Fire & Maneuver
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (45%); after 4h it's 1 in 9 (11%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 3% 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 2,797 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 125 reviews: 11.7h for positive, 1.7h 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 (3.2% 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 (40)
story milestone ending side
- Victory at Paris Beat the "Siege of Paris" scenario on any difficulty 100%
- Victory at Solferino Beat the "Battle of Solferino" scenario on any difficulty 84%
- Victory at Kars Beat the "Siege of Kars" scenario on any difficulty 75%
- Victory at The Alma Beat the "Battle of Alma" scenario on any difficulty 72%
- Blood & Iron Beat the "Blood & Iron" scenario set on any difficulty 72%
- Taming the Bear Beat the "Taming the Bear" scenario set on any difficulty 56%
- Fall of an Emperor Beat the "Fall of an Emperor" scenario set on any difficulty 56%
- Expedition of the Thousand Beat the "Expedition of the Thousand" scenario set on any difficulty 50%
- Victory at Gettysburg Beat the "Battle of Gettysburg" scenario on any difficulty 44%
- Unification of Germany Win Franco-Prussian War as German 41%
- Victory over the Peninsula Win Sevastopol as Allies 41%
- Black Sea Supremacy Win Sevastopol as Russia 38%
- Krupp Camper Win as Prussia 10 times 38%
- North German Confederation Win Austro-Prussian War as Prussia 34%
- Securing the Rhine Win Franco-Prussian War as France 34%
- Victory at Aizu Beat the "Battle of Aizu" scenario on any difficulty 34%
- Southern Sweep Beat the "Southern Sweep" scenario set on any difficulty 34%
- Defense of the Dominion Beat the "Defense of the Dominion" scenario set on any difficulty 31%
- Empire of the Sun Beat the "Empire of the Sun" scenario set on any difficulty 31%
- Prussia Subdued Win Austro-Prussian War as Austria 28%
- Meiji Restoration Win Boshin War as Imperial 28%
- Defense of the Frontier Win Caucausus as Ottomans 28%
- Gateway to the East Win Caucausus as Russia 28%
- The Union Preserved Win Eastern Theater as Union 28%
- March to the Sea Win Western Theater as Union 28%
- Pax Britannica Win as Britain 10 times 28%
- Tokugawa Preservation Win Boshin War as Shogunate 25%
- Confederate Independence Win Eastern Theater as Confederacy 25%
- Barbarians Expelled Win Shiminoseki as Japan 25%
- Scramble for Japan Win Shiminoseki as Allies 25%
- Mississippi Secured Win Western Theater as Confederacy 25%
- Napoleon's Legacy Restored Win as France 10 times 25%
- Third Rome Win as Russia 10 times 25%
- The Bigger Brother Win as Austria 10 times 25%
- Risorgimento Win as Italy 10 times 25%
- Manifest Destiny Win as the US 10 times 25%
- The Rebel Yell Win as the Confederacy 10 times 25%
- Fall of the Samurai Win as the Imperials 10 times 22%
- Rise of the Samurai Win as the Shogunate 10 times 22%
- Healthiest Man of Europe Win as the Ottomans 10 times 22%