When does For The King II get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (24%). Fully opens up by hour 5.

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For The King II

Nov 2, 2023 Steam: Mostly Positive

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 84% of owners

Steam reviews 71% positive of 16,323

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (60%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (24%).
Fully opens up by hour 5.
The opening is criticised more than in 89% of games we track.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
84% 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 16,453 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 28.1h for positive, 18.1h 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 (83.5% 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 (144)

story milestone ending side

Field Medic Revive a party member. 100%
Once More Unto the Breach Clear the Guardhouse. 93%
Fully Loaded Spend 20 loadout points in one adventure. 93%
All Your Loot Are Belong To Us Collect 100 items from loot drops. 88%
Purchased! Make your first Lore Store purchase. 82%
Critical Fail Break a weapon. 77%
Welcome to The Resistance Complete The Resistance on any difficulty. 68%
Sea Ho! Claim your first landboat. 63%
Up in Smoke Consume 50 herbs. 61%
You Rang? Summon 10 enemies to fight alongside you. 51%
Through the Cobwebs and Casks Make it safely through the cellar. 51%
Came Out Clean On The Other Side Make it safely through the sewers. 50%
...Still a pity! First party wipe. 49%
One Does Not Simply Walk Into A Siege Clear three towns under siege. 49%
Save The Primordial Oak Complete The Primordial Oak on any difficulty. 45%
You're So Lucky, You're a Star! Defeat Lucky and seal Lucky's Vault. 40%
Blame It On The Rain Defeat the Disciple and seal the Temple of Darkness. 40%
It's Gonna Be Fray Defeat Warden Fraybee and seal the Desecrated Church. 40%
Larger Than Life Defeat Graveborne and seal the Mausoleum. 40%
Golden....er, Purple Ticket Visit the Dark Carnival for the first time. 39%
Come On Boogey Find the secret room in The Resistance. 39%
Take It To The Limit Max out a party member to level 9. 39%
Quit Paying Games With My Heart Defeat the Bandit King and seal the Bandit Stronghold. 38%
Gone... Devote to 15 Stone Heroes. 35%
Sweeter Tooth Consume 20 candies. 35%
Triumvirate Visit all three resistance members in The Royal Mines. 34%
Shopaholic Make 20 Lore Store purchases. 33%
The Droll Defeat the Royal Droll. 30%
Razzle Dazzle Kill 20 enemies with firearms. 30%
Halt the Queen's Mining Operation Complete The Royal Mines on any difficulty. 28%
You're Toxic Defeat Bogdrinker and seal Shaman's Hollow. 27%
Bring Me That Horizon Find Captain Johnsgrave's Lost Ship. 26%
I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds Kill 1000 enemies. 25%
Welcome to the Dark Carnival Would you like to play a game? 24%
Side Hustle Complete 30 Town Quests. 23%
Ship Riggity Riggity Wrecked Your party has been shipwrecked. 22%
Hildebrant, Take the Wheel Take fate into your own hands. 21%
Rescue Hildebrant... Again. Complete the Hangman's Noose on any difficulty. 21%
Beam Me Up, Scotty Use a Teleport Scroll 10 times. 20%
He's No Good To Me Dead Rescue a mercenary from a Merc Caravan. 20%
Hanging Tough Defeat the Hangman and seal the Hangman's Gallows. 16%
No Disintegrations Mark a bounty 10 times. 15%
Long Live The Queen Complete The Castle Gates on any difficulty. 15%
Adventurers Assemble! Watch the post-credits cinematic. 13%
Fashionista Make 50 Lore Store purchases. 13%
Brother's Grim Rescue Grimshaw from the Merc Caravan. 13%
Devil's Plaything Collect 1 Doll with the Toymaker. 12%
The Magician Collect 1 Tarot Card with the Fortune Teller. 11%
My Kind of Scum Mark a bounty 25 times. 11%
We're a Rescue Team. Not Assassins. Save all four resistance members in The Hangman's Noose. 10%
Voidwalkin' on Sunshine Voidwalk for the First Time. 10%
Reach Into The Hive Destroy 1 Beehive. 9.7%
Double Crossed Find the secret room in The Royal Mines. 9.3%
Charge Forth Complete 25 charge attacks. 8.6%
Now You're Thinking With Portals! Use 10 Portal Scrolls. 8.6%
Sushi Master Kill the Kraken. 8.4%
Doll Collector Collect 10 Dolls with the Toymaker. 7.5%
Let's Bee Friends Have Lil Honey cast pollenate 5 times. 7.5%
Unifier Collect All 3 Orb Shards. 7.4%
Amazing-er! Solve the King's Maze. 7.2%
Battle Toad Rescue Toadslayer from the Merc Caravan. 6.9%
Justice Collect 11 Tarot Cards with the Fortune Teller. 6.8%
Let's Build a Giant Airship Fly the Airship once again. 6.7%
Honor Thy People... Use a Knight's Oath skill once. 6.6%
Family Matters Complete The Child of Chaos on any difficulty. 6.5%
