Hexarchy

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 1,680 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 11.7h for positive, 3.3h 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 (76.8% 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 (67)

• Hamlet Grow a city to 5 population 100%
• Occupier Capture an enemy city 91%
• Vast Empire Control 50 hexes 75%
• Dominion Control 5 cities 54%
• History in the Making Complete the Starter Campaign 53%
• Raze Pillage an enemy city 46%
• Town Grow a city to 10 population 46%
• Berserker Have a unit survive 5 battles 46%
• I Should Build a Boat Build a boat 45%
• Sun Never Sets Control 100 hexes 38%
• Loader of Games Resume a Game 30%
• Thirst for Knowledge Research all 24 Techs in a single game 27%
• Warmonger Kill a unit from every player on a large map 23%
• Colonial Build a city on another continent 21%
• Overkill Deal 50 damage in a single hit 21%
• Enter the Fray Lose a multiplayer game 19%
• Roll Call Complete a Daily Challenge 18%
• Beloved Get 25 We Love You points in a game 15%
• Empire Control 10 cities 13%
• Historian’s Heartbreak Burn the Great Library card 13%
• Innovator Research 400 Technologies 12%
• Immortal Have a unit survive 10 battles 10%
• Weekly Warrior Complete a Weekly Campaign 10%
• Epic Loader of Games Resume 5 Games 7.8%
• Epic Warmonger Eliminate every player on a large map 6.0%
• Statesman Adopt 200 Civics 5.7%
• Wonderless Win a game without building any Wonders 5.7%
• City Grow a city to 20 population 5.3%
• Contender Place top 3 in a ranked multiplayer game 4.8%
• Builder Construct 200 Wonders 4.7%
• Conquistador Capture 100 enemy cities 4.7%
• Daily Duty Complete 3 straight Daily Challenges 4.7%
• Scorched Earth Pillage 5 enemy cities in a single game 4.7%
• Peacenik Win a game without attacking with your units 4.4%
• Polar Super Power Control 5 tundra hexes 4.4%
• Superpower Control 15 cities 3.9%
• Defender of the Faith Claim 500 enemy hexes with culture 3.8%
• Woodchuck Control 10 lumbermills 3.6%
• Cosmopolitan Get 1st place in a game with all 10 civilizations 3.3%
• Epic Overkill Deal 100 damage in a single hit 3.3%
• Epic Peacenik Win a game without fighting with your units 3.1%
• Shining City on a Hill Win a game with only one city 2.9%
• Marauder Pillage 50 enemy cities 2.6%
• Triumphant Win a ranked multiplayer game 2.3%
• Wonderful Control all 13 Wonders in a single game 2.3%
• Metropolis Grow a city to 30 population 2.1%
• Daily Vanguard Be first place on the Daily Challenge leaderboard 1.8%
• Ignorant Win a game using only Ancient technology 1.8%
• Monthly Marshal Complete 4 straight Weekly Campaigns 1.7%
• Troglodyte Win a game without researching any technology 1.7%
• Seasoned Commander Complete 10 ranked multiplayer game 1.6%
• Steadfast Complete 10 straight Daily Challenges 1.6%
• Consul Place top 3 in 10 ranked multiplayer games 1.4%
• Hegemonic Squire Win a weekly hegemon round at the Squire contribution level 1.4%
• Contributor Complete a weekly hegemon round at the Legend contribution level 1.0%
• Hegemonic Knight Win a weekly hegemon round at the Knight contribution level 1.0%
• Stratego Place top 3 in 20 ranked multiplayer games 1.0%
• Burninator Pillage 5 Wonders and burn 5 Wonder cards in a game 0.9%
• Weekly Vanguard Be first place on the Weekly Campaign leaderboard 0.9%
• Daily Contender Finish top 5 on a Daily Challenge leaderboard 0.8%
• Greatness Place first in 20 multiplayer ranked games 0.8%
• Hegemonic Hero Win a weekly hegemon round at the Hero contribution level 0.8%
• Daily Champion Finish first place on a Daily Challenge leaderboard 0.7%
• Legendary Hegemon Win a weekly hegemon round at the Legend contribution level 0.7%
• Lionheart Kill 25 enemy units in a ranked multiplayer game 0.7%
• First of His Name Finish first place on a Weekly Campaign leaderboard 0.5%
• Paragon Win 5 weekly hegemon rounds 0.5%