A Legionary's Life
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 10h it's almost 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 54% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Carthago Nova” (Survive the siege of New Carthage) and “Triumph” (Finish the game): from 100% to 54% of starters.
- 90% 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 2,524 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 20.1h for positive, 5.8h 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 (90.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Carthago Nova Survive the siege of New Carthage. 100%
- Triumph Finish the game. Most players quit here 54% −46
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- Carthago Nova Survive the siege of New Carthage. 100%
- Tesserarius Reach the rank of Tesserarius. 87%
- As Skilled As An Average Professional Reach at least 50 in both the Sword and the Shield Skills. 78%
- Distinguished Win a Bronze Armilla. 76%
- Duelist Win a Cup. 69%
- Optio Reach the rank of Optio. 67%
- Centurio Posterior Reach the rank of Centurio Posterior. 61%
- Prominent Win a Silver Armilla. 60%
- Veteran Survive one game. 58%
- Excellence Reach at least 71 in both the Sword and the Shield Skills. 56%
- Triumph Finish the game. 54%
- Centurio Prior Reach the rank of Centurio Prior. 53%
- Sharpshooter Win a javelin contest. 49%
- Hero Win a Gold Armilla. 49%
- Wrestler Defeat Epidius. 48%
- Full Podium Win a Bronze, Silver and Gold Armilla in one game. 47%
- Skeptic Offer a sacrifice to the gods, but doubt its usefulness. 47%
- Ob Civem Servatum II Win a Civic Crown during the campaign in Africa. 46%
- Fleet-Footed Win a foot race. 45%
- Hoarder Accumulate 5000 denarii. 42%
- Champion Win 10 Cups in one game. 42%
- First Man Over The Wall Win a Mural Crown. 42%
- Primus Centurio Reach the rank of Primus Centurio. 39%
- Master Spy Find out every weakness of the Numidian camp. 38%
- Ob Civem Servatum III Win a Civic Crown during the campaign against Philip V of Macedonia. 37%
- Homo Novus Be admitted to senatorial rank in the epilogue. 37%
- Giant Killer Defeat The Bulwark in single combat. 35%
- Sparring Partner Defeat Lucius Junius. 35%
- Human Siege Engine Win 2 Mural Crowns in one game. 34%
- Ob Civem Servatum I Win a Civic Crown during the campaign in Hispania. 33%
- Mars' Favorite Defeat a chiliarch of the Agema peltasts in single combat. 32%
- World-Class Swordsman Reach at least 92 in the Sword Skill. 29%
- World-Class Shield Master Reach at least 92 in the Shield Skill. 22%
- On Olympus Survive all three campaigns with a godlike score of 10000 or more. 22%
- For The Ages Win a Grass Crown. 22%
- Agamemnon Win a contest against the best javelin throwers in the army. 21%
- Ulysses Win a foot race against the best runners in the army. 17%
- Consulship Become a consul in the epilogue. 17%
- The Roman Achilles Win at least 18 Cups in one game. 16%
- Pristine Triumph Finish the game with a character that spent no points on Enhancements. 11%