Diplomacy is Not an Option
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 61% 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 12,870 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 28h for positive, 13.6h 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 (60.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- Quartermasters approve Build Barracks I 100%
- We have food at home Fill your Granary or Townhall with food 100%
- My first time Repulse an enemy attack 98%
- Killer instinct Kill 150 enemies on a single map 96%
- R.I.P. Bury a dead man 86%
- Really dark knights Cast Summon spell 84%
- Where is the buffet menu? Provide your settlement with a food diversity 66%
- Astral channel Cast Astral Ray spell 66%
- Player M.D. Cure someone who is sick 66%
- Now, that’s what I call a Town Hall! Upgrade your Townhall to the 3rd level 52%
- Million dollar trooper Earn 50 gold in a single mission 42%
- Dead anarchist Kill Scott the Bloody in the story campaign 36%
- Salty dog Build a ship 36%
- 300 That's how many men your army counts 34%
- This is where the fun begins Cast Meteor spell 33%
- We come in peace Kill your first enemy on the Unwelcoming Continent 33%
- Nobody dies on my watch! Cast Healing spell 30%
- Is it an option? Change the ‘Diplomacy’ option 30%
- Tower Offence Destroy an enemy Tower on the shore of the Unwelcoming Continent 29%
- Rebel! Rebel! Side with the Rebels 28%
- No more spawning On the shore of the Unwelcoming Continent, destroy a building that spawns enemies 28%
- Now it's dead? Kill someone (or something) from the Undead faction on the Unwelcoming Continent 25%
- All that glitters Pick up a precious figurine 18%
- No country for dead Destroy your cemetery with someone buried in it 16%
- Goodnight, sweet Prince Kill Ozzy 16%
- Almost like in Pocahontas Side with Sarranga 12%
- Dad-a-chum? Kill an Emperor Crab on the Unwelcoming Continent 11%
- Beginner Wave Breaker Repulse the 10th attacking wave in the Endless Mode 9.9%
- Respect is everything Complete a Sarranga ritual 9.5%
- I'll be back! When storming Abberlore, break the Machine 9.0%
- People die for metal When storming Abberlore, get your hands on the King's gold 8.9%
- Revenant Fourdoor survives in the Children of the revolution mission 8.6%
- We have the technology… Complete each research during a single mission 8.1%
- The bigger they are... Kill an Ancient Heffalump on the Unwelcoming Continent 7.9%
- Stock market crash Undermine enemy's economy 7.7%
- World’s wonder Complete the Temple of Joy in 50 days 7.2%
- Grand theft horse Free Scott from prison in 50 days 6.7%
- Amateur Wave Breaker Repulse the 15th attacking wave in the Endless Mode 6.4%
- Debugging Kill a Bug Queen on the Unwelcoming Continent 6.4%
- Let’s ROCK! Side with the Undead 6.4%
- Long live the King Complete the story campaign without switching sides 6.1%
- Apprentice Necromancer Twilight Overlord's Avatar resurrected 20+ zombies at once 5.3%
- Sinked it Sink a Samreignian warship 4.9%
- Journeyman Necromancer Twilight Overlord's Avatar resurrected 50+ zombies at once 4.8%
- Master Necromancer Twilight Overlord's Avatar resurrected 100+ zombies at once 4.4%
- Damsel in distress Rescue the princess from captivity in 50 days 4.3%
- Master Wave Breaker Repulse the 20th attacking wave in the Endless Mode 4.1%
- Faster than death Complete the "Dangerous tour" mission in 40 days 3.5%
- Cockroach race The Pequod's health never dropped below 50% in the Long Walk mission 3.3%
- The triumph of the Resistance Complete the story campaign for the Resistance 3.3%
- Champion of the rabble Side with the Rebels before it becomes mainstream 3.3%
- Cultural victory Complete the story campaign the most civilized way 3.0%
- Straight flush You've got soldiers for all occasions 2.8%
- I want it Sarranga way Complete the story campaign for Sarranga 2.8%
- A hunting we shall go Kill Defiled Father of Heffalumps 2.8%
- Big city lights Beat the Hazy Shade of Winter mission in 43 days 2.6%
- Staunch technophobe Take Abberlore without using machines 1.3%
- Greenpeace Let a Heffalump scratch his back on the Townhall 1.3%
- One rabbit stew comin' right up! Kill Just a harmless little bunny 1.3%
- Zerg Rush Take Abberlore without using Grim Pilgrims, Machines o'flesh, Thundering Amalgams or Nightmare Generals 0.8%