30
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (51)
story milestone ending side
- Death Party Begins Killed first 20 enemies 100%
- First Taste Of Glory Completed the first arena: The Graveyard 98%
- Assassin Killed 20 enemies with one gladiator 91%
- Battle Veteran Had one gladiator fight in 20 battles 89%
- Death Show Killed 100 enemies 83%
- Executioner Killed 50 enemies with one gladiator 77%
- Going Professional Built a team of 10 gladiators 65%
- Good Employ Paid 200 gold of gladiator wages in one month 64%
- Troll Slain Killed Troll boss 61%
- Regular Tourist of Afterlife Had one gladiator die 10 times 57%
- The Spectacle of Death Killed 500 enemies 54%
- Conquering The Winter Completed the Hollow Mountain Arena 46%
- Undead Yeti Slain Killed Undead Yeti boss 45%
- Ancient Undead Slain Killed Ancient Undead boss 43%
- Plotting With Peasants Made a deal with peasants to sneak out gold from the Ancient Temple behind the Baronesses back 41%
- Adored Reached Adored reputation with any of the factions 41%
- Mountain Spider Slain Killed Frost Mountain Spider boss 39%
- Master of Arena Won 1 vs Many battle in Ring of Death arena 38%
- Clawbane Slain Killed Clawbane boss 26%
- Hollow Mountain Mystery Solved Helped Baroness handle the mysterious undead situation at Hollow Mountain 24%
- Chained Wyvern Slain Kill the Chained Wyvern boss 21%
- Exalted Get Exalted reputation with any faction 19%
- Steam Golem Slain Kill the Steam Golem boss 19%
- Peasant Rights Helped peasants gain better living standard 19%
- Gladiator Army Manager Built a team of 20 gladiators 19%
- Witch Investigator Joined a witch-burning council 18%
- Championship Master Win all 12 arena championships 16%
- Death Squad Killed 2000 enemies 15%
- Dark Side Helped High Necromancer to raise and send a small army of undead at Iron Town 15%
- Forest Behemoth Slain Kill the Forest Behemoth boss 15%
- Tentacle Fiend Slain Kill the Tentacle Fiend boss 14%
- Court Twist Betrayed High Necromancer by standing on the side of the people at the court instead of defending him 12%
- Running a Pet Shop Started a successful undead pet shop business 11%
- Going Into Music Business Sponsored bandits musical band 11%
- Strong Leader Won gold by holding onto the pull-up bar for two minutes while visiting the traveling fair 10%
- Damage Control Finish main quests with Baroness 8.5%
- High Voltage Juggernaut Slain Kill the High Voltage Juggernaut boss 8.5%
- Speedrunner Finish the last arena championship in 15 months or less 8.1%
- Doomgazer Slain Kill the Doomgazer boss 6.0%
- Long Live The High Necromancer Finish main quests with High Necromancer 4.5%
- Mana Tower Guardian Slain Kill the Mana Tower Guardian boss 4.5%
- Blaze Lich Slain Kill the Blaze Lich boss 4.2%
- Freedom For All Finish main quests with People 4.1%
- Taking Hostages With Good Intentions Helped Baroness get taxes from the people without spilling any blood 3.6%
- Pet-Friendly Guild Bought undead pets and kept them in your guild 2.7%
- Hard Speedrunner Finish the last arena championship in 15 months or less on Hard mode or higher 2.0%
- Indestructible Completed the Hollow Mountain Arena on Hard or higher difficulty with Perma-Death mode and Gold Compensation scale at 30% or lower. 1.4%
- Nightmare Speedrunner Finish the last arena championship in 15 months or less on Nightmare mode or higher 1.3%
- Vilified Get Vilified reputation with any faction 1.2%
- Hell Speedrunner Finish the last arena championship in 15 months or less on Hell mode or higher 1.0%
- Party of Heroes Finish all arena championships without having more than 6 gladiators in your team at any moment. 1.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.