Primordial Secrecy Find the secret room in The Primordial Oak. 6.5%
Chaos In Order Defeat the chaos devices with Mooney in The Castle Gates. 6.3%
Here We Go Again Nobody gets to leave... 6.3%
Deprogrammer Kill 50 Cultists. 6.1%
All The Fools Horses Have a Royal Fool join your party. 6.0%
Critical Overload Fully charge the Voidwalkers resonator. 5.7%
You're Hired! Hire 10 mercenaries from merc guilds. 5.7%
..But Not Forgotten Devote to 50 Stone Heroes. 5.6%
You Chose That One? Choose Hildebrant's plan to storm The Castle Gates. 5.5%
Fractured Minds Bring Closure to the Lost Memory. 5.3%
Storm Chaser Collect all 3 Goblets in a single run. 5.3%
Hook, Hook, Hook Cast Hook in combat 10 times. 5.0%
Endless Love Defeat the Ringmaster. 4.7%
Fractured Mines Bring an end to the consumption. 4.7%
Let's Go Party Find the secret room in The Castle Gates. 4.6%
Through the Shadows Sneak through the sewers with Haypenny in The Castle Gates. 4.4%
Fractured Now Whole Clear all Void Rifts. 4.1%
The World Collect 21 Tarot Cards with the Fortune Teller. 4.1%
Siege Tank Craft the Warmachine with Heartcrusher in The Castle Gates 4.0%
The Day Fahrul Stood Still Survive the invasion. 4.0%
Even More Bones! Kill 300 skellys. 4.0%
Long Live The King Complete A New Age on any difficulty. 3.7%
Blimey! Find the secret room in The Hangman's Noose. 3.5%
Honey Crafter Craft 1 Candy with Honey Taffy 3.4%
To Hell and Back Survive travelling the Ancient Teleporter with Pinecone in The Castle Gates. 3.1%
Plangonologist Collect 25 Dolls with the Toymaker. 3.1%
Give a Fahrulian a Fish... Catch 1 fish with the Angler. 3.0%
So You Fancy Yourself a Master Complete The Resistance on Master Difficulty. 2.8%
Party Dust Rescue Boney Boogey from the Merc Caravan. 2.6%
A Pirate's Life For Me Rescue Johnsgrave from the Merc Caravan. 2.6%
You Can't Do That in Fahrul Hire Jelly Skelly for the First Time. 2.5%
Private Eye Hire Aileen for the First Time. 2.5%
Charred General Rescue Sunderbone from the Merc Caravan. 2.0%
Bees! BEES! They’re Everywhere! Kill 40 Bees. 1.9%
Plenty of Fish in the Sea Catch 10 fish with the Angler. 1.9%
Drunken Master Complete The Primordial Oak on Master Difficulty. 1.9%
Dungeon Duty Complete Dungeon Crawl on any difficulty. 1.8%
Peak of Fahrul Hire Koola for the First Time. 1.7%
Candy Crusher Craft 10 Candy with Honey Taffy 1.7%
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Hire Peggy for the First Time. 1.6%
Sticky Situation Free the curious kitty from its sweet snare. 1.6%
Puppet Master Complete The Royal Mines on Master Difficulty. 1.6%
Part of this World Hire Newton for the First Time. 1.4%
...Defend The Realm Use a Knight's Oath skill 5 times. 1.4%
Master and Commander Complete The Hangman's Noose on Master Difficulty. 1.3%
Seek And Destroy Destroy All 6 Chaos Devices. 1.2%
Master of Fahrul Complete The Castle Gates on Master Difficulty. 1.2%
Land or Water, Choose a Side Rescue Terratrout from the Merc Caravan. 1.0%
They Are Prey, We... Are Predators. Finish All Town Hunt quests. 0.7%
Cult Hero Rescue Doug from the Secret Room. 0.7%
Thrown Down Complete Dungeon Crawl on Gauntlet. 0.7%
Cat Scratch Fever Hire Mr. Whiskers for the First Time. 0.7%
Master of Legends Complete The Child of Chaos on Master Difficulty. 0.6%
King Master Complete A New Age on Master Difficulty. 0.5%
Fallen, No More... Hire Riza for the First Time. 0.5%
Hive Mind Destroy 5 Beehives. 0.4%
Like Shooting Fish in a Barrell Catch 25 fish with the Angler. 0.4%
Watch Me Now Kill 15 Watchers in A New Age 0.1%
Camp Chestnut Use Grill Dog 77 times at Camps or Rest Phase. 0.1%
Dungeon Master Complete Dungeon Crawl on Master Difficulty. 0.1%
Da Bears Kill 10 Bears. 0.1%
Tuph Love Hire Bonnie for the First Time. 0.1%
Last Respects Bury 10 Dead Adventurers. 0.1%
I Think I Can Beat... Unleash a maxed out Punch Out! 0.1%
Mind Control Hire Pysilon for the First Time. 0.1%
Combo No. 5 Complete 5 Combos with the Pugilist 0.1%
Pop Pop! Pop! Proc Pop! Pop! 10 times with the Pugilist. 0.1%
Soul Reaver Collect at least 666 Souls with the Soul Lantern. 0.1%
Unavoidable Eternity Achieve Gloom status with the Soul Lantern 5 times. 0.1%
Consuming Flame Achieve Ardent status with the Soul Lantern 5 times. 0.1%
Brain Mold Over Brawn Defeat Aidan "The Fist" Furey. 0.1%
Brain Game Complete a Mother Below on any difficulty. 0.1%
Mushroom Master Complete A Mother Below on Master Difficulty. 0.1%
What We Had To Do Defeat Mycelia and Sacrifice Yourself. 0.1%
The First Of Us Defeat Mycelia with Rhubarb's Cure to Restore the Lands. 0.1%
All Phupped Up Find All of Phup's Friends. 0.1%
Fun Guy Hire Bardot for the First Time. 0.1%
Friend to Foe Kill 10 Parasitic Elites. 0.1%
Mycophobia Kill 25 Fungal Enemies. 0.1%

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