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King's Bounty II
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 24% of players who started
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 62% positive of 5,554
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (69%); after 15h it's 1 in 4 (27%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Below Zero” (Complete the Albian Highlands) and “Brother Thunder” (Defeat Dupont in 2 battles): from 67% to 29% 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 5,600 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 36.3h for positive, 11h 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%
- Freedom Escape the prison. 100%
- Below Zero Complete the Albian Highlands. 67% −33
- Brother Thunder Defeat Dupont in 2 battles. Most players quit here 29% −38
- Brother Gloom Defeat Aranox. 26% −3
- Brother Serpent Defeat Montier. 26%
- The True Savior Defeat Nim in the final battle. 24% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- Freedom Escape the prison. 100%
- First Blood Complete the tactical tutorial. 85%
- Below Zero Complete the Albian Highlands. 67%
- Chicken Hero Complete the “Priceless Chicks” quest. 59%
- The Magic Oak Heal the Thousand Year Oak from its illness. 45%
- Masquerade Dress as a bandit. 39%
- Greedy Collect at least 300,000 gold. 34%
- Law-Abiding Side with Horace during the “A Corrupt Guard” quest. 33%
- Slayer Destroy 70 enemy armies. 30%
- Friend of Nostria Side with the Nostrian mages during the “Tabula of Tinciduntion” quest. 30%
- Brother Thunder Defeat Dupont in 2 battles. 29%
- Gray Knight Side with Horace during the “Philanthropist and Patron of the Arts” quest. 29%
- Game Master Reach the hero’s max level. 28%
- Glory to Nostria Side with the Nostrian mages during the “Through the Quarantine” quest. 28%
- Servant of Nostria Side with the Nostrian mages during the “Widow’s Kiss” quest. 28%
- Brother Gloom Defeat Aranox. 26%
- Brother Serpent Defeat Montier. 26%
- The True Savior Defeat Nim in the final battle. 24%
- Traveler Discover all travel steles. 24%
- Patriotic Bandit Side with Horace during “The Merchant Guild’s Secrets” quest. 24%
- Horace, My Old Friend Side with Horace during the “Aranox’s Shadow” quest. 22%
- Trapper Catch the wolf during the “Trappers” quest. 18%
- Outlaw Side with Tenebros during the “A Corrupt Guard” quest. 17%
- Trial-Goer Complete “The Scryer’s Trials” quest. 16%
- Collector Collect all paintings. 15%
- Soul of Darkness Assemble all 3 of Maximilian’s equipment sets. 14%
- Three Sides Win 15 battles with an army that consists of units of 3 ideals. 13%
- Glory to Artisania Side with the Artisanians during the “Widow’s Kiss” quest. 13%
- Artisanian Gold Side with the Artisanians during the “Through the Quarantine” quest. 12%
- The Black Countess Complete the game as Katharine. 12%
- Iron Mask Side with Tenebros during the “Philanthropist and Patron of the Arts” quest. 12%
- I Am the Law! Earn max points in the Ideal of Order. 11%
- I Am the Sorcerer! Earn max points in the Ideal of Finesse. 11%
- The Hound of War Complete the game as Aivar. 11%
- Brother Tenebros Side with Tenebros during the “Aranox’s Shadow” quest. 8.7%
- Friend of Artisania Side with the Artisanians during the “Tabula of Tinciduntion” quest. 8.4%
- The Maiden of Lorian Complete the game as Elisa. 8.2%
- A Sneaky Plan Side with Tenebros during “The Merchant Guild’s Secrets” quest. 7.2%
- I Am the Hand of Punishment! Earn max points in the Ideal of Power. 6.6%
- Reckless Warrior Win 40 battles without using the Book of Magic. 5.8%
- Child of Elleu Master all spells of the School of Life and Light. 5.6%
- Servant of Arek Master all spells of the School of Air and Fire. 5.5%
- Warrior of Maktis Master all spells of the School of Earth and Ice. 5.1%
- Power Balance Win 10 battles with an army that consists of units of 4 ideals. 4.8%
- Minion of Uloghi Master all spells of the School of Death and Darkness. 4.4%
- Real Estate Win a battle while dressed in all 3 of Maximilian’s sets. 3.9%
- Folly of the Brave Defeat Nim in the final battle without using the Book of Magic. 3.5%
- I Am the Bearer of Freedom! Earn max points in the Ideal of Anarchy. 3.3%
- Mmm, Crispy Transform 5 enemy units into chickens with a spell and burn them. 2.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.