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Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 85% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 1,556
What the data shows
- 91% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (93%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 94% of games we track.
- 85% 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 1,592 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 1.5h for positive, 0.9h 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 (84.8% 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 (6)
- First Arena Conquered Completed the first arena: The Graveyard 100%
- Death Party Started Killed 25 enemy gladiators 91%
- Bridge Arena Conquered Completed The Bridge arena and finished the Prologue version of the game. 52%
- Spectacle of Death Killed 200 enemy gladiators 38%
- We're Running Out Of Gladiators Killed 750 enemy gladiators 6.1%
- Permadeath Victory Finished The Game On Hard and Perma Death Mode 3.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.