Wild West Legacy
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (78%); after 5h it's 1 in 2 (50%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
- 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 2,176 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 13.2h for positive, 3.8h 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 (50.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (31)
- Welcome to the West Start the game for the first time 100%
- Shelter Survive the first night 89%
- The convoy Find the convoy 80%
- Settler camp Find the settler camp 77%
- Basics Learn the first necessary steps for survival in a new world 73%
- Warehouse plans Get the warehouse plans 52%
- Aid for Taxation Help at least one settler build something 40%
- Home sweet home Build your first house 37%
- Preparations Prepare for fieldwork 33%
- Brave New World I Finish Brave New World I 31%
- Survival Build a first homestead 29%
- Brave New World II Finish Brave New World II 29%
- Skilled Unlock at least 5 skills 27%
- Brave New World III Finish Brave New World III 23%
- Fieldwork Do the fieldwork 23%
- Hope Visit Hope for the first time 20%
- Drinks, Danger and piano music Enter the saloon in Hope 16%
- First livestock Get familiar with animal husbandry 16%
- Owl the DIY queen Make Owl repair a building in Ghost Town 14%
- Ghost Town Ghosts Find the ghost haunting Ghost Town 14%
- It’s easier together Prepare for and invite settlers 13%
- Mine exploration Get deeper into the Amalia mine 13%
- Chef Discover at least 5 recipes 12%
- Supplies Gather needed food supplies 12%
- Where is Owl? Find Owl and make her return 11%
- Feeding the people Make sure you have enough food 11%
- Reopen the mine Rebuild the warehouse of the Amalia mine 9.5%
- Expansion Make sure you have enough resources 7.5%
- Moving goods Set up a successful wagon transport 6.9%
- Hunting challenge Hunt smaller and larger animals 6.7%
- Water is life Build a water tower 4.2%