Strategy
Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 48% of players who started
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 11,049
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- 48% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “I am Iron Man” (Defeat Bolgur, Lord of the Dwarves): only 82% of starters get there.
- 92% 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 11,120 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 19h for positive, 19.5h 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 (92.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I am Iron Man Defeat Bolgur, Lord of the Dwarves. Most players quit here 82% −18
- How to tame your dragon Defeat Jokull, mother of Wyverns 72% −9
- The true king Defeat Denas, King of Linirea 67% −6
- Much to learn Defeat Polyx the Wise 50% −17
- More than a Legend Defeat the Winter Queen of the Frozen North. 48% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (90)
story milestone ending side
- Feels Good to be Back Win the first stage with 3 stars. 100%
- No Survivors I Slay 500 enemies. 95%
- Gotta Go Fast Call 15 waves early. 94%
- Mouserthon Destroy 80 Chompbots. 91%
- Can't Touch This Kill 13 Engineers before they can repair a Machine. 85%
- We Can Build It! Build 80 Towers. 85%
- No Survivors II Slay 3000 enemies. 83%
- I am Iron Man Defeat Bolgur, Lord of the Dwarves. 82%
- Ice sculptor Break the ice from 25 frozen towers 72%
- How to tame your dragon Defeat Jokull, mother of Wyverns 72%
- I'll be Back Melt the T-800. 68%
- No Survivors III Slay 10,000 enemies. 67%
- The true king Defeat Denas, King of Linirea 67%
- No More parties in DK Get 3 Stars in every Stage of the Dwarven Kingdom. 66%
- Final Destination Destroy 3 mine carts before they reach their destination. 64%
- Curse me kilts! Find Scrooge McDuck. 64%
- We Are Legion! Spawn 1,500 Reinforcements. 60%
- Not my tempo Make the horn whisper a song 58%
- Thunderstruck Deal a total of 5000 damage with the basic attack of orc shamans 57%
- Mine Cart Carnage Help DK through the mines. 56%
- Kill Joe Jenkins Kill Leeroy Jenkins' brother. 56%
- Rightful Owner Get 3 stars in every stage of the Kingdom of Linirea 55%
- Guac-a-Mole Get rid of those annoying pests and whack 5 Moles. 55%
- Defenders of the night Summon 13 Gargoyles 55%
- My watch begins Slay 300 Draugrs 54%
- Lord of Winter Get 3 stars in every stage of the Frozen North 54%
- Let it go! Find Olav the magical iceman 52%
- BUUURP! Put Borney to sleep. 51%
- Go Green or Go Home Sell 20 towers. 51%
- Far Over the Misty Mountains Help baldo sneak into the mountain. 50%
- Much to learn Defeat Polyx the Wise 50%
- More than a Legend Defeat the Winter Queen of the Frozen North. 48%
- Ski Free Help the yeti have a decent meal. 46%
- Get away from that! Find out why the dog is barking. 46%
- Hold the door Fend off the Draugrs 45%
- Oh my god! Hire 5 Trolls 43%
- Son of Fire Defeat the Water Dragon King. 42%
- You didn't see nothing Find the secret agents 42%
- The Gill-man Sink the girl in the Black Lagoon. 40%
- Glory to the hypnotoad Find the hypnotoad and obey. 39%
- None of my business Make Kermit take a sip of tea. 39%
- Blackburn Returns Collect the five pieces of Lord Blackburn's armor. 38%
- My precious! Take the ring back from Bollum before it's too late. 38%
- Mistress of Shadows Reach level 10 with Asra. 38%
- Eternal bones Help Bonehart to come back 37%
- Apex Predator Defeat the ferocious Great-T. 36%
- Join the dark side Turn off all the streetlamps 35%
- The skeleton war Spawn 500 skeleton warriors to battle 35%
- Crossy Froggy Make the frog cross the road. 34%
- Morphball Find all the armadillos 34%
- Smashing Pumpkins Destroy the farmer's crops 34%
- Presto logs Great Scott! Burn 88 Presto logs and reach maximum speed! 31%
- Nothing is beneath me! Force the undermined to breath some fresh air. 31%
- Follow the Master Become the White Lotus priest apprentice. 29%
- Ultra instinct Make elite harassers dodge 800 attacks 27%
- Mischievous Demon Reach level 10 with Oloch. 27%
- Happy New Year! Shoot all the fireworks. 27%
- Broodmother Spawn 200 Spiderlings 26%
- Champion of the Arena Reach level 10 with Veruk. 26%
- Find Cap Find the First Avenger. 24%
- That's a strange flower Poke the demogorgons out of their hiding. 23%
- Supreme Defender Complete the Campaign in Veteran difficulty. 22%
- Corageous and caring Find the Gommi Bears 22%
- Too Late? Find Slenderman, the old-fashioned horror creature. 22%
- Lord of the Sands Defeat the Hammerhold king to rule them all. 19%
- Off to See the World! Set the magic carpet free so it can fulfill its dreams. 19%
- I'm Root Find the hidden Root 18%
- This is the Way Have the smith forge a cool helmet. 18%
- TICK-TOCK Lend a hand to the worried captain in search for the ticking crocodile. 18%
- Pirate Bye Defeat the pirate kings and become the ruler of the sea. 16%
- Don't go in the water Feed Bruce the white shark with the clueless swimmer. 16%
- Look behind you! Its a- Find the three headed monkey. 15%
- Soldiers of fortune Hire 50 mercenaries 15%
- Ironborn Win all the Iron mode campaign challenges 15%
- From zero to hero Win all the Heroic mode campaign challenges 15%
- What a good dino Find the hidden cute dino who likes bushes. 13%
- They're coming! Make your crows deal 30000 total damage 13%
- 2Fast 2Furious Launch 500 Nitro powered Rocket riders 12%
- Counts only as One Defeat 17 War Elephants. 11%
- Linirea Fried Chicken Kill all chickens in Corsairs Brotherhood. 11%
- Show me your war face Summon 50 captain orcs 11%
- Feast on this! Execute 81 enemies with the chainsaw sword 10%
- Malagar is Back! Find the hidden shadow mage across the Hammerhold campaign. 10%
- Peerless Defender Complete the Campaign in Impossible difficulty. 9.8%
- Number of the beast Teleport 666 enemies with the infernal mages 9.5%
- Not the bees! Kill 200 enemies with the bee hives 9.2%
- Im-Oh-Tep Summon the mummies 13 times to fight for your cause. 7.9%
- X marks the spot Find all hidden treasure chests. 7.4%
- Beep Beep Help the cute runner avoid the explosive trap. 7.2%
- Unlimited Power! Kill 5,000 enemies with Vez'nan's powers. 7.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.